Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
MBOMBELA – The white rhino’s face was gone. Deep gashes remained where its horns, one eye, nose and mouth had been. Chunks of flesh had been ripped from its head and blood gushed from the slaughtered animal.
It was still alive, yet clearly disorientated and in agonising pain.
Stripped of its nose and mouth, it helplessly lifted its head. Cries of pain could be heard.
Rangers euthanised the rhino.
The man responsible for the animal’s mutilation was arrested two years and three months ago.
A charge of animal cruelty was added by senior state advocate, Isabet Erwee.
She used the video as evidence, stating that it attested to the cruelty of the animal’s poaching.
Vhandalane Makhubela’s trial concluded on Tuesday. He will spend 16 years behind bars.
MBOMBELA – The white rhino’s face was gone. Deep gashes remained where its horns, one eye, nose and mouth had been. Chunks of flesh had been ripped from its head and blood gushed from the slaughtered animal.
It was still alive, yet clearly disorientated and in agonising pain.
Stripped of its nose and mouth, it helplessly lifted its head. Cries of pain could be heard.
Rangers euthanised the rhino.
The man responsible for the animal’s mutilation was arrested two years and three months ago.
A charge of animal cruelty was added by senior state advocate, Isabet Erwee.
She used the video as evidence, stating that it attested to the cruelty of the animal’s poaching.
Vhandalane Makhubela’s trial concluded on Tuesday. He will spend 16 years behind bars.
