Hon Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that a total of 146 rhinos have been poached in South Africa during the first two months of this year alone;
2) further notes that these figures translate into rhinos being slaughtered at the exceptionally alarming rate of nearly two and half rhino per day in South Africa;
3) recognises that so far this year, 44 people have been arrested in the country for rhino poaching;
4) acknowledges that it is becoming increasingly clear that we are losing the fight against these cruel and cold-hearted rhino poachers;
5) calls on the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs to urgently put more measures in place to protect our rhinos before there are none left in the wild;
6) further calls on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for the harshest possible sentences to be meted out on rhino poachers; and
7) encourages all South Africans to become involved in the conservation of one of our beloved Big 5.
Agreed to.