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Statistics on Rhino Poaching in SA

Statistics on Rhino Poaching in SA

por HANNES JANSEN VAN VUREN -
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Visual statistic on Rhino Horn poaching in SA

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Em resposta a 'HANNES JANSEN VAN VUREN'

Re: Statistics on Rhino Poaching in SA

por Fitzroy Drayton -

Thanks Hannes,



Let's do the maths


In 2013 and 2014 that is 2024 Rhino killed.


An average horn weighs 10 kilos.


Rhino horn sells for $US60,000 per kilo


2024 X 10 X 60,000 = $US 1,214,400,000.00


This is the wholesale cost, so you can multiply that by 10 to get the retail cost.

The value to organised crime is a STAGGERING

$US 12, 144,000,000.00 OR 

twelve billion one hundred and forty million US dollars 

This is the size of the problem that we face.


Fitz.


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Em resposta a 'Fitzroy Drayton'

Re: Statistics on Rhino Poaching in SA

por HANNES JANSEN VAN VUREN -

Wow, that is just mind-boggling!! No wonder poachers are so ruthless.

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Re: Statistics on Rhino Poaching in SA

por Fitzroy Drayton -

The cost of hiring a poacher to kill a rhino is about 100,000 ZAR...Less than $US 10,000!

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