KZN rangers could undergo polygraph tests

An intensive investigation is underway after the gruesome discovery of nine carcasses in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park. (SABC)

Tags:

• KwaZulu-Natal
• Rangers
• Polygraph Tests
• Rhino
• Paching
• Ezemvelo Wildlife
• Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
• Investigation
• Carcass

KwaZulu-Natal conservation authorities may force their rangers to undertake polygraph tests. The action is one of the measures discussed at a high level meeting yesterday between rhino anti-poaching staff and management of KwaZulu-Natal Ezemvelo Wildlife. It follows the recent spike in poaching in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

An intensive investigation is underway after the gruesome discovery of nine carcasses in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park. It has also led to questions about the authorities anti-poaching methods and allegations that rangers were complicit in poaching. An outcome of the internal investigation is expected soon.

Meanwhile, a six-month old calf was found at her mother's carcass. Severely dehydrated, the orphan is now being treated at a reserve.

Sadly, she is not the only one, an abandoned one month-old injured rhino is also receiving care.

It is a story of survival that brings some hope in the fight against rhino poaching and the threat of extinction.