Something Wicked This Way Comes with Lorain Liebenberg Save Our Rhino

Right now rhino are at the razor edge of existence on Earth. Since the CITES CoP17 decision of ‘No Trade”, South Africa has hit the headlines big time with the announcement by the Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa publishing her notice of intention to amend the Invasive Species List, to delisting of Diceros bicomis michaelii (Eastern black rhinoceros) from the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act of 2004; and The Protected Species in of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act of 2004. My guest today, Loraine Liebenberg of Save Our Rhino, lay open a scathing indictment of what is happening at the highest levels across the board of the sub-context that surrounds rhino conservation and rhino horn trade in contemporary South Africa in a world that is politically charged globally, at the height hard fought success, there is a reverse trend down a path that seeks to put a price on everything