Thirty-five rhino carcasses have been discovered that were poached last year, raising the 2015 figure to 125 rhinos killed.
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism yesterday announced this new statistic and said poachers had killed 37 rhinos so far this year.
Minister Pohamba Shifeta attributed the sudden increase in last year’s figure to increased aerial patrols that spotted more carcasses from the air. Analysis of the carcasses showed that the rhinos were killed last year already.
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