Rangers kill three rhino poachers in wildlife reserve

Game rangers have killed three poachers in the past week during an escalation of armed incursions into South Africa’s flagship wildlife reserve, where hundreds of rhinos have been killed for their horns this year.

Paul Daphne, a spokesman for South Africa’s national parks service, said poaching activity in Kruger National Park has traditionally increased in November and December before tapering off around the year-end period.