1. POACHING IN SOUTH AFRICA BY MATTHEW KRAFT AND TONY NGUYEN

2. WHAT IS POACHING Poaching is illegally hunting or catching game or animals on land that is not owned by someone or in contravention of official protection.

3. WHY POACHING OCCURS Reasons for poaching of the rhinos and elephants are for their tusks for ivory. Ivory is used for many things and has some medicinal use in Asia

4. POACHING STATISTICS OF RHINOS The black rhinoceros is native to eastern and southern Africa and is considered one of the most endangered species in the world.

5. HOW DO THEY POACH? The way poachers attain the tusks on the rhinos and elephants are done usually by sawing off the tusks of the rhino or elephants. Although, sometimes if they are ruthless, they would decapitate the face of the rhino or elephant leaving their lifeless bodies in the deserted area. Sometimes travelers would come across a faceless rhino or elephant.

6. EFFECTS OF POACHING Poaching has an effect on everybody. Unfortunately poachers get money and riches for poaching which is a main reason for poaching but has a negative effect on everyone else. Rhinos and Elephants are quickly degrading in population numbers

7. SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM Attempts to arrest and criminalize poachers A type of poison is being put on the tusks of the rhinos or elephants which make them pink indicating they are poisonous so poachers cannot use the tusks.

8. CITATIONS Works Cited "Poaching for rhino horn." Save the Rhino. Save the Rhino International, 2016. Web. 4 Feb. 2016.. The contents of this article shows the uses of the horns of Rhinos which is to explain why people are Poaching Rhinos. They poach rhinos for their horns which has many uses depending on the country, for example Rhino horns are used for traditional Chinese medicine and also as a hangover cure in Vietnam. The article also exposes the contents in the Rhino horn to see what it is made up of and what specific complex chemicals are in the Rhino horn. "Poaching Statistics." savetherhino.org. Save the Rhino International, n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.. This image displays the recorded number of Rhino poaching in South Africa. The numbers are recorded from 2007 to a near present August 27, 2015. The image portrays how the numbers have exceedingly increased from 2007 to 2014 but had a decrease from 2014 to 2015. The numbers are only for the poaching of rhinos and not elephants included. "Rhino population figures." Save the Rhino. Save the Rhino International, 2016. Web. 4 Feb. 2016.. The article precisely estimates the population of each type of rhino and where they are populated. It includes the how the population numbers increased or decreased in the past years. The article also shows the subspecies of the type of Rhino to greater show accuracy of the population. "Statistics Graph." America Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2016..