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[Ron Scubadiver]

January, 2013, South Africa

8 images of African animals:
http://ronscubadiver...1/29/on-safari/

[rbsandor]

Ron: great photos on your webpage. The giraffes and resting lion are special. Curious, were the rhinos in Elsa's backyard? Richard

[afx]

Hluhluwe?

Thanks for bringing up the memories.

cheers
afx

[Ron Scubadiver]

Thank you Richard and afx. The place is Botlierskop.

[Dallas]

I can't tell from the angle but have those rhinos been dehorned?

[Ron Scubadiver]

Dallas, the horns have been clipped, supposedly to make the Rhinos less vulnerable to poachers.

[Dallas]

The rhino poaching problem has become massive here over the past few years. Idiots in SEA who think that it makes them virile...

[Ron Scubadiver]

Unless something is done to curb the demand extinction of the Rhino within a few years is a real threat.

[Dallas]

I've been saying this all along. You can arm rangers and increase their numbers, but until you stop the demand they will be fighting a losing battle. Economic sanctions against the countries where this stuff ends up is a start, but because SA is so heavily in the pocket of the Chinese, that seems an unlikely outcome.