When will the world hold China accountable for these atrocities? With all the media focused on Beijing, why not examine some of the "other" cultural wonders of China? Like the fact this culture continues to create a demand and a market for rhino horn and is responsible for murders such as this one:
A recent poaching incident in Zimbabwe so horrifying and so cruel ...
"The game scouts looking for a black rhinoceros wounded by poachers
in Zimbabwe’s Save Valley Conservancy could hear her snoring but could
not see her through the long grass.
Eventually, by making a lot of noise, they forced the rhino to stand
up and were greeted by a sight so appalling that it took them a few
moments to realise what they were looking at.
The whole face of the 16-month-old calf had been removed, including
her eyes, in an attempt by the poachers to take off her small horns.
The “snoring” was coming through a hole in the nasal bone. She was
very weak and lay down again. One of the scouts crept forward and
darted her with M99 tranquillising agent, but the dart bounced off her
hide and she did not get a full dose.
She was so dehydrated that the wound on her face was not even
bleeding. The decision was taken to give her another dose of M99 in the
hope that she would succumb. After a short while she died.
A closer inspection revealed a snare wound on her left lower leg and
a deep infected cut above it. There were also slashes from a panga on
her back.
The nature of the wounds to her face suggested that the poachers had
thought the young rhino was dead and proceeded to remove the horns when
she suddenly revived. Perhaps that was when they had slashed her with
the pangas. In any case, another of Zimbabwe’s black rhinos had fallen
victim to poaching."
What punishment could possible fit this senseless crime?
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"The Soul of the Rhino" by Hemanta Mishra is, in my opinion, the most important book about the Indian Rhino to date. The book is full of cultural and political complexities and the effect on Indian Rhino conservation efforts.