South Africa has stepped onto the world stage as a major player with its compassion for the plight of the rhinoceros. The African News Agency reports in The Citizen that Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo of the South African Police Service, which oversees the Rhino 9 Task Team, is determined to prevent, combat, and investigate rhino poaching. Their praiseworthy efforts have led to the conviction of 365 poachers and smugglers in the first half of 2018.
The result of this activity has been more than encouraging, for it seems likely that the future of the rhino will be secured. Naidoo urged his fellow citizens to contact the authorities so that we can “bring down the scourge of [rhino] crime.” We may hope that other endangered species on our planet be accorded the same aggressive stewardship.
Once roaming Africa and Asia in teeming numbers the rhino population has become depleted for their horns, for the sake of aphrodisiacs, various cures for ailments, or ornamentation. Our fellow animal lovers at Save the Rhino stated that poaching in South Africa alone had escalated to a staggering 9,000% between 2007 and 2014. Although there has been a slight reduction in the killings of these magnificent creatures the figures are still over a thousand per year. The most poignant event was the death of Sudan in April of this year, the last male northern white rhino.
We live in an age that boasts of technological and electronic marvels. It has turned our planet into a closer community and has raised our consciousness to enable shared ideals, most especially for human interaction and how it impacts our planet. There are, however, ancient mythological constructs that still permeate our thinking and have hampered our progress – but they leave deep scars on our morality. The plight of the rhinoceros serves as a sad example of wanton destruction for the sake of satiating baseless ancient notions, most noticeably in Vietnam.
According to the Washington Post, scientists are addressing the issue of rhino extinction, in part through the use of advanced reproductive biological techniques to create a cell bank. And thanks to the vigilant South African government the future of rhinos seems brighter.

Good work! Hope every poachers will be taken.
Wonderful news!
Kruto trestat tu cvarcu pytliacku, nic im neodpustit, ani oni nemali zlutovanie so zvieratami….!
Vdaka za zachranu nosorozcov, dakujem…
Every small step in the right direction is a giant leap for animals!
Wonderful, Please Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law! Let them be an example to all poachers!!!!
Show them who is in charge !
They didn’t feel mercy, when abusing Rhinos.
Never give up protecting Animals.
Well done everyone involved in this massive undertaking.
Now if we could only put the KingPins behind all this in prison, the future for the rhinos of Africa will look brighter.
Thank you for protecting the rhinos. The task force is really amazing !
Wow. That is really good work. Blessings on every person who is involved in stopping and punishing those loathsome poachers.
That task force is so amazing. I hope they will be able to eradicate those filthy, rotten poachers!
This is so wonderful. I hope this amazing task force will help eradicate those filthy, rotten poachers!
I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER. THANK GOD FOR MIRACLES I PRAYED FOR .
Many, many rhino lives were saved because Brigadier Naidoo and his Rhino 9 Task Team were out there. Thank you and many prayers for their continued success.
Glad to see this.
This is great news.
Fantastic news. Burn in Hell assholes.
Bravo, a definate win. Now make these killers disappear.
yayyyyyy. death to all poachers
Thank you your respected in the highest reguard by The Galarneau family
Great news. Thank you.
Good. Get rid of them!!!!!!
Thanku Vishnu Naidoo. Thsnku Siuth Africa.
This is Great.
BRAVO!
God bless, and Thank you for your great service to the success for the rhinos; i’ll sleep better too!
YES! What excellent news! Much success is wished for you by all of Lady Freethinker’s supporters.
Well done to the Task Force. You’re doing a great work.
I wish him and his team all the best..success and results for the rhinos!
Great news for the rhino’s, I am still worried for the elephants as they still use ivory I hope they can protect them to..
I am proud to see someone standing up for the rhinos. Great Job.
What a difference this has made. Thank you and great start.
It shows how many killers are out there. It’s incredible.
365 poachers convicted.. A wonderful start.
I’d like to see poaching become a capital offense.
As a deterrent, and also any convicted poachers will never do it again.