Rhino with hacked-off horn filmed in South African safari park

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/rhino-with-hacked-off-horn-filmed-in-south-african-safari-park

Tourists in South Africa’s Kruger national park, last week filmed grisly footage of a white rhino that has had its horn hacked off.

The injuries are believed to have been inflicted by poachers hunting for lucrative ivory.

The YouTube clip, filmed on 28 February, shows the rhino stopping on the road in front of the tourists’ vehicle, appearing to be disoriented and unsteady, before wandering off into the long grass. Its horn has gone, leaving a bloody mess on its nose, and one eye appears to be badly injured.

The tourists can be heard snapping photographs, saying “that’s extraordinary” and asking “is that recent, or is that old?”. The clips finishes with a radio message that sounds as if someone is reporting the sighting.

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1. kick

humans are so incredibly fucked up, I'm ashamed to be one.
We deserve everything we're doing to ourselves, but the animals don't.

[emmadoggy]

2. Horrifying and barbaric.