Comments on: Rhinos facing grave threats

By: Gloria Edwards

Gloria Edwards — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:50:54 +0000

This practice is disgusting and I wonder what the bornfree organisation is doing to help combat it!

By: Jinny Lee

Jinny Lee — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:54:34 +0000

Totally immoral.

By: Shaleen

Shaleen — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:26:40 +0000

The use of rhino horns in traditional Asian medicine is something that really needs to be looked in to. These animals do not deserve what they are going through

By: Moira Hunter

Moira Hunter — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:47:21 +0000

Earlier this year i worked as a volunteer at Shamwari and my project while I was there was to track the white rhino on the reserve. It was such an honour to see theses magnificant animals at close quarters and meet the rangers and anti poaching team that help secure their safety.
I agree that education – and more difficultly- a change of attidute is needed but everything possible MUST be done to ensure the survival of these amazing animals.

By: Bella Fitspatrick

Bella Fitspatrick — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:39:38 +0000

OMG WHAT A SHAME!!!!!

By: Kenneth Lapointe

Kenneth Lapointe — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:50:44 +0000

Forget ‘teaching’ any user or believer in the supposed medicinal values of the horns. Those that won’t learn are enough customers to ruin the species.
You must make unusable, worthless, valueless, by injection or some other means ANY possible human use of the horn. Surely if humans can put a man on the moon they can ruin any possible value of rhino horns to humans. And it must be done to EVERY single rhino with a horn everywhere (wherever subject to any possibility of poaching). Why fool around? Why do it halfway? Why not DO it and that’s it?

By: Jane Sweeney

Jane Sweeney — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:06:00 +0000

I feel strongly that we should send scientific educators to teach the citizens of countries such as China and Japan, that there are better medicines than those based on superstition and custom like powdered horn, and allow them to leave the dwindling numbers of these magnificent animals to live in peace and reproduce themselves happily until their numbers are restored

By: darina gogorova

darina gogorova — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:15:19 +0000

that,s really a bad news.so sad.i didn’t know that people of china and japan still believe in a miraculous power of rhino horn. even if it worked as a cure, knowing that it could wipe out rhinos should make these people to think about it an feel at least sorry for them.these countries need a serious lesson about the protection of the environment and a hoe to respect the animals – wild and domestic.because they have respect at all.we all know about their hunger for shark fins, whales, dolphins, tigers and many other species they eat no matter how they are slaughtered and no matter they might cause entire species wipe out.and they still – china and japan – consider themselves to be highly developed, modern countries.oh no, the technology and business don’t make any country civilized. the way how they treat animals and environment and their approach towards nature and of course human rights do.none if these are present in both and not only these countries, unfortunately. can’t UN do something about it? is there any power to stop them or help?some strict ban plus education, some really moving documentaries about thee problem which would touch the common people and make them change their mind?

By: Helen Ratcliff

Helen Ratcliff — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:31:55 +0000

This truly breaks my heart. A few weeks ago , The Times did a photo story on poachers and hunting for ‘trophy’. Wealthy,ignorant, Americans with nothing better to do with their cash than kill innocent creatures in Africa. That is one thing, but for people to still believe that there are healing remedies in the horn of a rhino…. well, it may be correct to say, sadly, old habits die hard. Wake up!! These amazing animals have evolved with our world so surely we owe it to them to take responsibility for our actions and show them some respect and give them protection. Stop torturing these animals! We all know the damage that crack or cocaine do however, killing rhinos out of pure ignorance will leave a more devastating dent in the world. I believe this is a similar addiction, like the drugs making sad people feel better about themselves. That said, taking drugs is only damaging to oneself. Needless to say anymore about the consequences of poaching rhinos for their horns.