Note
Location
Swaziland
Subject
Distribution
Species
White Rhino (simum)
In 1965, white rhino were re-established.
Note
Location
Swaziland
Subject
Distribution
Species
White Rhino (simum)
Year
1992
After Hlane was attacked in January 1992 by poachers with AK47s, the rangers armed themselves. With the rhinos dehorned at Hlane, the poachers shifted to Mkhaya.
Note
Location
Swaziland
Subject
Distribution
Species
White Rhino (simum)
In April 1992 there was a shoot-out between rangers and poachers at Mkhaya, and some poachers were captured. Not long after there was a big shoot-out at Big Bend and two poachers were killed. The last rhino, the majestic bull Mthondvo, was killed in Dec 1992 while the Swazi courts still agonized over action relating to the Big Bend incident. The young king, Mswati III, intervened on behalf of Reilly's rangers and poaching declined dramatically. In 1996, the Taiwanese Government donated enough money to purchase 6 black rhino.
