"The gunman advances close to the animal, against the wind. He shoots. After if falls the other two join the killer, this time to extract the horn. Then we go to our hideout and wait for the cover of night before we walk to the border."
Eusebio lives in one of many small Mozambican villages scattered along the South African border. It's a desolate, impoverished area. Most people live by farming small plots of maize and vegetables - but 27-year-old Eusebio had other ideas.
"I met up with my friends to discuss how we could escape our lives of poverty. We decided to go and poach a rhino. First we went to see the witchdoctor to find out the safest route to take. Then we left home and headed for the mountains."
There are no more rhinos in Mozambique - the last were killed two years ago - so his destination was South Africa's Kruger National Park, a pristine wilderness where animals can roam freely. It's home to the majority of the world's rhinos, which makes it the number one target for poachers.
"We wait and watch the movement of the rangers and when it gets dark we walk long distances to a place where the rangers rarely go. There we sleep. At dawn we start the hunt. When there's no police around then you can kill it, but it should die on your first shot or it's dangerous. Cutting the horn is hard, but we in the countryside are used to cutting wood with a machete, so it's not difficult for us." Full story...
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Eusebio lives in one of many small Mozambican villages scattered along the South African border. It's a desolate, impoverished area. Most people live by farming small plots of maize and vegetables - but 27-year-old Eusebio had other ideas.
"I met up with my friends to discuss how we could escape our lives of poverty. We decided to go and poach a rhino. First we went to see the witchdoctor to find out the safest route to take. Then we left home and headed for the mountains."
There are no more rhinos in Mozambique - the last were killed two years ago - so his destination was South Africa's Kruger National Park, a pristine wilderness where animals can roam freely. It's home to the majority of the world's rhinos, which makes it the number one target for poachers.
"We wait and watch the movement of the rangers and when it gets dark we walk long distances to a place where the rangers rarely go. There we sleep. At dawn we start the hunt. When there's no police around then you can kill it, but it should die on your first shot or it's dangerous. Cutting the horn is hard, but we in the countryside are used to cutting wood with a machete, so it's not difficult for us." Full story...
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