Two white rhinoceros walk in Limpopo on March 12, 2012 near the new site of a Rhinoceros orphanage yet to be built. The centre will take in baby rhinoceroses orphaned or injured by poachers. Rhinos will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by 2015 if poaching continues at its current rate, a campaigner fighting to save the beasts has warned.
An adult white rhino looks on at the Entabeni Safari Conservancy, Limpopo, 300 kms north east of Johannesburg on July 31, 2012. Entabeni is one of the world's only dedicated orphanages for rhino calves whose parents were poached for their horns.The conservancy specially designed and built four high-care rooms and one intensive care chamber where sick calves can receive 24-hour attention. These include an incubator, drips and surveillance cameras. Almost 300 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since the start of the year, and in 2011, 448 were killed. The country's seen a huge rise in poaching in the last few years, as black market demand for rhino horn soars.
A black dehorned rhinoceros walks on August 3, 2012 at the Bona Bona Game Reseve, 200 kms southeast of Johannesburg. South Africa has seen a devastating increase in poaching in recent years as black-market demand for rhino horn has grown. Last year poachers killed 448 rhinos, up from 333 in 2010 and just 13 in 2007. Heightened security measures have failed to stop the criminal syndicates that officials say are responsible for the killing. The animals' distinctive horns are hacked off to be smuggled to the lucrative Asian black market, where the fingernail-like substance is falsely believed to have powerful healing properties.
A black dehorned rhinoceros walks on August 3, 2012 at the Bona Bona Game Reseve, 200 kms southeast of Johannesburg. South Africa has seen a devastating increase in poaching in recent years as black-market demand for rhino horn has grown. Last year poachers killed 448 rhinos, up from 333 in 2010 and just 13 in 2007. Heightened security measures have failed to stop the criminal syndicates that officials say are responsible for the killing. The animals' distinctive horns are hacked off to be smuggled to the lucrative Asian black market, where the fingernail-like substance is falsely believed to have powerful healing properties.
A black dehorned rhinoceros walks on August 3, 2012 at the Bona Bona Game Reseve, 200 kms southeast of Johannesburg. South Africa has seen a devastating increase in poaching in recent years as black-market demand for rhino horn has grown. Last year poachers killed 448 rhinos, up from 333 in 2010 and just 13 in 2007. Heightened security measures have failed to stop the criminal syndicates that officials say are responsible for the killing. The animals' distinctive horns are hacked off to be smuggled to the lucrative Asian black market, where the fingernail-like substance is falsely believed to have powerful healing properties.
French Damien Vergnaud poses next to a sign warning poachers that rhino horns have been poisoned on March 22, 2013 at his private game reserve in Inverdoom, 200 kms north east of Cape Town. Vergnaud runs a breeding programme for cheetahs and he has organised an armed security guard to protect his rhinos from poaching.
A picture taken on March 23, 2013 shows a rhino at the private game reserve of French Damien Vergnaud in Inverdoom, 200 kms north east of Cape Town. Vergnaud runs a breeding programme for cheetahs and he has organised an armed security guard to protect his rhinos from poaching.
A picture taken on March 23, 2013 shows a rhino at the private game reserve of French Damien Vergnaud in Inverdoom, 200 kms north east of Cape Town. Vergnaud runs a breeding programme for cheetahs and he has organised an armed security guard to protect his rhinos from poaching.
This picture taken on July 25, 2013 shows two white rhinos at Johannesburg Zoo. A total of 515 rhinos have been killed so far this year in South Africa. Last year, 668 rhinos were killed in South Africa, a record high that could be surpassed if the poaching continues at today's pace.The lucrative Asian black market for rhino horn has driven a boom in poaching in South Africa, which has the largest rhino population in the world. Many of the killings are thought to be perpetrated by poachers from global syndicates.The army's deployment in the hardest-hit area, the Kruger National Park, has done little to stem the killings.
This picture taken on July 25, 2013 shows a white rhino at the Johannesburg Zoo. A total of 515 rhinos have been killed so far this year in South Africa. Last year, 668 rhinos were killed in South Africa, a record high that could be surpassed if the poaching continues at today's pace.The lucrative Asian black market for rhino horn has driven a boom in poaching in South Africa, which has the largest rhino population in the world. Many of the killings are thought to be perpetrated by poachers from global syndicates.The army's deployment in the hardest-hit area, the Kruger National Park, has done little to stem the killings.
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