I have been following the ‘Saving Planet Earth’ series since the first episode. The show is really great, it’s almost like a spin-off of the Planet Earth series but with a much more realistic focus. It aims to raise funds and awareness for threatened species around the globe. This show was broadcast Fri, Jun 29 on the BBC so here it is for those who missed the airing. This one particular episode focuses on the illegal poaching of the Indian rhinoceros – an innocent and majestic creature mercilessly killed in the name of greed for only its horn which is then used in Chinese medicine. The forest guards risk their lives to protect the rhino and several have been killed in shoot-outs with the poachers. Update: thanks to EZTV they have made avail the scene quality versions by iNGOT that were a little hard to find.

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Phil Tufnell travels to the Indian Kaziranga National Park, home to 75 per cent of the world’s Indian rhinoceros population, in the fifth Saving Planet Earth celebrity expedition. There are only about 2,000 of these rhino left in the wild. Weighing up to two tonnes, they are often killed for just a few kilograms of their weight: their horn, which is sold for use in Chinese medicine. Recently, four rhino were killed in the Park. Poaching is on the increase and the already over-stretched forest guard are facing an up-hill battle. Phil discovers just how scary it is to be on the front line when he goes on night patrol with them. The Kaziranga Park is a tourist attraction by day, but a totally different place at night. “It may look tranquil,” Phil says, “but, actually, it’s a war zone.” The forest guards risk their lives to protect the rhino and several have been killed in shoot-outs with the poachers. Phil recognises that raising money to save rhinos is a tall order: “I think I’ve been bowled a bit of a googly here. I mean, they are a bit lazy and a bit ugly … bit like me, really. If only they were cute and cuddly … it would be much easier to get people to put their hands in their pockets!” While taking an elephant ride through the Park, he comes within touching distance of a baby rhino and its mother. He says: “They may not win any beauty contests … but that’s no reason to kill them off … they don’t ask for much from life and the least we can do is make things safe for them.” A 10 pound donation to the BBC Wildlife Fund could help the Aaranyak Project supply a pair of stout boots for a forest guard.

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