maximum jail time for poaching
Yesterday, January 29, South Africaâs Department of Environmental Affairs upped the penalties for rhino poaching to something beyond a slap on the wrist. The maximum fine will increase to about $110,000, with prison time of up to ten yearsâdouble what it had been.ut even the increased penalties arenât enough for contributing to the demise of a critically endangered species. The monetary payoff for rhino horns is exorbitant, and the new penalties would not likely dissuade would-be poachers.