SAVE OUR RHINO's!!!!

"A total of 333 rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa in 2010, including ten critically endangered black rhinos, according to national park officials. The yearly total is the highest ever experienced in South Africa and nearly triple 2009 when 122 rhinos were killed in the country...

What Has Caused The Spike In Rhino Poaching?

The recent killing increase is largely due to heightened demand for rhino horn, which has long been prized as an ingredient in traditional Asian medicine. It has been claimed recently that rhino horn possesses cancer-curing properties as well as the ability to cure impotence; despite there being no medical evidence to support the assertion. Each horn weighs around 10kg and currently fetches over US$ 20,000 per kilo on the Asian market.
The current wave of poaching is being committed by sophisticated criminal networks using helicopters, night-vision equipment, veterinary tranquilizers and silencers to kill rhinos at night while attempting to avoid law enforcement patrols. The criminal syndicates operating in South Africa have been described as highly organized and coordinated, using advanced technologies – this is not typical poaching."- Sam Jackson

Specific outcomes:
Conduct patrols in order to collect and interpret information associated with conservation guardianship.

• Observation and listening posts are established in order to observe operational areas as it relates to patrolling.
• Routine patrols are executed using appropriate formations to detect any illegal activity.
• Information is gathered with regard to movement (illegal/legal) inside a conservation area.
• Routine patrols are executed to locate, follow and identify high profile/threatened species within the operational area.
• Illegal activities are detected through the identification and finding of evidence as it applies to conservation guardianship.

React appropriately within the law and according to establishment procedures, in order to counter any illegal activities.

• Suspects and witnesses are approached in a manner that ensures the safety of persons and the maintenance of full control of the situation.
• A suspect is disarmed and his/her weapons are made safe.
• Lawful arrests are carried out using minimum force.
• Suspects are questioned using techniques that optimize useful information gathering.

Collect evidence in order to be able to prosecute a suspect and present evidence in court of law.

• The sense of crime is secured according to standard operational procedures and requirements.
• The appropriate collection techniques are utilized while preserving the chain of evidence.
• The extend of the offense and individual rights are explained to suspects as it applies to legal requirements.
• Assist with the preparation of a docket according to operational and legal requirements.
• Evidence is presented in court in a credible and consistent way.

 Apply appropriate communication techniques during the operation.

• A variety of techniques is utilized to ensure the maintaining of communication as it applies to patrolling.
• Appropriate report formats are used to present information to supervisors and other audiences.
• A verbal debrief is conducted with patrol members and other audiences as it applies to patrol and conservation guardianship operations.

Us nature lovers are very concerned about this serious problem!

Rhino's aren't the only thing that's going, a part of our tourism attraction of Africa as well! 

If this continues, our next generations coming wont be able to experience this beautiful part of nature!

Don't be selfish...save our RHINO'S!