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’t Sas-Rolfes, Michael
111
,
140

141

Tuan, Ha Cong
284
,
285

Tuan, Nguyen Thien ‘Tommy’
251

252
,
255

257
,
260

261

‘two-step’ poison
243

244

Uganda
110
,
111
,
275

UNITA
27
,
29
,
30
,
38
,
43
,
45

47
,
48
,
51
,
54
,
57
,
60
,
72
,
85

United Democratic Front (UDF)
87

United States
24
,
41

42
,
142
,
290

291
,
292
,
298
see also
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

University of the Witwatersrand
79

US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
24
,
41
,
42

Vaalwater
195

197

Van der Post, Sir Laurens
69
,
70

Van der Westhuizen, Kobus
171

172

Van Deventer, Deon
147

150

Van Deventer, Nicolaas
149

Van Niekerk, Charles
185

Van Note, Craig
37

38
,
39
,
59
,
72
,
73

Van Schalkwyk, Martinus
260

Van Wyk, Chris
105

107
,
123

Venter, Ansie
210

veterinarians
12
,
175

176

Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, Onderstepoort
245

248

Viera, Tony
75

Vietnam
ix
,
281

282

army and trafficking
268

269

cancer myth
274

275
,
276

279

and CITES
111
,
285
,
297

and diplomatic immunity
252
,
257

259

economy and environment
281

286

endangered animals and status
282

283

and ivory
252
,
274
,
285
,
297

MOU with SA
284
,
286

War
276
,
290

291

Vietnamese, hunting by
100
,
102
,
104

105
,
167
,
273

Czechs and Poles as pseudo-hunters
125

126

and Dawie Groenewald
134

136

evidence of organised crime
105

numbers of rhino hunted
103

104

payment
102
,
107
,
135

and permits
101

102

pressure on by SA
124

125

see also
Van Wyk, Chris

Vietnamese, trading by
103

104
,
247
,
251

258
,
260

263
,
273

276

Vigne, Richard
141

142

Vlakplaas death squad
81
,
82
,
87

Vlok, Adriaan
73
,
78

Volksblad
newspaper
170
,
171

Vory v Zakone
118

Walker, Clive
57

58

water-buffalo horn
240

Watson, Thomas Jnr
66

weapons trade
28

31
,
38
,
39

40
,
42
,
44

Weekly Mail
74

Wei, Guan Hu
199

West Nicholson
9

Westraadt, Randy
123

White, James Anthony
81

82

white rhino
104
,
110

113
,
118
,
123
,
164
,
165
,
167
,
168
,
247

wild animal trade
vii
,
282

283
,
285
,
289

290
,
292

298

Wildlife Conservation Society
259
,
268
,
278
,
283

Wildlife Ranching South Africa
244

William
178
,
189

192

Williamson, Craig
79

83
,
89
,
94

Winburg
169

Windhoek Observer
55

Wongprajan, Nikorn
193

Wongprajan, Nimit
192

193

World Health Organization (WHO)
276
,
290

World Trade Organization (WTO)
281

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
63

66
,
69
,
71
,
74
,
173
,
275
,
297

298

1001 Club
65

67
,
72

and Operation Lock
88
,
89
,
90

95

World Wildlife Trust
83

Wu, Jianwei
199
,
200

Xaysavang Export-Import Company
185
,
288
,
299

and CITES
288
,
289
,
294
,
297

and rhino killing
108
,
125

and trading in rhino horn
154
,
164
,
167
,
179

180
,
188
,
288
,
296

297

and trading in wild animals
289
,
293
,
295
,
296

298

Yemen
112
,
271

Yengeni, Tony
201

202

Yu, Zhongda
199

Zachariah
229

230

Zambezi Valley
19

21

Zambia
19
,
20
,
59
,
76
,
110

zebra gangs
5

6
,
8

zebra poaching
8

Zimbabwe
xi
,
10
,
13
,
19
,
131

and Dawie Groenewald
130

132

land resettlement programme
2

3
,
130

and Operation Lock
76

77

refugees
233

235

rhino population
2
,
19
,
111

Rhodesian Bush War
19
,
20
,
27

wildlife conservancies
2

3

Zimbabwean Association of Tourism and Safari Operators
131

Zimbabwe National Parks (Zimparks)
4
,
19
,
131

Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association
131

132

Zitha, Albert
213

Zitha, Batista
211
,
213

214
,
228

Zitha, Dario
211

215
,
228

Zoutpansberger
12
,
13

Zulu Dawn
film
138

Zuma, Jacob
144
,
202
,
203
,
204
,
206
,
207

208

A wounded poacher, Hardlife Nkomo, is questioned by game scouts. A hundred metres away lies a bloodied .303 rifle fitted with a silencer

Blondie Leathem and Magotshe Siziba – his former Zimparks sergeant – discuss a possible incursion by poachers into the Bubye Valley Conservancy. The two men have been at the forefront of Zimbabwe’s ‘rhino wars’ for the past twenty-five years

A .375 hunting rifle, fitted with a custom-made silencer, which was stolen during a violent farm attack near Musina in South Africa, and later used to poach rhinos in Zimbabwe

Another silenced rifle was found by Zimbabwean police in a hidden compartment in the tailgate of a South African–registered bakkie

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