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Veterinarian Andre Uys: Third accused in rhino poaching syndicate arrested in Musina A third accused in an alleged rhino poaching syndicate was arrested in Musina, Limpopo. Andre Uys, a wildlife veterinarian from Thabazimbi, appeared before a Musina magistrate on charges relating to the de-horning of white and black rhinos without a permit. Uys is a 38 year old well known and respected wildlife veterinarian in the Thabazimbi area. He was released on R10 000 bail, which he promptly paid. His bail conditions include that he must hand over his passport, may not change his fixed address, may not interfere with state witnesses and must report to the police every week. It is alleged that Uys and his two co-accused, Jacques Els from Thabazimbi and Tom Fourie from Musina, dehorned 15 rhinos on the Maremani Game Reserve outside Musina in October 2009. Fourie, who was the manager of the reserve, committed suicide last year. It is believed that Uys tranquilized the rhinos and dehorned them. Uys' case has been postponed to 18 March. Jacques Els was charged with illegal trading in rhino horns during his court appearance last year and is currently out on R30 000 bail. He will appear in court on the 28th of this month, when his case will also be postponed to 18 March. Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | ||
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Is it possible he dehorned those Rhino to prevent their killing by poachers? It is common practice in some areas of Zim to dehorn them. I can only suspect the motive was to sell the horn but I'd rather see them dehorned than dead and dehorned...lying the bush to rot. Not defending anything I know zero facts about, just curious. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I don't know, but Tom Fourie didn't kill himself for no good reason... if it was a suicide. Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | |||
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Guys, my info is that Uys dehorned the animals on the orders of the ranch, and thought that the owners and he had the paperwork in order. Unfortunately nobody had arranged the TOPS permit side of things which is where Uys should presumably have known better. The paperwork was supposedly in place for the ranch to store the horns, but the manager tried to sell some of them on the black market and so the rot started. paperwork, papperwork, paperwork. Harris Safaris PO Box 853 Gillitts RSA 3603 www.southernafricansafaris.co.za https://www.facebook.com/pages...=aymt_homepage_panel "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne." - Karen Blixen, | |||
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it appears on the surface that this guy was trying to do the right thing and got caught up in the normal african paper work snafu. I would rather see the Rhino dehorned and alive like others here have stated. | |||
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