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Hunters now the hunted

IT was after midnight when the patrolling forest guards first saw them. Five poachers crouching in the jungle, tense and braced for trouble, ready to slaughter a rhino in one of India's premier national parks. They had crept in from the north as the monsoon floodwaters ebbed, willing to risk death for the rhino's precious horn.

The guards lifted their rifles and the night exploded in a hail of bullets. Two of the poachers were killed outright; two escaped, running into the night. The remaining survivor was gravely injured, shot in the leg and in the shoulder. He fled alone, crashing through the dense vegetation, leaving a blood trail like a wounded beast.

Bewaringsliggaam gee laksheid in regeringskringe skuld vir smokkelhandel in renosterhoring

PRETORIA – Die Minister van Omgewingsake en regeringamptenare moet die skuld kry vir die groot besending van 33 renosterhorings en ivoorprodukte met ‘n geraamde waarde van R18 miljoen wat in ’n vraghouer na Hong Kong gesmokkel is.

Die SA Jagters- en Wildbewaringsvereniging (SAJWV) het die waaksaamheid van amptenare in Hong Kong geprys, maar verkwalik die Minister omdat sy toelaat dat Suid-Afrika se natuurerfenis vernietig word. ‘Suid-Afrika is die enigste plek waar renosters nog vryelik kan rondloop en hierdie rare voorreg sal binnekort iets van die verlede wees indien nasionale en provinsiale regerings sou voortgaan om bewaring as ’n lae prioriteit te beskou,’ sê dr. Herman Els, bestuurder van jag en bewaring by SA Jagters.

Hoogtepunte van 2011-kongres

Sowat 300 afgevaardigdes het die 2011-kongres op 12 November in Pretoria bygewoon. Die gebruiklike dinee het op 11 November plaasgevind en is ook deur gaste vanuit die jagtersgemeenskap, die SAPD, en die media bygewoon. Hieronder is ‘n opsomming van enkele kongreshoogtepunte.

Nuwe wending in Wapenwet-hofsaak

Afgevaardigdes het hulle volle steun gegee vir die Vereniging se optrede om ‘n aansoek by die hof te bring dat die drie hofsake wat teen die Minister van Polisie oor die vuurwapenlisensie wetgewing aanhangig gemaak is in een saak te konsolideer.

SA Hunters take further legal action on problems with firearms act

PRETORIA - The South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SAHGCA) brought an application to the Gauteng North High Court last week, requesting the consolidation of three pending cases against the Minister of Police relating to the Firearms Control Act (Act 60 of 2000).

Mr. Fred Camphor, President of SA Hunters said this new initiative was another constructive attempt towards resolving the unsatisfactory progress made with firearm legislation and the firearm licence application process.