There was a near total wipe out of all rhino populations in Swaziland between November 1988 and December 1992. During these four years, Swaziland lost more than 70% of its rhinos to poaching, in what became generally known as the Rhino War. This resulted in upgraded legislation and many judicial conmfrontations. A drought in Dec 1992 also affected rhino numbers. No rhino poaching incident reported since Dec 1992.
The lack of poaching can be ascribed to the new game laws, and their inclusion in the Non Bailable Offences Act.
All white rhino in Swaziland are in Hlane, numbers not released.
All black rhino in Swaziland are in Mkhaya, numbers not released.
Swaziland. There was a bad drought in Dec 1997. This impacted severely on reproduction by causing many rhino calves to perish because their mother's milk dried up.
