Saving Rhino Phila

By Bora Zivkovic | October 24, 2012 | 1

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Video of the Week #66 October 24th, 2012:

From: Saving Rhino Phila – A Genre-Busting Documentary on the Massacre of a Species by Carin Bondar at PsiVid.

Source: NHU Africa

Saving Rhino Phila is Panda award winner from the prestigious WildScreen Film Festival that took place last week in Bristol, UK. Rhinoceros poaching is a massive problem in South Africa. The value of rhino horn has soared to $65,000 per kilogram, making it more expensive than gold. Saving Rhino Phila focuses on the extremely dramatic story of the heroine, a rhinocerous named Phila – and the film unfolds with a completely unique mix of dramatic re-creations and more traditional documentary-style interviews. For more information and a behind the scenes look at the shooting of Saving Rhino Phila, check out the NHU Africa website here.

About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.

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1. ridescloud 5:38 pm 03/9/2013

i have never been so angered, by what i have seen happening to the rhino, this is infuriating. i am so mad that i must admit the one cure i can see in my blind fury is that if the rhinos cannot be protected, eliminate the cause of the danger, asia.
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