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February 9, 2012 7:31 pm
rhamphotheca: Rhino Dies in Anti-poaching Demo by Conservationists by msnbc.com staff and news services  A conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters in South Africa accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in the demonstration.  The rhino, nicknamed Spencer, went into convulsions and died after he was shot with a tranquilizer dart in front of a crush of TV cameras and photographers who had been invited to document an operation to insert a poison capsule into his horn.  The private reserve near the capital, Pretoria, calls in veterinarians to sedate rhinos so their horns can be treated with a dye and an insecticide, and tracking and identification devices can be inserted… (read more: MSNBC) * thanks thetidepool to for sharing this with us.

rhamphotheca:

Rhino Dies in Anti-poaching Demo by Conservationists

by msnbc.com staff and news services 

A conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters in South Africa accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in the demonstration. 

The rhino, nicknamed Spencer, went into convulsions and died after he was shot with a tranquilizer dart in front of a crush of TV cameras and photographers who had been invited to document an operation to insert a poison capsule into his horn. 

The private reserve near the capital, Pretoria, calls in veterinarians to sedate rhinos so their horns can be treated with a dye and an insecticide, and tracking and identification devices can be inserted…

(read more: MSNBC)

* thanks thetidepool to for sharing this with us.

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    Good going idiots
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    “We’ll show you...rhinoceros population!!1!!1~” Fucking humans, just leave nature alone.
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    i wonder if anyone noticed that...Rhino’s butt is laughing, smh.