26 October 2010, 19:08
kudu56Rhino shot 9 times and survives!
Must have used a .270!

These poachers need to be executed!
Rhino shot 9 times survives,
taken to SAfrica zoo
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A
critically endangered black rhino
shot nine times by poachers in
South Africa has been moved to a
zoo in Johannesburg.
Faan Coetzee of the
Endangered Wildlife Trust said
Monday that 5-year-old Phila will
stay at the zoo until she recovers
from her wounds, which may take
six months.
Although she had been
dehorned so she’d be less attractive
to poachers, Phila was shot
twice in the wild and seven times
in captivity at a game farm.
Conservationists say rhino
poaching has increased dramatically
because of high demand for
rhino horn in Asia, where it is used
for medicinal purposes.
South Africa, which hosts more
than 90 percent of the world’s
rhino population, has been losing
some 20 rhinos per month.