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SABI SAND WILDTUIN – MONTHLY SECURITY REPORT

FEEDBACK REPORT DECEMBER 2017 – SABI SAND WILDTUIN

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• During the month five (5) internal incidents were reported.

• Regular liaison is taking place with the KNP and other agencies regarding

Intelligence and Operations.

• The process of upgrading systems within SSW with Dimension Data /CISCO is an

ongoing process. Phase 2 to start within the next 2 months.

• We are waiting for the KNP to sign the agreement for the upgrading of the Toulon

gate at the KNP airstrip.

SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT OPEN

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Date last rhino poached in

SSW: 25 Jul 17

Total Rhinos died natural

causes in SSW - month: 1

SSW carcass free days: 159 Total Rhinos died natural

causes in SSW 2017: 3

Total Rhinos poached in

SSW 2017: 1

Total poached South

Africa – 2017

960

Suspected

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SSW for the month: 0


Mala Mala for the year

2017

2

Insurgents 6

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SSW STATISTICS 2017

Incident Type

Jan

Feb

Mar

Ap

r

May

Ju

n

Ju

l

Au

g

Sep

Oct

No

v

Dec

TO

TA

L

Rhino Poached - 0+2 - - - - 1 - - - - - 1+2

Poachers Neutralised & Arrests

- - - - - 2 - - - 4 - - 6

Weapons Recovered

- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1

Po

ach

ing

Acti

vit

ies

Fence cuts - - - - - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 5

Crossings - 2 - - 2 2 6 3 1 1 - 3 20

Sightings - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1

Shots heard 2 2 - 1 1 1 2 6 1 - 3 2 21

Tracks - 1 - - 2 2 6 3 1 1 - 2 18

Contacts - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1

Gen

era

l

Asp

ects

Environmen-tal incidents

- - 1 - - - - 1 1 - 1 1 5

Other - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2

-

Poachers neutralised includes the arrests made inside SSW and during Intelligence driven operations outside SSW.

Numbers in red are incidents on Mala Mala


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Incident 1

Where (Property) • Lisbon

Date • 6 Dec 17

Type • Crossing & tracks (3)

Incident description

• Exit point was found where suspects dug underneath the

fence.

• During the back tracking, an entry point was found where

the suspects crossed from the KNP over the Sabie river

onto the Lion Sands property.

• Group was confused with their point of exit from the KNP,

as they thought they were more to the West towards

Belfast/Cork.

Incident 2

Where (Property) • Alicecot

Date • 11 Dec 17

Type • Shots (2) reported


• NRS patrol reported shots

• No poaching activities were found with the follow-up, it is

suspected that shots were fired outside SSW in the

community

• No poaching activity found during the follow-up.

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Incident 3

Where (Property) • Alicecot

Date • 15 Dec 17

Type • Fence cut & Crossing (attempted)


• The fence was found cut and then again closed and fixed.

• No tracks were found at the scene

• It could not be determined if it was an old cut.

Incident 4

Where (Property) • Exeter

Date • 20 Dec 17

Type • Crossing & tracks (3)


• Exit point was found, entry point unknown.

• During the back tracking the tracks were lost close to the

46 cutline – boundary between Othawa and Exeter.

• The group that entered SSW stayed between the fence

line and the fire break.

• During the exit the group climbed over the fence after the

fence electrical strands were shorted out. This gives an

indication that the group was familiar with the fence alarm

operations. Possible indication is that an ex-field ranger is

involved.

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Incident 5

Where (Property) • Buffelshoek

Date • 30 Dec 17

Type • Shots (1) reported


• An NRS patrol reported a shot in the Manyeleti area.

• Manyeleti Rangers were informed.

• No poaching activities were found during the follow-up

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Orientation and Incident Map

Sabi Sand Wildtuin

Map Legend

Contact

Tracks Found/Other

Carcasses

Sighting

Crossing and Tracks

Shots Heard

Incident 5. Shots

reported (1) – 30

Dec 17

Incident 2. Shots

reported (2) – 11

Dec 17

Incident 4.

Crossing, Tracks (3)

– 20 Dec 17

Incident 3. Fence

cut, Crossing – 15

Dec 17

Incident 1.

Crossing, Tracks (3)

– 6 Dec 17

Incident 6. Rhino

rescue from mud –

25 Dec 17

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The graph above show year on year increase since 2011 for rhino poached (green line).

The average trend (11%) (red line) of the past six (6) years shows that we should have

lost 7 rhinos for 2017.

11%

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Lessons learnt during 2017

• Speed of infiltrations.

• Counter-tracking is being used more by suspected poachers during their

incursions and great care is taken by suspected poachers to enter SSW and when

crossing roads/cutline in order not to leave any tracks or markings behind.

• Use of help on the outside has become the norm during incursions.

• It is also seen that suspected poachers do detail reconnaissance before

attempting to enter SSW.

Predictions

• Incursions into the Western Sector and the Castleton / Dudley / Shaws areas can

increase due to the high number of rhino in the areas. Incursions will be quick

same day/night in and out. On the Southern boundaries in the Lisbon area

increased activities could also be expected.

• The Northern boundary and the Buffelshoek property still stays an area of great

concern. Incursions into Manyeleti and Kingfischerspruit has idecreased during the

past month. Incursions into the Northern parts of Tshokwane are starting to

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increase where the poachers will make use of the Buffelshoek/Gowrie to exit the

area due to the tall lights that are visible for many kilometres, this is then being

used for navigation. Incursions into Tshokwane from Mozambique has also picked

up during the past months.

• Actions in the Southern part of the KNP has increased. Suspected poachers can

make use of the areas bordering the KNP in South as they go through areas to

exit the KNP.

Risks

Fences

• With the increased caution that suspected poachers are taking to

enter, new and innovative changes must be made on the fence to

make it more difficult to cross. Internal upgrades are underway.

Changes to the fence line in Alicecot has been completed and the

work teams are moving to areas on the Northern boundary of SSW.

• Erosion on the fence line remains a problem. Most of the erosion is

on the outside (community side).

• The fence at the Protea Hotel will be upgraded. This will be done

once changes have been made to the current fence.

Gates

• Sniffer dogs at the gates are working well. Shaws gate still is a

problem due to the fact that we cannot accommodate the dogs at

the gate. Messures are being put in place to have sniffer dogs on a

more regular basis at Shaws.

• The whole gate process are being looked at, to simplify the

processes and speed up the entries.

General

• With access into SSW becoming more difficult, suspected poachers

will be making use of staff members working on SSW to assist them

obtaining information on rhino locations as well as Ranger

movements. We can expect that internal involvement will increase

in the coming months.

• Blackmailing of Rangers and staff can also take place in exchange

for information and assistance.

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Sabi Sand Wildtuin – Lodge Searches – Dec 17

Sector Property Comments

Northern Sector

Arathusa Safari,

Hoffmans, Wessels,

Gatiep, Little Gowrie,

Chitwa Chitwa, Jaci

Camp, Cheetah Plains

and Nkorho

Nothing Suspicious found

Intelligence Led Operations

Date Area Reason Outcome

1-31 Dec 17 • Intelligence driven

operations outside

SSW.

• Determining rhino

poaching groups

influencing SSW.

• Ongoing.

Deception Tests Feedback and Tests Completed for the Month

Date Test Further Investigation

1-31 Dec 17 • 67 reports received from

Lodges

• Interviews will be done on

members that failed polygraph.

In total 679 Polygraph test have been completed in SSW and reports received.

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Sabi Sand Wildtuin – Outstanding SAPS Cases – 2016/7

Property Incident type Incident date Case Number Comments

Exeter Contact 23 Feb 16 38/2/2016 Suspect arrested

Outside SSW

- Acornhoek

Intelligence

operation 17 Mar 16 135/3/2016 Weapon recovered

Buffelshoek Contact 10 Apr 16 21/04/2016 Suspects KIA

Outside SSW

- Acornhoek

Intelligence

operation 12 Aug 16 101/8/2016 Weapon recovered

Shaws Poaching 18 Jul 16 32/07/2016 Rhino shot, horns

intact

Castleton Poaching 19 Aug 16 58/8/2016 Rhino shot, horns

intact

Outside SSW

- Acornhoek

Intelligence

operation 21 Aug 16 192/8/2016 Weapon recovered

Outside SSW

- Acornhoek

Intelligence

operation 26 Aug 16 220/8/2016 Ammunition recovered

Dulini Weapon found 10 Nov 16 2/11/2016

(inquest) Weapon found

Outside SSW

- Acornhoek

Intelligence

operation 21 Nov 16 200/11/2016 Weapon recovered

Outside SSW

- Acornhoek

Intelligence

operation 20 Jun 17 166/6/2017

Lion head and feet

recovered

Buffelshoek Contact 22 Jul 17 4/7/2017

(Inquest)

NRS contact with

suspects

Exeter Poaching 25 Jul 17 59/7/2017 Rhino shot, horns

illegally removed

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Flight Report – hours flown – Dec 17

Code Type of Flight Hours Missions

011 Patrol: Visible 6.9 5

012 Patrol: Investigation 3.3 3

021 Call Out: Shots Reported 2.1 1

033 Sec Ops Support : Security 1.5 1

061 Maintenance : Transfer 1.3 2

062 Maintenance:Ground run/Check Flight 0.6 1

Numbers in brackets (red) indicate night flights

16.2

Flooding

Some minor flooding occurred during the month. Fences had to be fixed on the western

boundary at the Mabrak and on the Northern boundary at the Manyeleti.

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