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The black rhino’s horn is a threatening weapon for predators and is highly prized
item for illegal poachers.The conservationists found something extraordinary in the centre
of the rhino’s horn.
The black rhino's horn is illegally highly prized item. In this case when the conservationists
in South Africa found something extraordinary. When the vets removed its horn to protect
him from poachers, they were stunned to discover a perfect heart at the base of the animal’s
colossal horn.
This young boy in the picture shows off the rhino’s horn that was removed in a legal
de-horning process and showed the shape of a heart inside.
This discovery showed perfect dark black love heart shape in the centre of the milky white
animal horn. As a part of a legal de-horning programme
by Dr WIlliam Fowlds, this magnificent rhino had its horn removed.
This act of de-horning the rhino, took place at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth,
South Africa. It is designed to protect it from poachers.
The concept that, by removing the horn, is expected that the hunters will be deterred
by the lack of financial incentive to kill the wild animal.
The amusing pictures of the rhino’s horn were snapped by photographer Luc Hosten, 56.
He says, "Rhino poaching is rife in South Africa, and there were rumours that the game
park was going to be visited by poachers."
"Surveillance began, and it was eventually decided to remove the horns and spread the
information so that poachers would stay away." "This process was professionally done, by
staff at Kragga Kamma and a team of vets – the horns are removed using battery powered tools
and a chainsaw, and the animals are monitored throughout."
"Amazingly, there was a perfect imprint of a heart on one of the rhino’s horns." He
further added, "It is sad that we have to de-horn rhinos to protect what we love from
unscrupulous poachers. We love our rhinos, but to save them we have to maim them. It
was a great success – all the animals were successfully treated, and back and active
straight afterwards." Put a like under this video, subscribe to
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