The devastation of animal poaching

Nathan Johnson Published 05/09/2016 in wtf

these animals might be gone soon

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Baby rhino mourning the loss of its poached mother
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Wildlife reserve worker weeping next to poached rhino
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An elephant that lost its trunk to a poacher’s snare in Uganda
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Poachers dehorned her with a chainsaw
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Baby elephant trying to wake up her dead mother, poisoned by poachers
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Female elephant killed by Somali poachers in Kenya
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South African rhino mutilated for its horn
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To keep the ivory from the black market, a plainclothes ranger hacks the tusks off a bull elephant killed illegally in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. In the first half of this year six park rangers died protecting Kenya’s elephants; meanwhile, rangers killed 23 poachers.
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Javan Rhino Officially Extinct In Vietnam
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Despite efforts to save them, Africa’s Western Black Rhino is now officially extinct
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This is 1 of only 7 Northern White Rhinos left in existence.
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An White Rhino in the Kenyan Ol Pejeta reservation, roams about the plains flanked by armed bodyguards
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The gear it takes to stop Rhino poachers in South Africa
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Keeper at Rhino conservancy sleeps with three orphaned rhino calfs
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Baby rhino refuses to sleep alone after witnessing his mother’s death at the hands of poachers
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1.
Baby rhino mourning the loss of its poached mother
2.
Wildlife reserve worker weeping next to poached rhino
3.
An elephant that lost its trunk to a poacher’s snare in Uganda
4.
Poachers dehorned her with a chainsaw
5.
Baby elephant trying to wake up her dead mother, poisoned by poachers
6.
Female elephant killed by Somali poachers in Kenya
7.
South African rhino mutilated for its horn
8.
To keep the ivory from the black market, a plainclothes ranger hacks the tusks off a bull elephant killed illegally in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. In the first half of this year six park rangers died protecting Kenya’s elephants; meanwhile, rangers killed 23 poachers.
9.
Javan Rhino Officially Extinct In Vietnam
10.
Despite efforts to save them, Africa’s Western Black Rhino is now officially extinct
11.
This is 1 of only 7 Northern White Rhinos left in existence.
12.
An White Rhino in the Kenyan Ol Pejeta reservation, roams about the plains flanked by armed bodyguards
13.
The gear it takes to stop Rhino poachers in South Africa
14.
Keeper at Rhino conservancy sleeps with three orphaned rhino calfs
15.
Baby rhino refuses to sleep alone after witnessing his mother’s death at the hands of poachers
16.
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