Al Jazeera Correspondent - The Last Rhino

The rhinoceros is one of Africa's iconic animals, but greed and corruption, myth and superstition have brought the rhino to the brink of extinction. For millenia its best protection, the rhino's horn has become its worst enemy.

Rhino horn is now worth more than gold and demand for it is at an all-time high. South Africa, which has the largest reserves of the wild animal, is a prime hunting ground for poachers. In 2010, South Africa lost 333 rhino to poaching and this number is expected to double in 2012.

In a personal journey, Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull encounters greed, ignorance and corruption - highlighting how South Africa became the epicentre of rhino poaching. What caused the global epidemic and how does it threaten the survival of a species?

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[O'tis Pebody]

This is a very shameful act, for a "civilized" culture of people to allow these hunts..disgraceful to say the least.

Chinese people!! Take a freaking aspirin for a headache you f*cking heathens!

[Mudug2006]

Why would anyone want to kill such an animal! It's not a cow, it's not like your going to eat it?

This doesn't make sense, that at this age and time we are allowing the extinction of such a rare animal.  All for what, because some wealthy asshole wants to look cool or fix a headache? This needs to come to a stop NOW!

[imdiboss]

Oki this what is going to go on , the rhinos are about to be all killed but the market in asia is climbing and by no means they will stop it , they are able to take some rhinos and create their own population growth of rhinos in other regions ( asia for ex) and still have it on the market . But the international laws are not as strong as they should be to enforce some countries to protect or invest in protecting the rhino.

[hitman7777777777]

stupid Asians. wrecking ocean and land wildlife.

[NeferkariSetElf]

Real convenient Al Jazeera, make up the story as one goes along, just trailing along and seeing the commission of crimes against these great beasts...

[stacey iribe]

fact: CHINESE pple are actually idiots for thinking keratin will cure cancer -_- LEAVE THE FUCKING RHINOS ALONE! YOU SMUCKS

[bigtruck182]

how the fck do they let that rhino walk around after her face has been cut off with a chain saw in pain an not put her down , to me they are as cruel as the men that did that to her , people are so fucked up .i love how asians cant get it up how does that work look how many of them there are. (use viagra retards ), an if you have a headache take asprin . id love to go to that park an hunt poachers 5 years light armoured recce im down .

[Pavel8371]

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[felix panthera]

fuck all chineese!!!!! they almost make every wonderful animal extinct because of thier no therapeutic claimed medicines!! better to let yourself die than to kill this animals..

sorry for my bad english but i hope you all get the point

[Marcel Gérin]

Must do the utmost to put breaks on this assassination--- This is become a Full war!

[Matti Nykänen]

These Asian scum-people don't give a shit about nature. Their fucked up culture shows unbelievable cruelty towards animals.

How many generations does it take for these fish-heads to understand that their precious Chinese medicine is a hoax.

Mystical ignorance fabled in the ancient times when people didn't know better.

Vietnamese... Paying for keratin. Are they stupid or what?