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In reply to the discussion: Rocker Bryan Adams under fire for tweet about 'bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making [View all]HAB911
(8,880 posts)4. Poachers Kill More Rhinos as Coronavirus Halts Tourism to Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/coronavirus-poaching-rhinos.html
The past few weeks have not been easy for Nico Jacobs, founder of Rhino 911, a nonprofit that provides emergency helicopter transport for rhinoceroses in need of rescue in South Africa. Thats because times are much worse for the rhinos.
Since South Africa announced a national lockdown on March 23 to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, Mr. Jacobs has had to respond to a rhino poaching incident nearly every day. On March 25, he rescued a 2-month-old white rhino calf whose mother had been killed by poachers. The next day he was called to rescue two black rhinos whose horns had been hacked off by poachers. When he finally tracked them down it was too late both were dead.
Just as soon as the lockdown hit South Africa, we started having an incursion almost every single day, Mr. Jacobs said.
At least nine rhinos have been poached in South Africas North West province since the lockdown, he said, and those are just the ones we know about.
The past few weeks have not been easy for Nico Jacobs, founder of Rhino 911, a nonprofit that provides emergency helicopter transport for rhinoceroses in need of rescue in South Africa. Thats because times are much worse for the rhinos.
Since South Africa announced a national lockdown on March 23 to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, Mr. Jacobs has had to respond to a rhino poaching incident nearly every day. On March 25, he rescued a 2-month-old white rhino calf whose mother had been killed by poachers. The next day he was called to rescue two black rhinos whose horns had been hacked off by poachers. When he finally tracked them down it was too late both were dead.
Just as soon as the lockdown hit South Africa, we started having an incursion almost every single day, Mr. Jacobs said.
At least nine rhinos have been poached in South Africas North West province since the lockdown, he said, and those are just the ones we know about.
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Rocker Bryan Adams under fire for tweet about 'bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2020
OP
Last time I checked, the US doesn't, as a rule of thumb, boil or roast dogs, cats, etc alive in
Celerity
May 2020
#37
I mentioned that more people in China are revolting against eating dogs and cats.
Blue_true
May 2020
#39
Again, not to be tendentious, but slaughter is fine, even watching it. It is the frying, baking,
Celerity
May 2020
#42
Rhinos are not on the verge of extinction because of traditional Chinese medicine.
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2020
#19
I don't consider it racist. The same could be said for the origins of Ebola and AIDS all originated
Dream Girl
May 2020
#2
Why is pointing out that the Chinese have a really bad relationship with wildlife
Drahthaardogs
May 2020
#9
Eh, they determined it was avian in origin, but perhaps human and avian mingled in pigs.
moriah
May 2020
#36
Have bush meat markets been eliminated? That would be great, if true.
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2020
#16
You can bemoan it doesn't fit the narrative just like the MAGA fucktards who think this was made in
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2020
#51