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Africa's rhino population has battled extinction for decades, threatened by demand for its horn which is highly valued in traditional Asian and Chinese medicine.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from a wildlife reserve in Kwazulu Natal, home to the only rhino known to have survived an attack.

We must warn you some of the images in this report may disturb some viewers.

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2010/07/201078164916297820.html

From NY TIMES - June 25, 2010
Save a Whale, Save a Soul, Goes the Cry
By NATALIE ANGIER

WHEN the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission ended on Friday with the 24-year ban on commercial whaling still intact, however tenuous its hold and leviathan its loopholes, sighs of relief issued from many quarters — along with, no doubt, a volley of whistles, clicks and proudly parochial squeals.

Julio Aparicio, one of Spain's most famous matadors, was gored in the throat during a bullfight on Saturday. The injury has left him in critical condition. "The horn went though the tongue and penetrated the roof of his mouth, fracturing the jawbone," one of the medics who worked on Aparicio told AFP news in Madrid.

On Nov. 22, 2009, Juliette West instigated the rescue of Ratree, a severely abused 35 year-old elephant, from the Surin Elephant Roundup. With Lek Chailert (Asia's famous Elephant Lady) and park volunteers the RTC film production crew escorted Ratree 22 hours by truck to her new home in Elephant Nature Park where she will never be forced bred or physically abused again.

In the winter of 2007, RTC Director Tim Gorski and 4 other filmmakers teamed up with Dan Stone of Endeavor Media and traveled to the icy waters of Antarctica to film the epic documentary that sparked Animal Planet's Whale Wars. The resulting film has gone on to receive five festival awards.

The 3rd Antarctic Campaign undertaken by the controversial Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was arguably "the perfect combination of imperfections" and the actions taken to stop a Japanese whaling fleet were astonishingly reckless and admirable.

In late 2007 RTC investigated the notorious illegal wildlife trade in Chatuchak Market, Bangkok. RTC reported several endangered species for sale in numerous shops in the market to the Asian wildlife monitoring network of www.traffic.org. A significant bust followed.

Rattle the Cage spent two months in the field in Nepal producing powerful PSA commercials for The Red Panda Network, Street Dogs of Nepal (SDON) and Rural Education and Development (READ).