{"id":7169,"date":"2024-05-10T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmsguardian.co.za\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:16:32","slug":"a-guide-to-firearm-owners-when-poachers-use-dogs-when-they-trespass-for-illegal-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmsguardian.co.za\/af\/2024\/05\/10\/a-guide-to-firearm-owners-when-poachers-use-dogs-when-they-trespass-for-illegal-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to firearm owners: When poachers use dogs when they trespass for illegal hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>South African farmers are increasingly confronted by poachers who use dogs in their illegal hunting activities &#8211; a growing criminal activity on farms in all provinces. Confronting the culprits has proven to be a challenging endeavour because they are well informed about their rights and use the law to their full benefit, not hesitating to lay fraudulent counter charges against complaining farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Particularly, using a firearm to destroy an animal used in illegal hunting activities is becoming a pressing issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Complete your details to download Firearms Guardian\u2019s official legal opinion destroying animals that cause harm on farms<\/strong>. <strong>This in depth legal opinion was written by our expect in criminal<\/strong> <strong>law<\/strong>, <strong>Dr. Llewelyn Curlewis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"7173\" class=\"elementor elementor-7173\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdfb282 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdfb282\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ae5d46\" data-id=\"3ae5d46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f648b5a elementor-button-align-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"f648b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"conditional_logic_data_js hidden\" data-form-id=\"New Form\" value=\"[]\" \/>\r\n\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"New Form\" aria-label=\"New Form\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"7173\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"f648b5a\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"A guide to firearm owners: When poachers use dogs when they trespass for illegal hunting - 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The majority of illegal hunting activities have long since stopped being a means to survive and has turned into a lucrative criminal opportunity. Unfortunately, as these activities increase, the criminality and violence surrounding such incidences are on the increase as well. There have been cases where farmers confronted these illegal hunters and paid with their lives,\u201d said Nolte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently a Ventersburg farmer, armed with his handgun, confronted perpetrators when he caught them trespassing on his property, illegally hunting with their dogs. The farmer laid charges against the perpetrators at the police, but the perpetrators laid a fraudulent counter charge against the farmer of pointing a firearm and attempted murder. The Farmer appeared in Court but the case was later withdrawn, leaving the farmer with a hefty legal bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis farmer could have avoided the legal costs&nbsp; he suffered had he been a Firearms Guardian policy holder,\u201d concluded Nolte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25cf &nbsp; &nbsp; Read our<a href=\"https:\/\/firearmsguardian.co.za\/2023\/08\/04\/police-bullies-farming-community\/\"> case study<\/a> on reverse charges and how it landed two innocent female farmers in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25cf &nbsp; &nbsp; Learn more about the<a href=\"https:\/\/firearmsguardian.co.za\/benefits\/\"> benefits<\/a> of a Firearms Guardian policy, and how it can save you, your family and your assets as a legally armed citizen of South Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Firearms Guardian policy is administered by Firearms Guardian (Pty) Ltd (FSP47115), an authorised Financial Services Provider and underwritten by GENRIC Insurance Company Limited (FSP43638), an authorised Financial Services Provider and licensed non-life Insurer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;South African farmers are increasingly confronted by poachers who use dogs in their illegal hunting activities &#8211; a growing criminal activity on farms in all provinces. 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