A LIMERICK-based criminal gang features prominently in a new documentary series highlighting the worldwide illicit rhino horn trade. The Great Rhino Robbery on .
A young mongrel dog romps and sniffs at emergency vehicles and shelves in a fire station. It looks as if the agile and almost uncontrollable four-legged friend just wants to play. But the dog, named Gooods Kulava Kutiva, is in the middle of an apprenticeship. According to dog trainer Perdita Lübbe-Scheuermann, the dog's name means "curiosity" and that will be her job in future. With her fine nose, she is being trained as a rhino horn sniffer dog and is set to spoil the business of poachers in th
Mainland people have been shocked to learn that two men from southern China were trying to sell fake tiger bones because medicines and other products containing the big cat remains were banned more than 30 years ago.
A mortally injured rhino will mewl like a dying kitten, its tiny cry ascending from the great grey vastness of hide and bone. This unpleasant nugget is imparted halfway through The Great Rhino Robbery (Sky Documentaries), a three-part documentary from director Jesse Vile that possesses the furious, hoof-stomping quality of a pachyderm that’s had enough.
Pelham Jones, the chairperson of the Private Rhino Owners Association, said while they initially adopted a neutral stance on legalising the trade, they’ve since changed their position.