Heartbreaking footage has been taken of a tame rhino calf – an orphan – who was shot and seriously wounded by poachers in Polokwane, South Africa, over the weekend. The little rhino, called ‘Vrystaat’, was shot twice. And while his horn was being brutally hacked off, he tried to stand and escape… and was shot again in the stomach.
His face and body are badly mutilated. He is traumatised… as is one of his carers who can be heard in the video below. His voice breaks, as Vrystaat staggers towards him, and he says: “Jy breek my v*kkin’ haart.”
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Heartbreaking Footage of Orphaned Rhino Calf ‘Vrystaat’ Dehorned Alive And Shot – (VIDEO NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS
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Oxford University (UK) tested new TB vaccine on 1,400 South African babies which had caused the death of trial monkeys
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An investigation by the British Medical Journal has exposed a horrifying vaccine scam that took place in the same place that many unethical vaccine stories come from – Africa. There, babies were used as guinea pigs to test out a vaccine after the monkeys it was tested on died.
According to the report, nearly 1,400 infants in South Africa were given an experimental vaccine for tuberculosis by academics from Oxford University that was linked to monkey fatalities in tests. In an informational paper issued to the parents of the babies who got the jab back in 2009, it is claimed that the vaccine was “shown to be safe and effective” despite the fact that five out of six monkeys in the trial became so ill that they had to be put down.
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Listeria outbreak: Why your back-to-school lunch box staples may be dangerous
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Worried your child could be at risk of contracting the bug as they head back to school? You might have to leave polony off the menu. South Africa’s ongoing spate of listeria cases has claimed more than 60 lives in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now calling the world’s biggest outbreak of the..
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