The image of a black rhino pumped with bullets, his horn hacked off, his body slumped on bloodied mud shows the brutality of illegal poaching. The South African photographer has witnessed more such scenes of environmental crimes and says he the his experiences “horrifying”. A rhino-poaching crisis is unfolding in South Africa, home to most of the world’s population of the bulky pachyderms. Africa has two rhino species of which the white rhino is the larger and more numerous of the two. The endangered black rhino is famed for its ornery disposition and is far more apt to charge at any perceived threat.

Source: Hindustan Times October 23, 2017 05:26 UTC