{"id":107615,"date":"2017-11-08T03:18:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T03:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safarifrank.com\/rhino-news\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:34:07","slug":"rhino-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safarifrank.com\/au\/blog\/rhino-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhino News!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you to everyone to donated in our IAPF campaign.<\/h2>\n

We raised over $1000 which will be donated to the organisation in the next few weeks. Yay!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We have sent over our first IAPF Green Army recruit, Jodie Cooper from Western Australia. We look forward to following her journey and wish her all the best!<\/p>\n

The West News reports:<\/p>\n

Pilbara mother has traded high-vis for khaki this week after heading to Zimbabwe to help in the war against rhino poaching.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

45-year-old mother of one Jodie Cooper has lived in Karratha for five years and is a volunteer for the International Anti Poaching Foundation\u2019s Green Army.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Cooper said she became interested in the plight of African rhinos about 18 months ago and decided she had to take action.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will spend two weeks just outside of Victoria Falls on a reserve working alongside African rangers learning about rhinos and other wildlife and assisting them in their efforts in the war against poaching,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will be involved in foot patrols up to 15km per day in weather conditions very similar to Karratha this time of year.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I will not be involved in any combat duties, these rangers are on the frontline and interactions with wildlife and poachers is a real possibility.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Cooper established Resources for Rhinos with a group of friends this year, a group for people from the resources industry to raise awareness of the threat of extinction faced by rhinos because of poaching.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The killings aren\u2019t stopping! Early this month in Pilansberg National Park, a pregnant mother rhino and her calf were shot and killed for their horns. The horns were left intact as the poachers fled the scene when they heard a game vehicle approaching.<\/p>\n

In the Eastern Cape an entire CRASH was wiped out in 3 weeks in 2 different attacks. The owner of the reserve is devastated having lost his entire rhino population.<\/p>\n

In the Hoedspruit area another 5 were killed, this breaks our hearts as this is where we grew up and do our rhino conservation tours.<\/p>\n

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Here are some basic facts from SAVE AFRICAN RHINO:<\/p>\n