Rhino with hacked horn found in South African park
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-XpKuOK6AI[/media]
[quote]Horrified tourists on safari in South Africa discovered a mutilated rhino wandering around what is supposed to be a nature reserve whilst on holiday last week. The rhino, seen stumbling and bleeding around Kruger National Park, was filmed by the visitors.
South Africa earlier in the year warned that rhino poaching increased 50% last year, due to growing demand from Asia.
Read: Rhino poaching rises by 50% in South Africa
The film, shot on February 28, shows the animal swaying with blood streaming from where its horn has been hacked off. It was put down shortly after being discovered, the Daily Mail reports, as it was in agony.
Reynold Thakhuli from South African National Parks told the Daily Mail:
"An assessment was conducted to determine the extent of the injuries and suffering. It was discovered that a bullet had lodged in the rhino’s brain and therefore any chance of survival was slim".[/quote]
This [B]Shit[/B] is [B]disgusting[/B] I hope whoever did this has the same done to them.
I just don't understand how someone could actually be okay with doing this.
I don't even have words for when things like this happen.
poacher poachers will eventually become a thing and when they do i do not think i'll be defending the harm inflicted upon rhino/other endangered species poachers.
[QUOTE]The film, shot on February 28, shows the animal [B]swaying with blood streaming[/B] from where its horn has been hacked off. It was put down shortly after being discovered, the Daily Mail reports, as it was in agony.[/QUOTE]
Eughhh, who the everliving fuck could do this to a living being
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;44147428]poacher poachers will eventually become a thing and when they do i do not think i'll be defending the harm inflicted upon rhino/other endangered species poachers.[/QUOTE]
And then the poachers will retaliate.
Poachers for the poachers poaching the poachers.
[QUOTE=Limed00d;44147432]Eughhh, who the everliving fuck could do this to a living being[/QUOTE]
People driven to it by a desperate lack of money and options?
As despicable as poaching is, it's important to recognise that the people on the ground are only doing it because they're being paid to. Killing or capturing individual poachers doesn't do anything to help the overall problem.
[QUOTE=matty928;44147233]
This [B]Shit[/B] is [B]disgusting[/B] I hope whoever did this has the same done to them.[/QUOTE]
I'm betting whoever did this does not have a horn.
[QUOTE=Falubii;44150161]I'm betting whoever did this does not have a horn.[/QUOTE]
Even so, revenge is no solution. A horn for a horn makes the whole world hornless.
There should be laws allowing shoot to kill on sight of poachers in these parks
[QUOTE=AT Rifleman;44150479]There should be laws allowing shoot to kill on sight of poachers in these parks[/QUOTE]
I thought there was
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44150486]
Pretty sure this already happens with several parks.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure there have been quite a few times when Poachers have gone after park officials as well to get them out of the way because I remember at one time watching a documentary about some gorilla habitat that had some of it's employees killed by poachers.
Now it's just a large pig :(
They removed the whole fucking thing, WHOLE THING. They decided that just cutting the top portion of the horn wasn't good enough. They literally had to rip the fucking thing out.
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;44147428]poacher poachers will eventually become a thing and when they do i do not think i'll be defending the harm inflicted upon rhino/other endangered species poachers.[/QUOTE]
Isn't there a country that made it legal to use deadly force against poachers?
Lets do it, you and me, we'll get a dune buggy and mount a gun on it.
we'll be poacher bounty hunters, think of the rewards.
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;44150823]Now it's just a large pig :([/QUOTE]
Probably doesn't taste as good.
People in africa are de-horning rhinos to prevent poaching. Poachers will normally kill the rhino, so this could have just been "wildlife activists" cutting off the horn to prevent poaching and the wound some how got infected. I'm not sure why a poacher would take the horn without killing the animal.
[QUOTE=devin2724;44155076]People in africa are de-horning rhinos to prevent poaching. Poachers will normally kill the rhino, so this could have just been "wildlife activists" cutting off the horn to prevent poaching and the wound some how got infected. I'm not sure why a poacher would take the horn without killing the animal.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] "An assessment was conducted to determine the extent of the injuries and suffering. [B]It was discovered that a bullet had lodged in the rhino’s brain and therefore any chance of survival was slim".[/B] [/QUOTE]
Did they try to sedate the rhino with a bullet?
[QUOTE=FingerSpazem;44154630]Isn't there a country that made it legal to use deadly force against poachers?
Lets do it, you and me, we'll get a dune buggy and mount a gun on it.
we'll be poacher bounty hunters, think of the rewards.[/QUOTE]
Count me in. I'm in no way a radical tree-hugging, animal-loving hippie, but this shit is disgusting and it has to be put to an end immediately. Hell, it should have been put to an end long, long time ago.
I say we go Punisher on their asses, we capture them, force them to tell us who pays for this shit, and move our way up to the big fish.
[editline]7th March 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=devin2724;44155076]People in africa are de-horning rhinos to prevent poaching. Poachers will normally kill the rhino, so this could have just been "wildlife activists" cutting off the horn to prevent poaching and the wound some how got infected. I'm not sure why a poacher would take the horn without killing the animal.[/QUOTE]
How does that make any fucken sense?! They could just doubled or tripled the surveillance without hurting the animal unnecessarily.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;44155728]Count me in. I'm in no way a radical tree-hugging, animal-loving hippie, but this shit is disgusting and it has to be put to an end immediately. Hell, it should have been put to an end long, long time ago.
I say we go Punisher on their asses, we capture them, force them to tell us who pays for this shit, and move our way up to the big fish.
[editline]7th March 2014[/editline]
How does that make any fucken sense?! They could just [B]doubled or tripled the surveillance[/B] without hurting the animal unnecessarily.[/QUOTE]
Let me just go ahead and double or triple the surveillance in the middle of Africa on 1000000 hectares of land.
[editline]7th March 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=MR-X;44153723]They removed the whole fucking thing, WHOLE THING. They decided that just cutting the top portion of the horn wasn't good enough. They literally had to rip the fucking thing out.[/QUOTE]
When Rino's are dehorned to prevent poaching sometimes the poachers actually kill the animal anyway to steal the tiny stomp that is left.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44150486]Choosing to roll over as an excuse for trying to make youself seem more important, like you're somehow better than these people just makes it even easier for them;[/QUOTE]
I'm sort of against mutilating/murdering people, no matter what you think justifies it.
Sorry
This is why Africa has no good things.
[QUOTE=AT Rifleman;44150479]There should be laws allowing shoot to kill on sight of poachers in these parks[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44150486]You know, it's getting really [I]really[/I] tough to agree with this under any circumstance that calls for people to use it.[/quote]
[quote]Choosing to roll over as an excuse for trying to make youself seem more important, like you're somehow better than these people just makes it even easier for them[/quote]
[quote]If they want to try their luck with their lives on the line[/quote]
[quote]If the poachers want to gamble with their lives, all they can do for now is let them[/quote]
[QUOTE=FingerSpazem;44154630]Isn't there a country that made it legal to use deadly force against poachers?
Lets do it, you and me, we'll get a dune buggy and mount a gun on it.
we'll be poacher bounty hunters, think of the rewards.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;44155728]I say we go Punisher on their asses, we capture them, force them to tell us who pays for this shit, and move our way up to the big fish.[/QUOTE]
#facepunch
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;44147428]poacher poachers will eventually become a thing and when they do i do not think i'll be defending the harm inflicted upon rhino/other endangered species poachers.[/QUOTE]
This sounds like so much fun. Go to Africa. Pay some money and get some gear from the local police along with a police guide. Then poach some poachers!
[QUOTE=Corewarp3;44156685]This sounds like so much fun. Go to Africa. Pay some money and get some gear from the local police along with a police guide. Then poach some poachers![/QUOTE]
10/10
Would pay life savings for this..infact here have my 63€
I had this image in my head where the horn would be cut off at the base, like you'd see this round base instead, and I was disgusted, instead I see its face where it looks more like some savage ripped it off by pulling it off and I'm utterly shocked.
There's really little to say other than how the hell do we live in a time where this still happen?
Why the fuck didn't the poachers kill it?
I know it had a bullet already in it's brain, but if you're going to mutilate something, especially for a worthless cause like that, you better kill the shit out of the animal first.
If anything I imagine it'd be easier to 'harvest' from a corpse than a living thing. Fucking sadistic bastards.
[QUOTE=Corewarp3;44156685]This sounds like so much fun. Go to Africa. Pay some money and get some gear from the local police along with a police guide. Then poach some poachers![/QUOTE]
There's probably a market for it. Just like there's a market to ride along on a ship while armed, in hopes to bait out pirates
I thought some poachers were really poor so they don't have a choice and do this to put food on their tables
Jesus Christ.
This is the first time I heard about this in Kruger National Park, hoping to see them again but this is horrible.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;44156440]#facepunch[/QUOTE]
Your point being...?
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