A sedated and blindfolded black rhino has its horn trimmed at the ranch of rhino breeder John Hume, on October 16, 2017 in the North West Province of South Africa. John Hume is currently the owner of around 1500 white and black rhinos,...

Black rhino drinking at Etosha with giraffe in background.

Rhino drinking water from the river in Etosha with a herd of giraffe in background.

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MS Diceros bicornis roaming at nakuru park / National Park, Africa, Kenya

Tracking Shot, King, an Eastern black rhinoceros born August 26, makes his public debut at the Lincoln Park Zoo with his mother Kapuki on September 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. King's father Maku, 27, is on breeding loan from Caldwell...

Tracking Shot, King, an Eastern black rhinoceros born August 26, makes his public debut at the Lincoln Park Zoo with his mother Kapuki on September 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. King's father Maku, 27, is on breeding loan from Caldwell...

Tracking Shot, King, an Eastern black rhinoceros born August 26, makes his public debut at the Lincoln Park Zoo with his mother Kapuki on September 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. King's father Maku, 27, is on breeding loan from Caldwell...

Tracking Shot, King, an Eastern black rhinoceros born August 26, makes his public debut at the Lincoln Park Zoo with his mother Kapuki on September 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. King's father Maku, 27, is on breeding loan from Caldwell...

Long shot, Two White Rhinoceros are resting in the shade in Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park was established in 1898, and is South Africa's premier wildlife park, spanning an area of approximately 2 million...

Long shot, A White Rhinoceros is looking around in Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park was established in 1898, and is South Africa's premier wildlife park, spanning an area of approximately 2 million hectares.(Footage by Dan...

Mid shot, Two White Rhinoceros are resting in Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park was established in 1898, and is South Africa's premier wildlife park, spanning an area of approximately 2 million hectares.(Footage by Dan...

Long shot, A White Rhinoceros is sniffing the air in Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park was established in 1898, and is South Africa's premier wildlife park, spanning an area of approximately 2 million hectares.(Footage by...

Mid Shot, Two White Rhinoceros and a Rhino Calf are walking across the Savannah in Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park was established in 1898, and is South Africa's premier wildlife park, spanning an area of approximately 2...

Mid Panning Shot, Two White Rhinoceros are resting in the sun in Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park was established in 1898, and is South Africa's premier wildlife park, spanning an area of approximately 2 million hectares....

Rino grazing near Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of a herd of giraffe grazing on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy on 2 August 2017 in Liakipia, Kenya

A baby rhino was born on January 18 at Amneville Zoo in eastern France. Born to Yoruba, one of the parc's female rhinos, baby Cera weighed about 50kg at birth (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Exterior shots of giraffes on the Olpejeta Conservancy on 2 August 2017 in Liakipia, Kenya

CLEAN: Exterior shots of a herd of cattle grazing on the Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy on August 2nd 2017 in Liakipia, Kenya

Worm beetles diging in a soil

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4056851LEAD IN: Eager to stop wildlife poaching, some in Africa are taking the drastic step of de-horning rhinos before the illegal hunters do, taking a chainsaw to the hulking animals' most...

Title card: "Philadelphia gets prize specimens of "Bring 'em back alive' - C. Emerson Brown, Director of Zoo, tells abut animals presented by Frank Buck" / Brown talking to camera in front of chain link fence with rhinoceros behind it /...

CLEAN: Prince Harry shown the horrors of rhino poaching at Kruger National Park. Shows interior shots flying in helicopter over Kruger National Park. on December 02, 2015 in Pretoria, South Africa.