Alarming trends suggest that continued leniency towards unscrupulous ‘game-industry white guys’

Alarming trends suggest that continued leniency towards unscrupulous ‘game-industry white guys’ is contributing to South Africa’s rhino crisis.

Hiding behind the cloak of conservation

Unscrupulous individuals hiding behind the cloak of conservation are ferociously plundering South Africa’s rhinos.

Instead of joining South Africa’s battle to protect its rhinos, a corrupt minority of game farmers, professional hunters, and wildlife veterinarians have chosen to exchange their ethics for ill-gotten financial rewards. Indeed, this cesspool of deceit has catapulted South Africa into the unfortunate position of being the lead supplier of illegal rhino horn for the rapacious black market.

The long unspoken truth no longer so hush-hush

TRAFFIC’s Dr. Tom Milliken, an expert on rhino horn and ivory trade, recently expressed his concern about this unsavory situation in a Business Day article about the stern sentencing of the Mozambican rhino killers.