Poachers hacked a baby rhino many times with axes and machetes. The infant rhino got too close to the poachers who were cutting off her mother’s horn after that rhino was killed in South Africa near Mokopane.
The jong rhino had obviously tried to return to its mother while the poachers were removing her horn and they slashed at her face with a panga and axes repeatedly in order to chase her away.
The two months old rhino had 18 very deep lacerations across her face, one which cuts right through her stump and the other through her skull, but was said to be doing remarkably well. The female calf is being cared for at a special orphanage for baby rhinos near Mokopane 250 kilometres north of Pretoria.
Poachers slaughtered a record 668 rhinos in South Africa last year as demand on the Asian, and especially the chinese black market for their horns continued to surge. Some think the material, which is of the same material as human nails, has medicinal values. The chinese think that they get more potent if they eat the powder of a rhino horn. They have they same ridiculous idea of the penis of a tiger. Those claims have been widely discredited.
This problem is getting bigger and bigger every year because the chinese are getting wealthier, but not smarter. They have more money to spend to kill rhino’s and tigers. In the meantime their sperm is not getting better by eating the horn of a rhino or the penis of a tiger.
The population of rhino’s is very much endangered bij de killing of so many animals this years and the yeras before. Even farms in South Afrika, where rhino’s are kept under protection, are attacked and the rhino’s are killed for their horns.
WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS BABY RHINO IS DOING NOW? THEN ALSO READ OUR FOLLOW-UP STORY HERE
That is why we are doing what we can to raise awareness world wide. Let us know what you think of our work:
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21826317/roswell-school-attempts-world-record-human-animal-sculpture
http://onemoregeneration.org/2013/03/21/omg-founders-on-the-steve-harvey-show/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fo8Z3mIWTTM
We are also looking for someone who can help us make an appointment with President Zuma so we can hand deliver the over 2,500 letters we have collected from people around the world:
http://onemoregeneration.org/2012/07/20/dear-president-zuma/
Best regard from the entire OMG Team 😉
Thank you for your reaction. I already payed attention to your initiative some time ago. Great you’re doing this. Tweeting and publishing about the rhino (elephant, lion, etc.) is our small contribution to awareness.
Let’s both continue the fight for a safety for our cohabitors!
Greetings,
Linda
1000xafrika