{"id":262967,"date":"2021-10-26T01:09:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T08:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/?p=262967"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:58:15","slug":"south-african-poacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/2021\/10\/26\/caca-furtivo-sul-africano\/","title":{"rendered":"Kruger Rangers Found a Suspected Poacher Dead After an Elephant Stomp at Stolsnek"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1061731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061731\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1061731\" src=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poacher-stomped-to-death-by-elephant-in-South-African-national-park-2.jpg\" alt=\"An elephant and a man on the ground in Kruger National Park after a suspected poacher was found dead at Stolsnek\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1061731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The presumed poacher was found with his mobile phone still intact. Rangers handed it to authorities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA \u2014<\/strong> Rangers on an intelligence-led anti-poaching operation in October 2021 found a mangled male body at Stolsnek. Spokesman Isaac Phaahla told AFP an elephant had stomped a suspected poacher and that his accomplices had left him. &#8220;No animal was killed in the immediate vicinity,&#8221; he said. The phone survived. Rangers gave it to police. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elephant-kills-suspected-poacher-kruger-national-park-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/elephant-kills-suspected-poacher-south-africa-kruger-national-park-1641685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> carried the quote.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second such death in Kruger in 2021. In April a suspected rhino poacher died under a breeding herd near Phabeni after rangers spotted his group and the men ran the wrong way. Two incidents is a pattern. Phaahla&#8217;s standing warning did not change: people who come into Kruger to kill rhinos should expect the park to kill them back, with or without a ranger&#8217;s rifle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_53883\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PDOiWqX0RgE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Foolishness Files: Grandma tackles purse snatcher\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PDOiWqX0RgE\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2021\/04\/18\/rhino-poacher\/\">the Phabeni trampling<\/a> and more <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kruger National Park spokesman Isaac Phaahla said rangers on an anti-poaching operation found a male suspect&#8217;s body at Stolsnek after an elephant stomp. Accomplices had left him. No animal was killed nearby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191911,23,21],"tags":[74505,206088,147663,50498,205821,205736,195878,195879,188119,205806],"class_list":["post-262967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-international-news","category-news","tag-africa","tag-elephant","tag-elephants","tag-environment","tag-illegal-wildlife-trade","tag-poachers","tag-south-africa","tag-south-african","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poacher-stomped-to-death-by-elephant-in-South-African-national-park-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262967"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198965,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262967\/revisions\/1198965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}