Poaching is a worldwide epidemic that is destroying our planet’s delicate balance of biodiversity while also causing appalling human rights violations. The demand for rhino horn, particularly in some Asian countries, is the primary reason why the rhino species is facing extinction. Working hand-in-hand with traffickers, who in turn work with poachers, traders pay meager sums for rhinos to be killed so their horns can be upsold on the black market for bogus health benefits.
In the above video, we see the painful reality of poaching. A mother rhino has been gunned down while her scared and confused baby darts around her trying to make sense of the inexplicable tragedy he witnessed. The baby refused to leave his mother’s side, and rescuers had to use a dart to take him to safety at a rhino orphanage.
This tear-jerking incident is a weekly occurrence in Africa. Rhino horn is made of keratin, the same material our own fingernails are made of, and there is zero evidence of any sort that proves ingesting rhino horn helps people in any way. The demand is so high for rhino horn, that even rhinos on protected lands with armed guards are targeted by poachers. This idiotic mentality must stop if rhinos are to have a fighting chance.
Although this video is painful to watch, please make sure to share it with your network. Only when people explicitly see the reality of poaching will they feel compelled to stand up against it.
how can i sign a petition about a baby rhino, seems to me that the video was deleted..
we have to take an action and save him/her and then replace it to a safer place..
we call ourselves humans, we think we are cultured and civilized but what i see nowadays proves me that we are very wrong… if we just sit and sign the petitions this world will not change.. i myself want to move to africa and do volunteering to save the wild animals of africa , want to devote my life to this goal. Dont just sit and wait for something good to happen. take real actions to change this world.. maybe i sound naive. but it will not hurt us if we really work on this task!
KARMA: There are lots of poachers to take care of. HELP YOURSELF.
HELL AWAITS ALL POACHERS TO ORPHAN THE RHINO CALVES LIKE THIS NOW. BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO FIGHT THE POACHERS NOW.