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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBaby Rhino Is Glued to Keeper After Seeing Poachers Kill Mother
https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zF3n5qkPW7mn59fD9PAo_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0yODg7cT03NTt3PTUxMg--/An orphaned baby rhino has bonded with its keeper after seeing South African poachers mutilate his mother for her horn.
The animal was brought to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Center in South Africa and affectionately named Gretjie by the staff.
The poachers slaughtered his mother at the Kapama Private Game Reserve in South Africa on the night of May 7, according to the center.
https://gma.yahoo.com/baby-rhino-glued-keeper-seeing-poachers-kill-mother-161041139--abc-news-topstories.html
Phuckers.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Disgraceful!
AAO
(3,300 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)and shoot their balls off and see if they like it.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)In others, there are indicators they have a foothold in government.
AAO
(3,300 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)That and they should be made to EAT from the rotting carcass of the animal they killed.
CountAllVotes
(20,897 posts)That is what they've been doing to elephants these days, sawing off their tusks so they won't get pouched. How sad is this anyway?
Maybe they should use a chainsaw on the people doing this as well dare I suggest?
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)and cut out the stumps of the tusks. So that did not do any good at all, did it? Just made him easier to kill.
If they could find a permanent dye that would turn ivory a really hideous color forever that might save the elephant. Don't know what would save the rhino.
CountAllVotes
(20,897 posts)n/t
3catwoman3
(24,374 posts)...I don't like my own species very much.
arthritisR_US
(7,310 posts)hamsterjill
(15,246 posts)I get ashamed to be human sometimes.
I also think the animal kingdom in general is evolving whereas most of the human race has stopped.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)that exotic animal bits and pieces will not give you supernatural sexual prowess / cure cancer / whatever the mythology is?
Myths are started with storytelling. Can't we destroy them the same way?
The stupidity of killing endangered species to try to somehow absorb their power is one of the saddest failures of OUR species.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)DirkGently
(12,151 posts)I don't think we're going to wipe out Judeo-Christian religion that way, but surely we can dent the demand for bear bladders and rhino horns with some concentrated Internet-memery.
Worth a shot.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Needs maybe a picture. And a translation?
I'm just spitballing here.
3catwoman3
(24,374 posts)Definitely worth a try.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)And publicize, well the fact that some of the stuff is poisoned.
Then it is their own damn fault for ingesting it.
And not a fatal dose, but enough to make someone averse to ever having the experience again.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)http://www.earthtouchnews.com/wildlife-crime/poaching/new-study-infusing-rhino-horns-with-poison-doesnt-work
They tried to dye AND poison the horns, but the dye didn't penetrate.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)..on two legs and four...
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Just trying to get it rolling. Need it in some other languages, too, of course.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Dare I say "China"?
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)And Japan pretends dolphins are delicious, even though they're (sadly) full of mercury.
But sure, China's apparently the big player in the Magical Animal Murder Potions market.
Edit: Jesus, nevermind. Apparently the Russians take the bile FOR Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile_bear
So, yes, It's Asia. So we need our counter-memes translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Laotian, apparently.
Yuck.
hlthe2b
(103,052 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)JustAnotherGen
(32,353 posts)Sometimes we just suck. No need to be cruel to animals like that.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)TBF
(32,326 posts)and people think animals aren't sentient beings.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)catbyte
(34,728 posts)Damn it all to hell. Why are humans so fucking brutal?!?
arthritisR_US
(7,310 posts)redqueen
(115,113 posts)instead of their many victims.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)...
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)ErikJ
(6,335 posts)Hopefully they will make poaching thing of past soon.
AAO
(3,300 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)mountain grammy
(26,794 posts)TiredOfNo
(52 posts)navarth
(5,927 posts)This is one of the times I really wish I was a superhero. I would tear the poachers a new asshole for doing this repugnant shit.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Poor baby. I won't say what I think should be done to the assholes that killed his mom. Probably get a hide.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)then I see the picture of the keeper there, comforting Gretjie. The good people are always having to mitigate and clean up the damage the bad do.
brer cat
(24,836 posts)Doesn't make up for the horror, but it helps.
roamer65
(36,753 posts)Sad, sad story.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)if they want to keep them alive.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)There are poor people everywhere.
I watched a great show that had a news article about the Rhinos. It was on HBO's news show 'VICE'. They showed why there will always be a high demand for Rhino horn even though it s made with the same stuff that makes up our fingernails & toenails.
What was interesting was one scientist who weighed in with his solution for the poaching - get rid of the horn. The Rhinos really don't use the horn for much of anything and it could easily be clipped (like a toenail). Not sure if all of the facts were accurate but might be a good solution to consider.
nyabingi
(1,145 posts)as any more repugnant than people going out into the woods, shooting a deer or other domestic animal, posing with the carcass, then putting its head up on the wall as if everyone is supposed to be impressed.
Killing animals for financial gain and for sport aren't any different, so I hope the people on DU fantasizing about doing all sorts of mean things to these poachers feel the same way about your buddies who hunt on a regular...
alp227
(32,206 posts)Your point being...?
nyabingi
(1,145 posts)hunt for sport on a regular basis will turn their noses up at poaching, dog fighting, bull fighting, and other forms of animal abuse and torment, while not recognizing that what they do falls in the same category.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)An uncomfortable truth is a that a lot of poachers come from appallingly impoverished regions, in many of which the humans probably receive less Western attention than the endangered animals.
alp227
(32,206 posts)as opposed to selling a body part to satisfy someone's superstitions.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)*Buying* rhino body parts is a whole different kettle of fish - I can see no mitigating circumstances there.
But I don't see a moral difference between killing a rhino and eating it and killing a rhino, selling it and buying food.
alp227
(32,206 posts)"But I don't see a moral difference between killing a rhino and eating it and killing a rhino, selling it and buying food."
The former: Killing for subsistence. The latter: Killing to make a quick buck. Ain't the same.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)How is killing a rhino and eating it directly morally different to killing a rhino, selling it, using that to buy food and eating the food?
alp227
(32,206 posts)"killing a rhino and eating it directly" helps one live, while "killing a rhino, selling it, using that to buy food and eating the food" helps one live while fulfilling somebody else's immoral desires to own a rhino horn.
Sorry, there's no equating subsistence hunting and trophy hunting. Period.