The number of rhinos being poached in Namibia, home to the world's second-biggest population of the animals, is surging with the government and environmental non-profits suspecting that international syndicates are shifting their focus from South Africa. In the 12 months to the end of August, 74 rhinos were killed illegally, compared with just 16 in the first eight months of 2021, according to government statistics. "The main concern is that South African gangs are moving here, there is quite a bit of sophistication in their ways," Jaco Muller, the chairman of non-profit Help Our Rhinos Now, said in an interview. "They hit five properties in about two weeks."