Article: Vet charged for dehorning rhinos

A wildlife vet has found himself on the wrong side of the law after he was charged with illegally dehorning 15 rhinos.

According to the South African National Parks (SANParks), Dr Andre Charles Uys appeared in the Musina Magistrate's Court on Friday on charges related to illegal rhino activities.
 
Better a live dehorned rhino than a dead poached one.

If he dehorned the rhino to sell the horns on to the illegal market, then he should be prosecuted, however if he dehorned the rhino and destroyed the horns in an effort to save their lives, give him a medal.
 
What did he do wrong? The article does not say he traded in rhino horn?
 
ponder said:
What did he do wrong? The article does not say he traded in rhino horn?
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http://www.sanparks.org/about/news/default.php?id=1591
Dr Uys was arrested through the efforts of the National Wildlife Crime Reaction Unit, led by the Hawks. He was charged for the illegal dehorning of 15 rhinos under Section 57 (1) of the National Environment Management: Biodiversity Act No 10 of 2004 – “A person may not carry out a restricted activity involving a specimen of a listed threatened or protected species without a permit issued in terms of Chapter 7”. The wildlife vet is accused of having perpetrated the alleged activity in the Maremani Game Reserve in the Limpopo Province.
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Take the horns, expose them to high doses of radiation. Sell them to the Chinese.

Their family members, customers and everyone around them will be dropping off like flies. Message sent, problem solved.
 
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Nothxkbi said:
Take the horns, expose them to high doses of radiation. Sell them to the Chinese.

Their family members, customers and everyone around them will be dropping off like flies. Message sent, problem solved.
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I like :)
 
That's the impression I got too, x.

I've heard that poachers kill dehorned rhinos too, as generally they track these animals for days and if its dehorned, they kill it so they don't come across its tracks again.
 
phenom said:
Well interesting if they make it on the way to your door too.

Sickening, what if somebody innocent or a child also just happens to touch one of these along the way?
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and how many children you know come in contact with horn or ivory? At least "freshly harvested" horn or ivory (excluding all the little things sold in the 70's like bottle openers and keychains etc)

Also if someone comes to me with Ivory I tell them just hang on a second I need to phone someone to bring me the money - make them wait in a different room and then phone the cops

FYI they can lace a living animal with a particular isotope that isn't harmful to the animal or people but it traceable so that they can Identify all those in a ring and then donate them some lead or jailtime.
 
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