Safe keeping
All protected areas must be in possession of a valid
Threatened or Protected Species permit that includes
the possession of rhinoceros horn.
• All rhinoceros horn must be stored in a suitable
safe/strong room.
• The safe/strong room must be locked at all times
and all reasonable precautions must be taken to
safe guard the stockpile.
• In order to minimise the threat of theft, the
stockpile should be accessible to a minimum
number of trusted staff members only.
• Never disclose the amount of horn in safe
keeping.
• Rhinoceros horn must be transferred to the
Pietermaritzburg central safe as soon as a
“reasonable” collection of rhinoceros horn has
accumulated.
Storage
Application of diatomaceous earth in Stockpiles
• Wash horns thoroughly with water to get rid of
any chemicals.
• Leave in sun to dry.
• Sprinkle with shaker over the surface of the horn
(See picture below).
• Use paint brush to spread the product evenly
over horn surface.
• Room corners along the wall of the store room
can be sprinkle with the powder.
Application in fresh horn
• Remove all flesh from the horn base with a knife.
• Wash horns thoroughly with water to get rid of
blood and soil.
• Leave in sun to dry.
• Sprinkle with shaker over the surface of the horn
(See picture below).
• Use paint brush to spread the product evenly
over horn surface.
• The base of a fresh horn can be dipped in the
powder. Any excessive powder can be brushed
off.
Marking
• All rhinoceros horn must be micro-chipped and
tagged in the approved manner. The horns must
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be thoroughly scanned for existing chips to
prevent duplication before inserting new microchips.
GN 170 of 2009 refers to the marking of
rhinoceros horn and applies as follows:
All horns must be micro-chipped and recorded in
register.
Measurements of the circumference, inner and
outer length must be taken.
All horns to be photographed (attach reference
label, denoting the register entry number to
horn).
All drill shavings must be collected, labelled and
stored in a sealed container. The micro-chip
number must be placed in the container as well
as attached to the outside of the container.
The information of each container must be
entered into the register.
In addition to the legislated requirements for
marking rhinoceros horn, EKZNW requires the
following:
All horns must be tagged using the prescribed PA
prefix and reference number (sequential) – enter
information in register.
A distinction must be made between black and
white rhinoceros horn.
A tag for “unknown” rhinoceros horn to be
attached when the distinction between black and
white rhinoceros is difficult to determine.
All rhinoceros horn must be weighed to the
nearest 100 gram.
Rhinoceros Horn Register (Central register at
Protected Area Head Quarters)
• All receipting and issuing of rhinoceros horn must
be recorded in the approved rhinoceros horn
register.
• Central register to be kept in the strong room
along with the rhinoceros horn.
• All relevant fields of entry must be completed;
in addition, a distinction must be made between
legal and illegally recovered horn and the species
(black or white rhinoceros).
• The register must be up to date at all times and
be available for auditing at short notice.
Micro-chips
2016
SEPTEMBER
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