Daggaboy - A constant fight for survival

I don’t know about you, but my pathetic 4 kg reps in the gym are the bane of my existence. I mean, having to lug my lazy-60-kg-ass around is tough enough – an additional 4 kg’s ain’t about to be my new best friend. So I got to thinking (hear me out): imagine being a rhino. Stay with me. A rhino’s horn averages out to 3 kg’s on a body that settles around 2,400 kg i.e. its body is designed to maintain effortlessly its glorious face-plant. Literally. Which then makes the rhino horn basically an efficient feather: not only is it used for defending, fighting, digging and nurturing its young, but no other species on this earth can claim to pull off majestically a 90 cm steeple in the middle of their face.

Tragically, at the expense of human greed, we have deprived these noble giants of their only survival tool, for selfish purposes that are nothing more than skin-deep.

The Umkantshubovu Anti-poaching Unit (DaggaBoy) is not your typical ‘Save the Species’ campaign. These heroes aim to prohibit the initial step in a fast-expanding illegal animal trade, which has begun crossing international waters. The team itself is a vehicle driving awareness to and defence from the catastrophic effects of the illegal poaching network on behalf of those of us with deep desires of taking our grand kids to national park reserves, so that they too may experience their heartstrings being tugged by the humbling sight of a mother feeding its rhino calf. 

Over the last decade, animal poaching activity, in general, has achieved exponential growth in Africa as a result of the increase in consumer demands for Africa's rich animal product. These are realms that we, as individuals, are not able to conquer on our own. DaggaBoy surpasses its name in owning an infinite abundance of bravery in striving to conserve and rehabilitate the precious animals left that are being targeted by criminal hunters and local poachers. Our society is yet to understand that the parts for which animals are slaughtered are best utilised by the animals themselves and that these creatures are even more beautiful when they are not exploited and left for dead. This community-centred team grows in valour to keep endangered animals off the walls of our homes and in the homes of their own.

Danielle Champ

Editor
Umkantshubovu Anti-Poaching Unit - Daggaboy

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