After poachers tranquilize and saw off her horns, this 4 year old female rhino survives gruesome mutilation. South African rhino survives horrific attack by poachers
Is it usual for poachers to use tranquillisers? I would have though that it was easier and cheaper to just use a bullet.
Maybe they didn't have the right firearms to kill the rhino? Taking down such a large animal isn't easy, after all. I'm just speculating here.
Its a lot quieter to tranquilise and quicker compared to the firearms needed to bring down such a beast, probably cheaper too. There is no sentiment with these poachers believe me. One white rhino every eight hours was killed within the last 12 months in S Africa alone.
in South Africa the rhino poachers typically do their hunting at night now because of the presence of guard patrols in the reserves. They use night-vision goggles and tranquiliser guns to try to avoid detection.
