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FILE: Indian Mynahs are not native to the Kruger and can upset the avifauna in the area if they settle within the park. Picture: Bishnu Sarangi from Pixabay

Kruger national park

Kruger Park sees concerning increase of Indian mynahs

By Keely Goodall

John Maytham spoke to conservationist Dr Llewellyn Foxcroft about this invasive species in the park.

  • The Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP/Twitter

    Holidaymakers warned of possible protests as they head to Kruger National Park

    This follows reports that residents in Hazyview - which is just a few kilometres outside the park took to the streets on Thursday morning.

    37 days ago
  • The Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP/Twitter

    Kruger National Park waste recyclers help preserve their environment

    Residents who live near the Kruger National Park have resorted to recycling to avoid climate change disasters.

    40 days ago
  • FILE: TB has been detected in about 15% of the park's rhino population and both black and white rhinos have been affected.   Picture: Pixabay.com

    TB detected in rhinos at Kruger National Park

    The strain of TB that has been seen in these rhinos is referred to as Bovine TB and can be seen in a variety of different animals in the park.

    59 days ago
  • FILE: An elephant crosses in Kruger National Park. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Kruger National Park hopes for competitive edge with R370m facilities upgrade

    John Maytham talks to managing executive of the Kruger National Park, Gareth Coleman, about the park's R370 million renovation it will undergo over the next three years.

    94 days ago
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    PHOTO ESSAY: How the Kruger Park's best are testing & treating elephants with TB

    Eyewitness News’s Boikhutso Ntsoko catches a lift on the Kruger National Park’s flight to curb zoonotic diseases to bring us these images.

    161 days ago
  • Picture: @CityofCT/Twitter

    2 alleged rhino poachers arrested in the Kruger National Park

    They were caught with unlicensed firearms and ammunition by field rangers on Wednesday night.

    233 days ago
  • FILE: A rhino in the Kruger National Park. Picture: 123rf.com

    SANParks concerned about number of rhinos being killed in Kruger National Park

    This follows the release of a report last week by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment confirming that seven rhino had been killed in the park recently.

    234 days ago
  • Picture: somchai999/123rf.com

    Kruger National Park's Lower Sabie filling station completely gutted after fire

    Management at the Kruger National Park has confirmed that a filling station at the Lower Sabie camp has burnt down after it was struck by lightning on Sunday.

    271 days ago
  • A herd of elephants in the Kruger National Park. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Suspected poacher killed by elephants at Kruger National Park

    The mangled body was discovered on Thursday during an intelligence operation aimed at preventing poaching, Kruger spokesperson Isaac Phaahla told AFP.

    295 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Cindy Archillies/Eyewitness News.

    Motorist arrested for killing a cheetah at Kruger National Park

    It’s understood the suspect allegedly ran over the animal near the Punda Maria camp on Friday.

    321 days ago
  • FILE: Rhinos in the Kruger National Park. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Combined 105-year sentence handed down to three rhino poachers

    Shangani Mathebula, Emmanuel Mdhluli and Walter Hendrik Mangane were arrested in 2017 for killing three rhinos in Marula, in the south section of the Kruger National Park.

    344 days ago
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    249 rhino killed in SA during first half of 2021 as poaching increases

    The bulk of the slaughter happened at the Kruger National Park where 132 rhinos were killed.

    378 days ago
  • An elephant crosses in Kruger National Park. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    MY TAKE: Nothing could have prepared me for the Kruger National Park

    Dominic Majola writes that the early morning sound of hyenas in the Kruger was a wake-up call that made it very real for her that humans are not the only ones occupying planet Earth.

    425 days ago
  • Handcuffs. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    One suspected poacher killed, 4 others arrested at Kruger National Park

    Rangers led operations at the Pretoriuskop section in the south of the park last week where the men were nabbed in two separate incidents.

    434 days ago
  • A wild dog in the Kruger National Park. Picture: Dominic Majola/Eyewitness News

    Kruger National Park celebrates increase in wild dogs population

    Their population in the park has increased from 120 animals in 2009 to between 300 and 350.

    443 days ago
  • FILE: An elephant crosses the road in Kruger National Park. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Elephants 'trample' rhino poacher to death at Kruger National Park

    Rangers on routine patrol spotted three poachers who ran into the elephant herd while trying to flee.

    481 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com

    ‘Rhino Court’ will continue operating at Kruger National Park, says SANParks

    The court, which boasts a 100 % rhino poaching conviction rate, had not been operating for over a year due to a legal battle waged by the Mpumalanga Regional Court’s president, Naomi Engelbrecht, who sought to have it closed and its cases transferred to the Mhala Court.

    488 days ago
  • Several bridges are overflowing and closed due to continued heavy rains in the Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP on Twitter.

    Kruger National Park counting cost of heavy rain, flooding in reserve

    Several roads and bridges in the nature reserve have been swamped and some of it's camps are still inaccessible.

    555 days ago
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