The image shows a creature that is reported to have been killed in South East Mauritania in July 2020

By 211 Check Editorial Team

A tweet on 25th November 2021 claiming that a rare creature was killed in Rubkona Unity State is FALSE

“I’m very disappointed in the people of Rubkona, Unity State. There was no point killing such a rare creature,” the tweet reads in part.

The tweet also claims that the species of Aardvark was only in South Sudan and that might be the last one. “Sadly dead,” the tweet added.

However, 211 Check investigations have established that the tweet claiming the rare creature was killed in South Sudan is unfounded.

Reverse image results for the image shows several cases in which the same image has been used. The earliest being on 18th July 2020 in the Batha of Al-Nama city in the state of Al-Hawd Al-Sharqi, southeast of Mauritania

According to the activists who circulated the photo at that time, the animal was killed by some citizens in Mauritania.

It should also be noted that according to National Geographic, Aardvarks occur in almost all Africa’s parks and reserves, and not only in South Sudan as claimed in the tweet.

Conclusion:

211 Check has looked into an image purportedly of a rare creature killed in Rubkona, Unity State and finds it to be FALSE

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