{"id":11720,"date":"2012-06-21T23:37:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T21:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/film-shows-horror-of-africas-rhino-poaching-crisis\/"},"modified":"2012-06-21T23:37:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T21:37:20","slug":"film-shows-horror-of-africas-rhino-poaching-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/film-shows-horror-of-africas-rhino-poaching-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Film shows horror of Africa’s rhino-poaching crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ed Stoddard<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, June 21<\/span> (Reuters) – Flies buzz around a
\nhulking pile of flesh and muscle that lies rotting in South
\nAfrica’s Kruger National Park with its eyes gouged out and
\nscimitar-like horns hacked off in the opening scenes of a
\nshocking new documentary on rhino poaching.<\/p>\n

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A series of still-photos of other gruesome kills flash
\nacross the screen in “Rhino under threat”, a deeply disturbing
\n28-minute film available on video-sharing website YouTube that
\nhas been made to drive home the horror of a rhino poaching
\ncrisis which has reached alarming levels.<\/p>\n

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Made by UNTV and the Convention on International Trade in
\nEndangered Species (CITES), the film can be seen on YouTube on
\nthis link: here<\/a>
\n<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

It debuted on Monday at the Rio +20 global environment
\nconference in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

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South Africa, home to close to the vast majority of the
\nplanet’s rhinos, is the epicentre of the unfolding tragedy.<\/p>\n

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According to the latest data from South Africa’s department
\nof environmental affairs, as of June 15, 245 rhinos have been
\npoached in the country so far in 2012. At this rate the carnage
\nwill almost certainly exceed the 448 slain last year.<\/p>\n

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A decade ago only a handful were being taken.<\/p>\n

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Elephant and rhino poaching is surging, conservationists
\nsay, an illegal part of Asia’s scramble for African resources,
\ndriven by the growing purchasing power of newly affluent Asians.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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