An Eastern Cape Conservation group is offering a reward of R100 000 for information that could lead to the arrest of those behind a spate of rhino poaching in the province.
The reward is being offered by the Wilderness Foundation Africa, through the Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative and the Wildlife Operations Group.
Matthew Norval of the Wilderness Foundation says 2016 has been a bleak year for rhino in the province, with a number of brutal poaching incidents having taken place.
He says their Forever Wild Conservation Programme was developed in 2011 as a response to the rhino poaching crisis and has been active through the Rhino Protection Initiative.
Norval says the initiative primarily provides logistical and operational support for conservation and law enforcement agencies responsible for rhino security.
