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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

Rhinos

TB detected in rhinos at Kruger National Park

By Keely Goodall

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.

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  • FILE: A black rhino. Picture: Pixabay.com

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    910 days ago
  • FILE: A rhino and calf. Picture: Supplied

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    996 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 4 May 2018 a black rhino runs around in a holding pen in Zakouma National Park in Chad. Four out of six South African rhinos that were transferred to a park in southeast Chad in a bid to revive the endangered species have died, but not from poaching, conservationists say on 6 November 2018. Picture: AFP

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    1373 days ago
  • FILE: Nola, one of a handful of remaining northern white rhinos left in the world, has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Picture: San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

    Hawks investigating well-known farmer for possession of rhino horns

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    2186 days ago
  • The calf was born in the early hours of this morning. Picture: Aquila Private Game Reserve.

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    The calf’s mother immediately rejected it, subsequently depriving it from life-sustaining milk.

    2414 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    749 rhino killed so far this year

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    2537 days ago
  • FILE: More than 1,000 rhinos were poached last year. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

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    2730 days ago
  • FILE: A ranger inspects a dead rhino found on the banks of a river in the Kruger National Park. Picture: Sapa.

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    2751 days ago
  • World Rhino Day. Credit: Gerry van der Walt/WildEye

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    2809 days ago
  • FILE. The US government wants two SA brothers extradited to that country for of trying to sell rhino horns to American hunters. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

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    2847 days ago
  • FILE: Three Kruger National Park employees have been arrested for alleged rhino poaching. Picture: Gerry van der Walt/WildEye.

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    2879 days ago
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    2879 days ago
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    2908 days ago
  • Time Running is Out...

    Time is Running Out...

    Time is Running Out...

    3031 days ago
  • More than 1,000 rhino were poached for their horns in South Africa in 2013. Picture: Big Game Parks.

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    3127 days ago
  • Rangers at the Kruger National Park have their hands full as the war against rhino poaching continues. This year alone, more 520 rhinos have been killed at the park for the horns. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

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    3174 days ago
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