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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • May 19, 2015 - A MIRACLE baby rhino whose mother barely survived an attack by poachers while pregnant shows just how happy to be alive a baby can be. Pictures show the exuberant baby rhino charging towards the photographer in sheer joy and also the proud mummy rhino who survived a brutal attack from poachers that left her hornless and battling to live.  This little rhino shows mum’s struggle for survival was well worth it and the baby is seen enjoying life to the full. South African photographer Jacques Matthysen (37) described the moment these pictures were taken at the Kariega Game Reserve. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld via ZUMA Press)
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  • May 19, 2015 - A MIRACLE baby rhino whose mother barely survived an attack by poachers while pregnant shows just how happy to be alive a baby can be. Pictures show the exuberant baby rhino charging towards the photographer in sheer joy and also the proud mummy rhino who survived a brutal attack from poachers that left her hornless and battling to live.  This little rhino shows mum’s struggle for survival was well worth it and the baby is seen enjoying life to the full. South African photographer Jacques Matthysen (37) described the moment these pictures were taken at the Kariega Game Reserve. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld via ZUMA Press)
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  • South Africa - Cape Town - 31 July 2019 - SANParks Rangers celebrate World Ranger Day by gathering for an exhibition day next to Green Point Lighthouse. They also simulated various poaching confrontation scenarios. World Ranger Day was first commemorated in 2007 by the International Ranger Federation.Subsequently it has evolved into an annual celebration across the world. The day is intended to remember and honour those who have fallen or were injured in the line of duty. It is to recognise and acknowledge the intrepid, ceaseless and critical role, the worlds rangers play in protecting natural systems and endangered species. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An epic clash of the titans has been caught on camera which saw one angry rhino mum scare off 15 ELEPHANTS Carpenter Martin Meyer was visiting a national park in South Africa when he spotted a rhino mum with her young calf. Martin has been visiting the park for 20 years on and off and often drives there for a ‘builder’s break’ between jobs. But never in all the years he’s been visiting had he seen anything like this before, when one rhino mum faced-off against a whole herd of elephants. Martin’s amazing images were taken around 4.20pm when he came across the brewing confrontation. Martin, who is not naming the park to protect the rhino mother, said: “Armed with an incredibly beautiful horn and her motherly instinct the mother rhino stood her ground and protected the calf, although she was completely outnumbered by the elephants. “A herd of about 15 elephants consisting of a matriarch and a few youngsters and a few sub adult bulls were approaching and going to cross the path of the mum and the calf. “The rhino mum looked intently in their direction and the ellies seemed oblivious to her and the calf and kept encroaching on her personal space. “When they were around 20 metres away from her position she exploded into a sprint with the baby following and ran directly towards the elephants sending them scattering in all directions, with a massive cloud of dust as a result. “After recovering from the initial shock the elephant herd regrouped and aligned themselves next to one another to slowly move closer to the rhino mum, almost taunting her. Some of the young bulls even moved around and circled them from behind.” More than three minutes of stand-off followed as the stare down continued between the rhino mother and the matriarch of the ellies. Martin said: “My adrenaline was pumping and I was holding my breath for what might happen next, my wife always jokes with me that I stop breathing when I see special stuff in the bush. “As the d
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic the Police Diving unit along with a dog set off in search of the missing person as the family and community watch from the shore -  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic is a torched inspectors office on the harbour -  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic is a torched shed on the harbour  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic the family of the deceased, Tiffany van Blerk, Christopher van Blerk (brother), Christine van Blerk (mother) and Edward van Blerk (father) - Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic the family and friends say a prayer at the water's edge before the divers set out to find the missing man  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic is a damaged government office on the harbour -  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic is the deceased'pregnat girlfriend, Cleo Adonis, 22 -  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • Cape Town - 180813 - The Hout Bay fishing community are distraught and tensions are running high after an alleged poacher was shot at see while being apprehended by the authorities In pic the Police Diving unit along with a dog set off in search of the missing person  Photographer - Tracey Adams - ANA African News Agency
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A poacher's encampment. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A group of poachers spotted in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A group of poachers spotted in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A group of poachers spotted in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • June 12, 2017 - inconnu - Elephants in the firing line of ivory poachers are to be fitted with sensors which detect gunshots and alert authorities.The new system is the first use of shockwave detection technology in an intensified push to thwart illegal trafficking and save endangered African elephants.Dubbed WIPER,, the project is a joint effort between two US institutions, Vanderbilt University computer engineering faculty in Tennessee and Colorado State University.It is built into GPS tracking collars which have been used for years to study and protect elephants.Elephant poachers routinely use devices to muzzle the sound from their high-powered weapons, but the blast also produces an acoustic shockwave, which cannot be suppressed. WIPER technology detects that a bullet flew by a protected elephant and sends an alarm with its location.Vanderbilt University Professor of Computer Engineering Akos Ledeczi teamed up with Colorado State University’s George Wittemyer who is also chairman of the scientific board of Save the Elephants.The Kenya-based organization has collared more than 1,000 elephants.The slaughter of elephants and other iconic African animals is fueled by rising demand for ivory in parts of the Far East. As demand increases, prices skyrocket and make illegal trafficking a lucrative, if risky, option.Save the Elephants estimates that 100,000 elephants were killed for their tusks between 2010 and 2012 alone as poaching efforts migrated from the Central African forests to East Africa.Ledeczi’s expertise is in acoustic shooter detection, localization and classification. He and his team have received major grants from US military research facility DARPA and built multiple wireless sensor nodes to detect and locate the source of gunfire.WIPER got a significant boost June 7 with announcement of a $200,000 USD grant from the Vodaphone Americas Foundation. The technology placed second out of eight finalists in Vodafone’s annual Wireless Innov
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  • EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: .Ponso the chimp gets second chance..For more than 30 years, Ponso the chimp has been living on a deserted island off the Ivory Coast. He has no source of food or water, and his companions all died years ago...But thanks to one man, he's alive...For several years, a villager named Germain, despite his limited income, has stopped by to drop off food for the lonely chimp. While the diet of bread and bananas isn't enough for the roughly 40-year-old chimp to thrive, it's kept him alive — and it's clear he shows his gratitude...Ponso's sad plight is nothing compared to his sad past. For years, he was used in painful tests by the New York Blood Center (NYBC), which conducted hepatitis research using scores of chimps, many of whom were captured from the wild...While trapped in the labs, the chimps faced dozens of biopsies and anesthetizations apiece. One lost her eye when researchers shot her in the face with a dart; another had only one arm after he was hit with a bullet meant for his mother — poachers killed her so he could be kidnapped for the lab...Mothers lost baby after baby; other chimps strangled themselves at the research center, where for many years they lived chained by their necks to jungle gyms...Yet when the tests were over, NYBC decided to abandon the chimps, dumping them on a string of islands near Liberia like the one Ponso lives on. They had no source of food or fresh water, and many died soon after from disease and starvation...Ponso himself was one of 20 chimps abandoned in 1983, but, in the words of one aid group, the island soon became a ''veritable massacre.'' Within months, half of the mistreated animals were dead or missing...The nine survivors were relocated. A short time after, five more of them were dead...Ponso was the sole survivor, along with his mate and their two children. But the rest of his little family died within days of each other in 2013. Germain, the villager who had been feeding them, reported that
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  • EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: .Ponso the chimp gets second chance..For more than 30 years, Ponso the chimp has been living on a deserted island off the Ivory Coast. He has no source of food or water, and his companions all died years ago...But thanks to one man, he's alive...For several years, a villager named Germain, despite his limited income, has stopped by to drop off food for the lonely chimp. While the diet of bread and bananas isn't enough for the roughly 40-year-old chimp to thrive, it's kept him alive — and it's clear he shows his gratitude...Ponso's sad plight is nothing compared to his sad past. For years, he was used in painful tests by the New York Blood Center (NYBC), which conducted hepatitis research using scores of chimps, many of whom were captured from the wild...While trapped in the labs, the chimps faced dozens of biopsies and anesthetizations apiece. One lost her eye when researchers shot her in the face with a dart; another had only one arm after he was hit with a bullet meant for his mother — poachers killed her so he could be kidnapped for the lab...Mothers lost baby after baby; other chimps strangled themselves at the research center, where for many years they lived chained by their necks to jungle gyms...Yet when the tests were over, NYBC decided to abandon the chimps, dumping them on a string of islands near Liberia like the one Ponso lives on. They had no source of food or fresh water, and many died soon after from disease and starvation...Ponso himself was one of 20 chimps abandoned in 1983, but, in the words of one aid group, the island soon became a ''veritable massacre.'' Within months, half of the mistreated animals were dead or missing...The nine survivors were relocated. A short time after, five more of them were dead...Ponso was the sole survivor, along with his mate and their two children. But the rest of his little family died within days of each other in 2013. Germain, the villager who had been feeding them, reported that
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  • August 3, 2017 - New York City, New York, United States of America - During a public “Ivory Crush” organized by the Department of Environmental Commission (DEC), the Wildlife Conservation Society, Tiffany & Co., and environmental groups, such as 96 Elephants (the estimated number of elephants slaughtered daily), some two tons of confiscated Ivory, with a value of $8.5 million USD was crushed in NYC’s Central Park.  In 2014, New York State passed a law making the trade of Ivory items a class D felony, except in certain cases with state approval.  Despite this, New York City is the nation's largest port of entry for illegal wildlife goods, according to state officials..Investigative Lieutenant Jesse Paluch of the NYS DEC Department of Environmental Crimes Investigations adds that what was crushed today “was the culmination of three years of investigations and the execution of 12 search warrants”.  He further adds “we want to show that the ivory on the animal is priceless, but worthless in this form as a consumer good”.  Mary Dixon of WCS says “we would like to send a message to poachers and anyone involved in the illegal ivory trade that we will no longer tolerate this”.  WCS works in 60 countries worldwide and works to stop animal trafficking.  Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac was among the guests in attendance. (Credit Image: © Sachelle Babbar via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A now dead rhino's leg has been bound in steel cable. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba roadblock checks for illegal animal parts. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Five female recruits outside their quarters. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Dec. 7, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (bottom right). LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A dead rhino has been chained. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Commander Russel leads the dog patrol. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Commander Baker briefs his recruits. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba recuits enjoying a party during their spare time. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba recruits training in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 19, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A recruit watches a pair of rhinos. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Dec. 7, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Oct. 6, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba roadblock uses sniffer dogs to check for illegal animal parts. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Oct. 3, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba recruits training in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A rhino has been slaughtered for its horn. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A foot patrol. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba recruits training in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A rhino has been slaughtered for its horn. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A foot patrol. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Five female recruits outside their quarters. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A rhino has been slaughtered for its horn. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A Black Mamba camp. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A rhino has been slaughtered for its horn. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Five female recruits outside their quarters. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A Black Mamba camp. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 19, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: A recruit watches a pair of rhinos. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Oct. 2, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba recruits training in the bush. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Five female recruits outside their quarters. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • July 7, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Patroling with a dog. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 8, 2015 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Four recruits marching. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Oct. 8, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Live fire training. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Oct. 5, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Sept. 30, 2014 - BALULE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA: Black Mamba recuits enjoying a party during their spare time. LED BY BRITISH former military personnel these pictures show how courageous women anti-poachers train with guns in their battle to preserve Africa’s endangered animals. Operating in the Kruger National Park’s Balule Nature Reserve the 24-member strong all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit patrols 50,000 hectares of bush to protect elephants and rhinos that are hunted as part of the estimated £12billion a year illegal world animal trade. These ladies, who as pictures show pose with weapons but also know how to party, are on the front line of a deadly war for the resources of their continent. Over the past year 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in Africa while protecting endangered wildlife. Black Mamba Commander and former Royal Navy serviceman Russell Baker (28) from Grimsby, UK explained exclusively how and why this South African special unit was established. (Credit Image: © Media Drum World/MediaDrumWorld/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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