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    Default 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    Things are not looking up, folks...

    My advice would be to start carefully saving and archiving your rhino photos, they might be worth a fortune for future publishing when there are no more rhino left!

    Here's a petition to sign on change.org...let's hope our voices get heard but I must say I am getting despondent (and I'm normally an up-beat positive guy! )

    http://www.change.org/petitions/we-d...ino-extinction
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    Default Re: 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    Yeah Morkel , a little more action and a little less grandstanding on social media and the press by the people who can make a difference................
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    Default Re: 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    if only there was SOME action by the talking heads...I know there have been many arrests, but chopping of the tip of the branch of an aggressive weed is not going to help you eradicate the plant. You have to get to the root. I fear the "root" here lies in political relationships, greased palms and lined pockets...
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    Default Re: 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    Unbelievable stats!!! Shocking to say the least and a sign of the society of today!
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    Default Re: 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    I am a regular visitor to the Kruger. From June last year I have been there on four seperate occasions for an approximate total of twenty six days. I spent about eighty percent of my day on secondary roads for various reasons. In the previous and last visits, I personally have not encountered one vehicle or person that you can link to law enforcement or game rangers on these roads.
    These type of vehicles or persons I only saw speeding past me on main roads. Sponsord Anti Poaching and Defence Force vehicles are only to be seen in Rest Camps.

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    Default Re: 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    Vote for me for President, if you kill somebody you get killed, if you dehorn a Rhino you get .....
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    Default Re: 28 rhinos killed in first 14 days of 2012

    It is absolutely disgusting. And I'm sure there's even more of this going on than we realise

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