Of body bags and poached rhinos

Endangered: Poachers have launched a war on the countries rhinos PIC: PHYS.ORG
Endangered: Poachers have launched a war on the countries rhinos PIC: PHYS.ORG

I refer to your article, Gov't buys more body bags as war against rhino poachers intensifies. Shoot-to-kill policies just don’t work, are immoral and unlawful too. 

To my knowledge, the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) anti-poaching squads have killed well over 60 alleged poachers since the late 1980s with no discernible effect.

The BDF has shot DEAD seven alleged rhino poachers in the past year and no arrests have been made. The bodies of the seven dead alleged poachers are lying unclaimed in the mortuary at Letsholathebe hospital in Maun.

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