{"id":385033,"date":"2025-11-06T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=385033"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:44:28","slug":"black-rhino-killed-and-horns-poached-in-erongo-no-arrests-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=385033","title":{"rendered":"Black rhino killed and horns poached in Erongo, no arrests yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE police in the Erongo Region are searching for suspects involved in the hunting and killing of a rhino, as well as the poaching of its horns, at a custodial farm in the Omaruru District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police reports, the suspect(s) shot the black rhino bull in the head before removing its horns. The decomposed carcass of the rhino was later discovered on the farm. 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