BREAKING: Former owner of the world's largest rhino conservation farm John Hume has been granted R100K bail after being arrested for allegedly running an international rhino horn trafficking syndicate that moves rhino horns from South Africa targeting markets in Asia.

He (83) was arrested by the Hawks together with five others in Sunnyside.

(20K bail)
Hermanus Du Toit (50)
Mattheus Poggenpoel (37)
Johannes Hennop (52)

(R10K bail)
Clive Melville (63)
Elizabeth Van Niekerk (58)

Hawks has been investigating the syndicate since 2017.

They allegedly obtained permits to trade #rhinohorn locally, while intending to traffic the horns.

The fraudulent scheme is estimated to involve 964 rhino horns valued at R250 million, the NPA said #SouthAfrica #Wildlife #RhinoPoaching

Postponed to 09 DEC #JohnHume

#PlatinumRhinoConservation

Andrea Crosta:
<<Die wahre Pandemie auf diesem Planeten ist meiner Ansicht nach Gleichgültigkeit, die alle umbringen wird. >>

<<Gegen #Impotenz können Sie statt #Rhinohorn auch Fingernägel essen.>>

#EarthLeagueInternational #Wildleaks
#Klimakrise #Klimawandel #Tierschutz #Wildtierschutz #Elfenbeinhandel #Elfenbeinschmuggel

https://www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonntag-magazin/andrea-crosta-kaempft-mit-cia-methoden-gegen-den-illegalen-wildtierhandel-ld.1820921

Can everybody, but especially in Asia, please stop eating #shark fin soup!?!
Or anything from endangered species.
And NOT BUY or use materials from endangered animals while I'm at it.

Yes, Cina, I'm talking about you, too.
#Boycott #RhinoHorn #Ivory #MuskDeer #BearGallbladder #TigerBones #PangolinScales #seahorses #Bearfarms
#extinction #AnimalAbuse #BlackMarket

Ceci n'est pas un sextoy 🙄

Ping @Chakiral

#rhinohorn #rhume #droledoutil