Cape Town – Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of four rhinos at a private reserve just outside Cape Town on Wednesday, the Inverdoorn Private Game Reserve said on Monday.
Last week, the game reserve’s 24-hour anti-poaching unit discovered four dead rhinos during their regular patrol.
Amongst the four dead rhinos, one was pregnant.
A fifth one was found badly injured and has been under the vet watch.
“She is strong,” Times Live quoted senior vet Louis Greeff as saying.
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After working around the clock, the South African Police Service, Cape Nature, forensic investigator Wayne Stoltz said they have finally arrested four suspects in relation to the case.
Inverdoorn took to its Instagram to confirm the news.
“Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the massacred Inverdoorn rhinos… As previously mentioned, the South African Police Service, Cape Nature, forensic investigator Wayne Stoltz – who was instrumental in solving the 2011 Aquila poaching incident, private investigators and polygraph team of TPServices have worked around the clock since the first notification of the incident on Wednesday night.
“We have been made aware of the arrests that happened very shortly after the crime…,” said the private game reserve in a statement.
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The four are expected to appear in Ceres Magistrate’s Court after they have been charged.
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