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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 374 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to the above-mentioned
question is enclosed for your consideration.
MS NOSIPHO NGCABA
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 374
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 6 of 2014 {NW428E}
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 March 2014
Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
(1) How many (a) permits were issued since 2009 to hunt rhinos and (b)
rhinos were hunted in terms of the issued permits; and
(2) whether these hunters were monitored by her department; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details?
374. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS REPLIES:
(1) (a) 557
(b) 539
(2) No, the hunts are monitored by the provincial conservation
authorities as required in terms of the Norms and Standards for the
Marking of Rhinoceros and Rhinoceros Horn and for the Hunting of
Rhinoceros for Trophy Hunting Purposes, published in Government Gazette
No. 35248 and Government Notice No. 304 on 10 April 2012. In terms of
these Norms and Standards ârhinoceros hunts must take place in the
presence of an official of the issuing authority who is authorised in
terms of conservation legislation to conduct compliance inspections,
but preferably an environmental management inspector from the province
concernedâ.
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