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- [Woman] Testing, testing.

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One, two, three, testing.

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What I\'m doing is illegal.

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What I\'m filming is criminal.

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It\'s so beautiful (chuckles).

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- Rhino horns.

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- [Woman] Both ivory and
rhino horn are contraband

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under international trade agreements.

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But across Asia, authorities
are turning a blind eye.

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There\'s a myth that rhino
horn has medicinal powers.

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Whether for cancer or even
just to kick a hangover.

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The supply chains of these markets

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remain hidden underground.

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Billions of dollars in wildlife products

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are being funneled
through secret networks.

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Some of these syndicates have links

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to human trafficking, gun
smuggling, and narcotics.

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This business even helps fund conflicts

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that we hear about in the news.

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- Terrorist groups such as
Al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab,

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Boko Haram, the LRA and others
are all involved in poaching.

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- [Kate] I\'m not a tourist.

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I didn\'t come to Asia to
buy ivory or rhino horn.

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I\'ve been following this
trade to expose a problem

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that\'s much greater
than most people think.

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My name is Kate Brooks.

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I\'m a photojournalist.

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I\'ve covered conflicts in Afghanistan,

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Iraq, Lebanon, Syria.

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Professionally, I\'m known
as a war photographer.

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I\'ve lost a lot of friends and
colleagues doing this work.

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At times, even my faith in humanity.

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And when I had seen so
much human destruction

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that nothing made sense anymore,

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it was the sight of a herd of elephants

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that reminded me there was still

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some order on the planet.

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From afar, the conflicts in
Central Africa scared me.

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The Lord\'s Resistance Army.

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The Janjaweed.

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The Sudanese Civil War.

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Forces at play that have led to the near

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annihilation of elephants
and the extinction

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of rhinos in the heart of Africa.

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I\'m now using my camera to
document the ivory trade

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and capture the last of a species.

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You\'re so beautiful.

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Hello.

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Wanna be friends?

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I\'ll be your friend.

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This story was never
supposed to be about rhinos.

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I went to Africa to investigate the links

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between the ivory trade and terrorism.

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But realizing just how
threatened some species

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of rhinos are, and
meeting these little guys,

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I couldn\'t turn my back on them.

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Documenting the illegal wildlife trade

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reminded me of my first photo assignment,

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exposing systematic child abuse

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in Russian state orphanages.

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Taking pictures of abandoned children

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without a future or a voice.

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This story, like that one,
was hard to get inside.

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I was warned I had no idea
what I was getting into,

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how much money was at stake,
and that a stray bullet

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wasn\'t out of the question.

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With rhino horn selling
for as much as gold,

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it\'s hard to see how rhinos
stand a chance on their own.

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- [Man] This park is a breeding
facility that reintroduces

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endangered species into the wild.

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Since 1969, we have had 40,000 babies.

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20,000 born.

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20,000 hatched.

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We have reintroduced 33 different species

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of animals from this park
back out into the wild

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where they belong.

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And we work in 35 different countries

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helping to prevent extinction.

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That\'s a good start.

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Right there on your
left-hand side is Nola.

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Nola is a Northern White rhino.

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She is one of the last
five Northern White rhinos

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on the entire planet.

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And the reason there\'s
only five of them left

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is the horn on her head.

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Some people think that that
horn could cure cancer.

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Some people think that that horn

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could work as an aphrodisiac.

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Some people think that horn
will look nice on their mantel.

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- Hi, sweetie.

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Wanna come over here?

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Hey, Nola.

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You can see from the
attitude of this animal

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how sweet she is.

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She\'s not mean and pushy
and some of the other things

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that people think about rhinos.

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She\'s just a gentle giant.

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All she wants is a little bit
of attention and an apple.

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She never liked Angalifu,
our Northern White bull

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that we had.

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Nola never really liked
the boys that much.

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So we had very, very
limited breeding behavior

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and no pregnancies with
the Northern White rhino.

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I have six grandchildren, almost seven,

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there\'s another one coming.

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I would hate to think
of a day where I don\'t

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have the opportunity to
share with them rhinos.

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- [Kate] Since I started
following the story

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of the Northern Whites, two have died.

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Leaving just five left on the planet.

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Besides Nola in San Diego, there\'s Nabire

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in the Czech Republic.

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One remaining male named
Sudan, who lives with

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two females, Najin and Fatu,
at Ol Pejeta Conservancy,

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where they\'re guarded around the clock.

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- What are we gonna do
as people on this planet

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to either help bring
them back or to protect

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the ones that we have?

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And if it\'s not for them, what about

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for the Sumatran rhinos?

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There are less than 100 Sumatran rhinos,

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there are less than 60 Javan rhinos.

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There are 3,500 greater one-horned rhinos,

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less than 20,000 southern white rhinos.

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We could lose all those
rhinos in the next 20 years

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if we don\'t stop the poaching
crisis that\'s going on.

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- [Kate] The last Northern
White rhino seen in the wild

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was here around 2007.

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Garamba is now the
battleground for the ivory

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of some of the last remaining
elephants in Central Africa.

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(melancholic music)

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- Most of the poachers
across Africa do not

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have the financing to
mount a poaching mission.

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It\'s expensive.

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And the poaching level,
which is usually referred to

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as level one, you have the
actual hunters and the porters.

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Those poaching teams tend to be local.

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Above that level, level two, is where

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you get your poaching coordinators.

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Those are the people who get the financing

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from the exporters to
organize poaching missions.

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It\'s the exporters who
finance all of this to happen.

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- Some developments from Tanzania.

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Feisal Mohamed, a top kingpin
in the illegal ivory trade

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has been arrested in a sting operation.

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Feisal is the second of the nine alleged

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environmental criminals
listed by Interpol.

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About two tons, that
is 228 pieces of ivory

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and rhino horn were found during a raid.

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- The leader of the network is a guy named

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Baktash Akasha, who\'s based in Mombasa.

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The man who\'s most
well-known within the network

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as an ivory trafficker is the
guy named Feisal Ali Mohamed.

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It\'s a highly efficient
network that operates

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trans-nationally and that
has shown the capacity

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to shift operations in
order to evade authorities.

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But also enjoy high-level protection

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from authorities in Kenya,
Uganda, and Tanzania.

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- [Kate] Is that in the top of the head?

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How do you think they shot the elephants

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in the top of the head?

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- It\'s impossible for a
man, staying on the ground,

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to shoot an elephant just
on the top of the head.

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- [Kate] Who do you
think has a helicopter?

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Who could do this?

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The helicopter seen flying
at low levels in the park,

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in the days around the
attack, was later identified

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as Ugandan military aircraft.

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However, there\'s no conclusive evidence

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on who the perpetrators were.

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- [Sam] So, this is tissue
and bone, really bone sample,

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from the elephants killed
in Northeast DRC in Garamba

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by helicopters in 2012.

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They were shot in the top of the head.

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There were no tracks in and out

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as though the helicopter landed,

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got the ivory, loaded
it on, and then left.

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The DNA in these samples
matched ivory found in

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a seizure that was made in Mombasa, Kenya.

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- [Kate] How does it make
you feel, having a cabinet

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full of elephants?

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- Well...

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I wish this was the only
filing cabinet I had.

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There\'s a lot of samples
in this lab right now.

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Yeah, they\'re all tiny,
but each one\'s an elephant,

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and it\'s, this is something
I try not think about,

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to be honest.

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- [Kate] Sam Wasser\'s like an
FBI case worker for elephants.

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He uses forensics to put
the pieces of crime scenes

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together, and pushes for
the criminal networks

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behind the trade to be held accountable

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for environmental crimes.

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- [Sam] Oh, man, good morning.

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- [Woman] Good morning.

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- We got a ton to talk about today.

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It\'s looking like it might be possible

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we\'re gonna add Thailand onto our trip.

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It\'s a pretty important seizure,

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so I\'m hoping we can do them in a week.

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It\'s two seizures, four
tons and three tons.

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We\'ll have good practice with Singapore.

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We got another Hong Kong,
Tanzania ready to ship.

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- [Both] Okay.

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- There\'s one seizure
from Feisal Mohamed Ali,

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from Mombasa, the big
kingpin, and that turned out

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wasn\'t in this shipment,
but it\'s coming to us.

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Around 1997, we developed ways to get DNA

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from elephant feces.

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And when that happened,
I realized we could map

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the genetics of elephants
across the continent,

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and if we could only get DNA out of ivory,

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we could match the ivory
genotype to the reference map

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and tell where the ivory came from.

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What was really amazing
was how accurate we got.

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People thought that with
a seizure this large,

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that there\'s no way it
came from one place.

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And we showed, no, it all
came from the same place,

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as though the dealer had
gotten a purchase order,

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I need this many tusks by this date,

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and the poachers kept
going back and getting it.

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There is a great deal of
evidence that suggests that

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a shocking number of
seizures appear to have

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the same major dealer.

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I can\'t tell you how many nights I wake up

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at three in the morning.

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My mind starts going,
thinking about these seizures.

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Before I know it, I\'m up
working on my computer.

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This guy is good.

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(phone rings)

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Hi, how are you?

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So, can you tell me a
little bit about the seizure

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that you made?

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You had rhino horn in one?

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Yeah, well, we\'re looking
forward to getting the samples,

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and we should be able to turn
them around fairly quickly.

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- [Kate] Vietnam\'s become
a major trafficking hub.

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A regional supermarket
for ivory and rhino horn.

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The laws are so lax and
its borders so porous.

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It\'s easy to move millions of
dollars of wildlife products.

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The problem\'s so great that
there\'s an awareness campaign

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called I\'m a Little Rhino
targeting the next generation.

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The dealer is trying to sell
me a rhino horn bracelet

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on top of a I\'m a Little Rhino flyer.

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(gunshot fires)

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If I can find these dealers,
clearly the Vietnamese

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authorities could too.

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Thank you very much, thank you.

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With rhino horn being worth
more on the black market

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than the street value of cocaine,

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it\'s no wonder the Northern Whites

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are on the brink of extinction.

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Historically, Northern
White rhinos lived west

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of the Nile River
inhabiting five countries.

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But by 1975, they could only be found

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in a small area in
Central African Republic.

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Parts of what is now
South Sudan and around

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Garamba National Park
because of the flagrant

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wildlife trade.

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A Czech zoologist by the
name of Josef Vagner,

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fearing their eventual extinction,

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trans-located six of them to a zoo.

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The last two Northern
White rhinos to be born

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in captivity were Najin
and her daughter, Fatu.

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Dr Hildebrandt and his team
have arrived from Berlin.

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They\'re the only
veterinarians in the world

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to have extracted eggs
from a living rhino.

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- That\'s a tumor.
Tumors.

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She has one tumor on her uterus.

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- [Kate] The scientists
were hoping to extract eggs

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from Nabire for in vitro fertilization,

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one of the most drastic measures

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ever taken to save the Northern Whites.

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Another was back in 2009.

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Fatu and her mother were
trans-located from the zoo

00:34:27.560 --> 00:34:31.943
to Kenya, along with two
males, Suni and Sudan,

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.953
in an effort to save the species.

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.509
- The Northern Whites are not indigenous

00:34:39.510 --> 00:34:41.339
to the Czech Republic, to Dvur Kralove.

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.939
They realized those
animals weren\'t breeding

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.799
and they thought, Right, put those animals

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:47.039
back in Africa in a secure environment,

00:34:47.040 --> 00:34:49.219
and let rhino be rhino.

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:51.973
As good as the zoo is, it
wasn\'t happening there.

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:58.169
These were animals that didn\'t understand

00:34:58.170 --> 00:35:00.779
growing grass, they
didn\'t know a mud bath,

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:03.323
but there was still rhino inside them.

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:08.053
And it took few weeks
for that to come out,

00:35:08.950 --> 00:35:11.529
but as soon as that came
out, they went straight back

00:35:11.530 --> 00:35:12.960
to their default setting.

00:35:17.252 --> 00:35:20.002
(majestic music)

00:36:04.406 --> 00:36:08.399
So Najin on the left
and Fatu on the right.

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.599
We\'re keeping all the animals
in this compound dehorned.

00:36:11.600 --> 00:36:12.899
There is the deterrent factor.

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.659
Why risk coming into an area that you know

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:16.389
all the rhino are
dehorned when we have got

00:36:16.390 --> 00:36:18.029
other rhino on the outside of this

00:36:18.030 --> 00:36:20.259
enclosure within Ol
Pejeta, it\'s essentially

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.810
a sanctuary within a sanctuary.

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.339
- [Kate] Security operations at Ol Pejeta

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:30.659
are headed by Batian Craig.

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:32.909
The Conservancy spends
around a million dollars

00:36:32.910 --> 00:36:35.499
a year protecting their Northern Whites

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:38.039
and the rest of the
rhinos at the sanctuary.

00:36:38.040 --> 00:36:39.439
- [Batian] We don\'t want
to be losing one of those

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.829
animals to poaching.

00:36:40.830 --> 00:36:42.947
They\'ve got enough against them already.

00:36:46.206 --> 00:36:48.479
- [Kate] Beyond providing
security for the Northern Whites,

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:50.959
Batian works to save black rhinos,

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.710
who are also critically endangered.

00:36:56.803 --> 00:36:57.650
- Were we too late with
the Northern Whites?

00:36:57.650 --> 00:36:58.650
I hope not.

00:36:59.490 --> 00:37:01.309
But we need to be working
with a few more animals

00:37:01.310 --> 00:37:03.193
than what we\'ve got.

00:38:49.673 --> 00:38:50.673
Well done.

00:38:58.654 --> 00:39:01.110
Smaller sized drill bit on that one.

00:39:01.111 --> 00:39:04.111
- Just drill bit, okay.
Here, here.

00:39:13.595 --> 00:39:15.762
- Okay, where\'s the tape?

00:39:17.932 --> 00:39:19.099
Tape.
- Yeah.

00:39:23.594 --> 00:39:25.932
- Got it?
Yeah, got it.

00:39:25.933 --> 00:39:27.574
- Put some up there.

00:39:27.575 --> 00:39:29.158
- Like this?
Yeah.

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:32.700
- Okay.
Now we\'re gonna wake it up.

00:39:33.976 --> 00:39:36.796
That\'s it, good, that\'s it.

00:39:36.797 --> 00:39:37.797
Good.

00:39:38.532 --> 00:39:39.532
That\'s it.

00:39:52.793 --> 00:39:53.627
Okay, that\'s it.

00:39:53.628 --> 00:39:55.460
Got a very low heart rate.

00:39:56.777 --> 00:39:58.296
Get stuck in, dude.

00:39:58.297 --> 00:40:00.435
It\'s not a holiday camp.

00:40:00.436 --> 00:40:01.611
One, two, three, go!

00:40:01.612 --> 00:40:03.529
- One, two, three, go!

00:40:05.392 --> 00:40:06.392
One, two.

00:40:07.072 --> 00:40:08.069
- Stop, stop, stop.

00:40:08.069 --> 00:40:09.069
- Ready?

00:40:12.844 --> 00:40:13.844
- Two.

00:40:14.604 --> 00:40:16.081
Good.

00:40:16.082 --> 00:40:17.082
That\'s it.

00:40:27.238 --> 00:40:28.238
Anything?

00:40:37.015 --> 00:40:41.515
- [Kate] Can you feel anything,
any pulse or anything?

00:40:43.801 --> 00:40:46.884
(melancholic music)

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:06.519
- When you\'ve got so few
Northern White males left,

00:41:06.520 --> 00:41:08.919
we have to intervene and we
have to change things around,

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:10.720
and sadly, we lost a southern white.

00:41:14.810 --> 00:41:17.139
I suppose the biggest
thing is dealing with it

00:41:17.140 --> 00:41:18.373
before it gets this bad.

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:21.019
And, yes, there\'s gonna be other species

00:41:21.020 --> 00:41:23.099
like this within our generation.

00:41:23.100 --> 00:41:24.429
My guess, it\'s the next generation

00:41:24.430 --> 00:41:26.380
that\'s gonna have a whole heap of them.

00:41:35.090 --> 00:41:36.889
- [Kate] If there\'s one
global body you would think

00:41:36.890 --> 00:41:40.509
is responsible for protecting
animals on the brink,

00:41:40.510 --> 00:41:44.109
it\'s CITES, The Convention
on International Trade

00:41:44.110 --> 00:41:45.593
in Endangered Species.

00:41:49.610 --> 00:41:51.773
But CITES isn\'t a global police force.

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:56.135
- It\'s very tricky because CITES

00:41:56.136 --> 00:41:59.449
is about international trade.

00:41:59.450 --> 00:42:01.199
Their job is not to end trade.

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:03.279
Their job is to promote trade.

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:08.280
So when a species is put
on the appendix list,

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:12.289
it\'s really saying that,
Right now, it has been

00:42:12.290 --> 00:42:14.329
over exploited, and we need to protect it

00:42:14.330 --> 00:42:16.659
until the species is able to recover,

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:18.893
so that they can get it back on to trade.

00:42:23.690 --> 00:42:26.039
- [Kate] But after 700,000
elephants were killed

00:42:26.040 --> 00:42:30.169
in a decade, the world
came together in 1989

00:42:30.170 --> 00:42:31.653
to end the ivory trade.

00:42:32.610 --> 00:42:35.189
- There is no question, the protection of

00:42:35.190 --> 00:42:37.619
the African elephant is the most important

00:42:37.620 --> 00:42:41.439
single issue before our meeting this year.

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:44.089
- We are destroying Kenya\'s
stock once and for all.

00:42:44.090 --> 00:42:46.299
We will not trade in ivory again.

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:49.669
The ivory ban was literally
the most effective act

00:42:49.670 --> 00:42:51.579
of international legislation.

00:42:51.580 --> 00:42:53.673
It stopped all poaching across Africa.

00:42:55.830 --> 00:42:58.429
- [Kate] Less than a
decade later, CITES made

00:42:58.430 --> 00:42:59.833
an exception to the ban.

00:43:01.030 --> 00:43:05.479
Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia
downlisted their elephants

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:09.179
from CITES\' Appendix I
protected list in order to

00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:12.023
allow one-off sale of ivory to Japan.

00:43:12.890 --> 00:43:16.077
10 years later, South Africa
joined the club of sellers

00:43:16.078 --> 00:43:19.049
and another one-off sale of ivory

00:43:19.050 --> 00:43:21.819
was permitted to both Japan and China.

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:23.999
This gutted the integrity of the ban

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:26.559
and a new poaching crisis exploded.

00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:30.276
- The decision to allow two one-off sales,

00:43:30.277 --> 00:43:32.409
it\'s even ridiculous to think about it.

00:43:32.410 --> 00:43:34.539
Two one-off sales.

00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:36.949
There was no caution put out there

00:43:36.950 --> 00:43:39.199
that this is gonna
trigger a demand that is

00:43:39.200 --> 00:43:41.869
going to be filled by the
illegal killing of elephants,

00:43:41.870 --> 00:43:44.509
by the slaughter that we\'ve
seen, the catastrophic

00:43:44.510 --> 00:43:46.967
losses of elephants across Africa.

00:44:04.802 --> 00:44:08.635
(sings in a foreign language)

00:49:50.067 --> 00:49:53.067
(melancholic music)

00:51:24.369 --> 00:51:25.786
- Circular saws.

00:51:29.240 --> 00:51:30.073
Good.

00:51:30.074 --> 00:51:31.353
That\'s nice, perfect.

00:51:32.240 --> 00:51:34.563
So, two.

00:51:41.170 --> 00:51:43.347
- [Man] Yeah, okay, okay, good.

00:51:43.348 --> 00:51:44.944
- All right.

00:51:44.945 --> 00:51:46.751
This is a pretty big seizure.

00:51:46.752 --> 00:51:49.909
We\'ve got about 1,200 samples
all measured and weighed.

00:51:49.910 --> 00:51:54.433
And we\'ve got, maybe, 500 left to go.

00:52:11.690 --> 00:52:14.089
This whole tusk weighs 0.1 kilo.

00:52:14.090 --> 00:52:15.559
I mean, why would you kill an elephant

00:52:15.560 --> 00:52:18.033
for a tenth of a kilo tusk?

00:52:18.034 --> 00:52:21.109
If you look through there,
there\'s no ivory in here.

00:52:21.110 --> 00:52:22.909
This is ridiculous.

00:52:22.910 --> 00:52:25.097
This is the hardest part for me, honestly,

00:52:25.098 --> 00:52:28.459
to see all these little guys, you know.

00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:32.219
Here, here, here.

00:52:32.220 --> 00:52:34.783
And there\'s so many in there
that are already taken away.

00:52:43.610 --> 00:52:46.799
Looks like a lot of these
were bagged in Mombasa.

00:52:46.800 --> 00:52:49.523
You can see here, Mombasa, Kenya.

00:52:50.940 --> 00:52:53.123
Here\'s another from Dar es Salaam.

00:52:54.580 --> 00:52:57.209
- [Kate] This seizure has many
of the same characteristics

00:52:57.210 --> 00:53:00.652
Sam has seen before, from
the markings on the tusks

00:53:00.653 --> 00:53:02.523
to how the ivory is packed.

00:53:05.590 --> 00:53:08.190
How many elephants, would
you say, are in this room?

00:53:16.813 --> 00:53:17.980
- A thousand.

00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:29.920
You can\'t keep moving this
much ivory over and over again,

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:34.329
being so conspicuous about
it, if the powers that be

00:53:34.330 --> 00:53:36.123
are not allowing this to happen.

00:53:37.170 --> 00:53:38.923
It\'s corruption.

00:53:43.050 --> 00:53:45.229
- [Kate] More than 60,000
elephants have been killed

00:53:45.230 --> 00:53:49.469
in Tanzania since Sam
started his forensic work.

00:53:49.470 --> 00:53:52.429
- There are periods throughout the process

00:53:52.430 --> 00:53:54.819
where it really gets to me.

00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:58.759
You know, the greed that
just results in a seizure

00:53:58.760 --> 00:54:01.473
like this, over and over and over again.

00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:14.689
- Welcome, you all, to Geneva and this

00:54:14.690 --> 00:54:17.093
meeting of the CITES standing committee.

00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:22.023
Preparations have been in
the pipeline for a long time.

00:54:23.690 --> 00:54:27.489
There is no universal
definition of wildlife crime.

00:54:27.490 --> 00:54:29.639
We have international
agreements which define crimes

00:54:29.640 --> 00:54:32.069
like drug trafficking,
and trafficking persons,

00:54:32.070 --> 00:54:34.509
migrant smuggling and
firearms trafficking.

00:54:34.510 --> 00:54:36.319
We don\'t have anything tantamount to that

00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:37.823
in the area of wildlife crime.

00:54:38.770 --> 00:54:40.889
We\'re now going to hear a
very interesting presentation

00:54:40.890 --> 00:54:43.229
from Sam Wasser from the
University of Washington.

00:54:43.230 --> 00:54:45.699
- There are about 40,000
to 50,000 elephants

00:54:45.700 --> 00:54:48.539
being killed in Africa,
right now, each year,

00:54:48.540 --> 00:54:51.689
and about 450,000 left.

00:54:51.690 --> 00:54:54.249
If you are killing a
ninth of the population

00:54:54.250 --> 00:54:57.049
in a year, it\'s very, very
important that we are able

00:54:57.050 --> 00:55:00.249
to, most urgently, stop the killing.

00:55:00.250 --> 00:55:03.699
We\'ve done over 40 large
ivory seizures to date.

00:55:03.700 --> 00:55:07.079
And in the last decade,
virtually 100% of them

00:55:07.080 --> 00:55:09.089
come from two places.

00:55:09.090 --> 00:55:11.539
22% of them come from the Triduum area

00:55:11.540 --> 00:55:13.999
focusing on Gabon and Congo.

00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:17.429
78% of the total seizures come from

00:55:17.430 --> 00:55:20.749
an area concentrated around Tanzania.

00:55:20.750 --> 00:55:24.159
By focusing on these two
areas, we can potentially crush

00:55:24.160 --> 00:55:26.099
the largest part of the ivory trade.

00:55:26.100 --> 00:55:27.519
It\'s time!

00:55:27.520 --> 00:55:30.309
And it means that if
we do that, we can stop

00:55:30.310 --> 00:55:32.839
the largest part of the
killing that is going on

00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:37.739
in Africa, and stop ivory
from entering into transit,

00:55:37.740 --> 00:55:39.929
where it becomes so much more diffused,

00:55:39.930 --> 00:55:42.169
complicated, and expensive to trace.

00:55:42.170 --> 00:55:43.839
You go to the source.

00:55:43.840 --> 00:55:46.039
Now when we looked at
where they all transited,

00:55:46.040 --> 00:55:50.063
we found that almost all of
them transited out of Mombasa.

00:55:58.710 --> 00:56:00.989
- [Kate] Feisal Mohamed
Ali has been behind bars

00:56:00.990 --> 00:56:02.879
awaiting trial in Kenya.

00:56:02.880 --> 00:56:05.409
But the flow of ivory out of Mombasa port,

00:56:05.410 --> 00:56:07.459
like the sea shipment to Singapore,

00:56:07.460 --> 00:56:09.253
continued after his arrest.

00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:13.973
- Our investigation has
found this network is not

00:56:13.974 --> 00:56:15.589
just moving ivory.

00:56:15.590 --> 00:56:18.899
They are involved in
narcotics trafficking,

00:56:18.900 --> 00:56:21.453
cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines.

00:56:22.450 --> 00:56:24.729
They\'re involved in human traffickng.

00:56:24.730 --> 00:56:26.579
There\'s reports of human slavery

00:56:26.580 --> 00:56:28.609
in some of the drug labs.

00:56:28.610 --> 00:56:31.439
In some cases, smuggling
weapons to violent extremist

00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:33.043
organizations in Africa.

00:56:38.090 --> 00:56:39.959
- The Feisal Mohamed
Ali case, which involves

00:56:39.960 --> 00:56:43.119
2.1 tons of ivory that
was seized in Mombasa.

00:56:43.120 --> 00:56:44.869
The whole case, if somebody made it up,

00:56:44.870 --> 00:56:46.379
you\'d say it was ridiculous.

00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:49.759
- You are dealing, marketing,
selling and all that.

00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:54.299
That you are dealing with
elephant tusks or not dealing,

00:56:54.300 --> 00:56:55.500
what do you say to that?

00:56:59.150 --> 00:56:59.990
- Evidence disappeared.

00:56:59.991 --> 00:57:02.403
Nine vehicles vanished
from police custody.

00:57:03.250 --> 00:57:04.909
The facility where the crime took place

00:57:04.910 --> 00:57:06.959
was demolished overnight.

00:57:06.960 --> 00:57:09.209
These are the things that
make us really question

00:57:09.210 --> 00:57:12.413
the integrity of the actual
judicial system in this country.

00:57:13.290 --> 00:57:16.899
You\'re dealing with a
man who is a suspected

00:57:16.900 --> 00:57:20.049
major criminal, who has
four top lawyers to try

00:57:20.050 --> 00:57:22.879
and find any possible
loophole through which he can

00:57:22.880 --> 00:57:25.199
wiggle his way out of this case.

00:57:25.200 --> 00:57:28.279
It would be horrific
if he simply walks away

00:57:28.280 --> 00:57:30.499
and they say, You don\'t
have a case to answer.

00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:33.679
That would be the worst,
worst case scenario.

00:57:33.680 --> 00:57:36.109
- Those who claim to fight
for the right of elephants

00:57:36.110 --> 00:57:40.689
have really decided that
Feisal will be the fall guy.

00:57:40.690 --> 00:57:44.409
This court is entitled to return a verdict

00:57:44.410 --> 00:57:46.747
that there\'s no case to answer.

00:58:54.910 --> 00:58:56.229
- [Kate] Northern White rhinos have been

00:58:56.230 --> 00:58:58.283
on the planet for millions of years.

00:59:01.270 --> 00:59:02.520
Now, there are only four.

00:59:20.490 --> 00:59:23.109
- We get comments from
people around the world

00:59:23.110 --> 00:59:25.545
that are watching Nola
and seeing how she\'s doing

00:59:25.546 --> 00:59:28.603
through her illness right now.

00:59:29.610 --> 00:59:30.669
And they\'re all praying for her.

00:59:30.670 --> 00:59:33.689
I\'m praying for my rhino
every day that she has

00:59:33.690 --> 00:59:35.649
another special day with us.

00:59:35.650 --> 00:59:38.399
And to think about what it\'s gonna be like

00:59:38.400 --> 00:59:40.579
the day we lose Nola.

00:59:40.580 --> 00:59:44.044
At the same time, you like to
think to look to the future.

00:59:44.045 --> 00:59:46.269
But for the Northern White rhino,

00:59:46.270 --> 00:59:48.259
right now the future is so sad.

00:59:48.260 --> 00:59:51.569
When we lose her and we
lose the other three,

00:59:51.570 --> 00:59:54.523
we\'ve lost an entire species of rhino.

00:59:56.920 --> 01:00:00.213
- [Kate] As the rhinos have
gone, so have the elephants.

01:00:01.530 --> 01:00:04.633
In the year I was born,
there were 22,000 in Garamba.

01:00:05.530 --> 01:00:06.927
Today there are 1,200.

01:00:22.929 --> 01:00:26.929
(speaks in a foreign language)

01:01:26.888 --> 01:01:29.638
(intense music)

01:03:54.547 --> 01:03:57.297
(gunshots fire)

01:05:00.131 --> 01:05:04.048
(sings in a foreign language)

01:10:19.300 --> 01:10:21.239
- [Kate] Shortly after I left Garamba,

01:10:21.240 --> 01:10:22.949
I woke up one morning to the news

01:10:22.950 --> 01:10:25.430
that Colonel Jacques and three rangers

01:10:25.431 --> 01:10:27.223
had been killed by poachers.

01:10:28.220 --> 01:10:30.829
The rescue helicopter came under fire,

01:10:30.830 --> 01:10:32.879
leaving them stranded.

01:10:32.880 --> 01:10:34.083
They were all shot dead.

01:10:36.080 --> 01:10:39.449
- In the last few days,
three rangers and one member

01:10:39.450 --> 01:10:42.259
of the armed forces
were killed by poachers

01:10:42.260 --> 01:10:45.050
in one incident in Central Africa,

01:10:45.051 --> 01:10:47.753
leaving behind 14 children between them.

01:10:49.620 --> 01:10:51.479
I do not think that any of us would stand

01:10:51.480 --> 01:10:54.079
and watch an elephant
or rhino being killed,

01:10:54.080 --> 01:10:56.809
or a ranger being gunned
down, because we wanted

01:10:56.810 --> 01:11:00.019
a bracelet or an ornament
to impress someone else

01:11:00.020 --> 01:11:01.020
as a gift.

01:11:02.350 --> 01:11:04.539
But that is what the demand
for wildlife products

01:11:04.540 --> 01:11:05.963
means in practice.

01:11:07.380 --> 01:11:09.519
The decisions we make as consumers,

01:11:09.520 --> 01:11:11.036
affect the lives of ordinary people

01:11:11.037 --> 01:11:13.759
thousands and thousands of miles away

01:11:13.760 --> 01:11:15.423
in countries we may never visit.

01:11:18.310 --> 01:11:19.589
Over a thousand rangers have been killed

01:11:19.590 --> 01:11:21.439
in the last 10 years.

01:11:21.440 --> 01:11:24.929
It makes me really angry
and it makes me very sad.

01:11:24.930 --> 01:11:27.969
We know where the wildlife
are that\'s being poached.

01:11:27.970 --> 01:11:31.519
We know how they travel,
how the product is moved,

01:11:31.520 --> 01:11:33.359
and we know where it ends up.

01:11:33.360 --> 01:11:35.739
I mean, you\'ve got every
possible bit of research

01:11:35.740 --> 01:11:37.740
and evidence you could need to fix this.

01:11:39.520 --> 01:11:42.379
- Wildlife trafficking
has become more organized,

01:11:42.380 --> 01:11:46.189
more lucrative, and more
dangerous than ever before.

01:11:46.190 --> 01:11:49.589
Poachers now use helicopters,
automatic weapons,

01:11:49.590 --> 01:11:52.529
night vision goggles, satellite phones,

01:11:52.530 --> 01:11:55.379
to overwhelm and even murder park rangers

01:11:55.380 --> 01:11:57.083
and other local authorities.

01:12:02.600 --> 01:12:06.149
- [Woman] These items are
things that have been seized,

01:12:06.150 --> 01:12:09.079
forfeited and abandoned
to the US Government

01:12:09.080 --> 01:12:11.913
as a result of wildlife violations.

01:12:13.660 --> 01:12:17.439
- [Kate] Whatever doesn\'t
get seized can easily be sold

01:12:17.440 --> 01:12:20.439
because the US has a
legal domestic market,

01:12:20.440 --> 01:12:23.289
like China and many other countries.

01:12:23.290 --> 01:12:26.403
And legal markets provide
cover for the illegal trade.

01:12:27.280 --> 01:12:31.293
Consumers assume that whatever
is openly sold is legal.

01:12:32.280 --> 01:12:34.479
So, this is ivory, you said?

01:12:34.480 --> 01:12:35.833
What is this, do you know?

01:12:37.070 --> 01:12:38.070
Wow.

01:12:40.170 --> 01:12:41.339
500?

01:12:41.340 --> 01:12:43.197
I\'m going back to Canada.

01:12:43.198 --> 01:12:44.448
- [Woman] No problem, no problem.

01:12:44.449 --> 01:12:45.489
- [Kate] No problem?

01:12:45.490 --> 01:12:46.733
I live in Canada.

01:12:55.120 --> 01:12:58.979
- The US, if it\'s gonna
stand proud and tall,

01:12:58.980 --> 01:13:01.409
and say to other
countries, You need to get

01:13:01.410 --> 01:13:03.539
your own act together,
they\'re just gonna have

01:13:03.540 --> 01:13:04.959
those countries come back and tell them,

01:13:04.960 --> 01:13:06.249
Well, what about your own market?

01:13:06.250 --> 01:13:08.650
You\'re not really one to
point the finger at us.

01:13:11.270 --> 01:13:14.859
The US government has proposed
changes to regulations

01:13:14.860 --> 01:13:17.809
that will, in effect, almost ban all

01:13:17.810 --> 01:13:19.343
commercial trade in ivory.

01:13:20.950 --> 01:13:23.523
Unfortunately, this is dragging on.

01:13:23.524 --> 01:13:26.315
And we need them to hurry
up and get it out there.

01:13:26.316 --> 01:13:27.589
- [All] What do we want?

01:13:27.590 --> 01:13:29.514
Justice for elephants and rhinos!

01:13:29.515 --> 01:13:31.020
When do we want it?

01:13:31.021 --> 01:13:32.058
Now!

01:13:32.059 --> 01:13:35.099
Let them live!

01:13:35.100 --> 01:13:36.759
- [News Woman] San Francisco
lawmakers debated today

01:13:36.760 --> 01:13:39.239
whether to throw their
weight behind a state measure

01:13:39.240 --> 01:13:43.439
calling for a total ban on
the purchase or sale of ivory.

01:13:43.440 --> 01:13:45.869
- [Kate] Tired for waiting
for a stricter regulations,

01:13:45.870 --> 01:13:48.419
state lawmakers and
activists have taken matters

01:13:48.420 --> 01:13:49.859
into their own hands.

01:13:49.860 --> 01:13:52.739
- The federal ban on
ivory is very, very weak.

01:13:52.740 --> 01:13:56.809
It\'s easily circumvented
by unscrupulous dealers

01:13:56.810 --> 01:13:58.009
and merchants.

01:13:58.010 --> 01:14:00.539
Unfortunately, our
Congress doesn\'t understand

01:14:00.540 --> 01:14:04.899
the connection between
ivory and terrorism.

01:14:04.900 --> 01:14:06.799
The effect of New Jersey\'s ban has reached

01:14:06.800 --> 01:14:08.599
far beyond our borders.

01:14:08.600 --> 01:14:10.999
It has been recognized
in New York, California,

01:14:11.000 --> 01:14:13.739
in China, throughout Asia and Africa,

01:14:13.740 --> 01:14:15.379
and now in Massachusetts.

01:14:15.380 --> 01:14:18.201
As New Jersey, New York and California go,

01:14:18.202 --> 01:14:20.343
so will the rest of the world.

01:14:23.000 --> 01:14:24.969
- We are calling for a complete ban

01:14:24.970 --> 01:14:28.041
of all ivory sales worldwide now.

01:14:28.042 --> 01:14:30.809
When is enough, enough?

01:14:30.810 --> 01:14:32.159
- [Sam] We may not even have 20 years.

01:14:32.160 --> 01:14:34.939
We may have as little as
five or 10 for some animals.

01:14:34.940 --> 01:14:36.959
So it\'s important that every single day,

01:14:36.960 --> 01:14:39.979
at every opportunity, you
drive home the message

01:14:39.980 --> 01:14:44.030
to ban ivory and rhino horns everywhere.

01:14:50.121 --> 01:14:53.069
- The fact that governments
are taking the steps they are,

01:14:53.070 --> 01:14:56.269
shows that it\'s on the global agenda.

01:14:56.270 --> 01:14:57.270
People do care.

01:14:57.271 --> 01:14:59.723
Governments do see the
seriousness of this problem.

01:15:01.110 --> 01:15:03.439
It\'s definitely not
happening quickly enough.

01:15:03.440 --> 01:15:05.149
I mean, I\'d love it to, you know,

01:15:05.150 --> 01:15:07.000
click fingers and it\'ll be like that.

01:15:12.915 --> 01:15:13.959
- [News Woman] For the
beloved White rhino at

01:15:13.960 --> 01:15:17.239
the San Diego Zoo Safari
Park, named Nola, has died.

01:15:17.240 --> 01:15:19.349
She was one of the last of her species...

01:15:19.350 --> 01:15:20.619
- [News Man] Over the
last few minutes to ask

01:15:20.620 --> 01:15:22.217
what had happened.

01:15:22.218 --> 01:15:24.289
They had noticed that Nola was not out

01:15:24.290 --> 01:15:25.900
in the enclosure today while...

01:15:28.050 --> 01:15:31.989
- It\'s hard because every
morning when we came in,

01:15:31.990 --> 01:15:34.299
we would drive through
the gates, first thing

01:15:34.300 --> 01:15:36.339
you do is you\'d go look for Nola.

01:15:36.340 --> 01:15:38.209
And you\'d literally radio it in and say,

01:15:38.210 --> 01:15:40.179
Yeah, Nola looks good this morning.

01:15:40.180 --> 01:15:43.313
And the next morning when we did that,

01:15:45.131 --> 01:15:46.733
you know, there was no call.

01:15:48.380 --> 01:15:51.143
And overwhelming sadness.

01:15:52.890 --> 01:15:57.169
The entire park mourned
for the loss of one animal.

01:15:57.170 --> 01:15:58.060
One animal.

01:15:58.061 --> 01:16:01.609
\'Cause she represented everything
we do that\'s right here.

01:16:01.610 --> 01:16:04.554
Even if you\'re an animal
that may not necessarily

01:16:04.555 --> 01:16:08.049
be reproducing, we still love you,

01:16:08.050 --> 01:16:09.529
and we\'re still gonna take care of you,

01:16:09.530 --> 01:16:11.669
and we\'re gonna do our best by you.

01:16:11.670 --> 01:16:14.259
And everyone at the park knew that.

01:16:14.260 --> 01:16:17.269
All of the people that
ride around on the trams,

01:16:17.270 --> 01:16:20.173
virtually every tram that came out,

01:16:21.310 --> 01:16:23.439
they did a tribute to Nola.

01:16:23.440 --> 01:16:26.049
For days they were doing tributes to Nola.

01:16:26.050 --> 01:16:29.269
It was devastating for
everybody that works here,

01:16:29.270 --> 01:16:32.749
and for many, many
thousands, tens of thousands,

01:16:32.750 --> 01:16:35.323
hundreds of thousands of people
that visit here every year.

01:16:37.410 --> 01:16:40.279
One of the first condolences I received

01:16:40.280 --> 01:16:42.030
was from the team at the Ol Pejeta.

01:16:43.320 --> 01:16:45.268
When you\'re taking care
and you\'re responsible

01:16:45.269 --> 01:16:50.269
for the last of their kind
and they start to die off,

01:16:51.370 --> 01:16:54.373
the face of extinction
just comes right at you.

01:17:11.020 --> 01:17:13.629
- [Kate] Dr Hildebrandt and
his team want to understand

01:17:13.630 --> 01:17:15.853
why Najin and Fatu
haven\'t gotten pregnant.

01:17:16.940 --> 01:17:19.443
Even though there\'s been
mating with a southern white.

01:17:53.630 --> 01:17:55.999
- It\'s very disappointing.

01:17:56.000 --> 01:17:59.149
It\'s just disappointing
to me and to our team

01:17:59.150 --> 01:18:01.389
as much as it is,
probably, to everybody else

01:18:01.390 --> 01:18:06.390
that worked hard to prevent
Northern White rhinos

01:18:06.960 --> 01:18:07.960
to go extinct.

01:18:10.320 --> 01:18:13.529
You ask yourself whether
time was spent wisely

01:18:13.530 --> 01:18:15.833
to prevent what happened.

01:18:40.354 --> 01:18:42.219
You know, there are surveys that people

01:18:42.220 --> 01:18:44.359
go out trying to find endangered species,

01:18:44.360 --> 01:18:45.579
and then they come back and say,

01:18:45.580 --> 01:18:48.699
We find less than we have five years ago.

01:18:48.700 --> 01:18:50.799
And then, at some point, you go out

01:18:50.800 --> 01:18:52.719
and you don\'t find the species anymore,

01:18:52.720 --> 01:18:55.719
and then you say, Now
this species is extinct.

01:18:55.720 --> 01:18:57.779
And this is how you measure extinction.

01:18:57.780 --> 01:19:01.689
It\'s an abstract process
because the extinction

01:19:01.690 --> 01:19:04.219
does not happen in front of your eyes,

01:19:04.220 --> 01:19:06.213
but it just happens by disappearance.

01:19:07.409 --> 01:19:11.469
In this very example, extinction happens

01:19:11.470 --> 01:19:12.909
in front of our eyes.

01:19:12.910 --> 01:19:16.259
We have the last of their
kind in front of our eyes,

01:19:16.260 --> 01:19:18.793
and they will just die off in front of us.

01:19:40.980 --> 01:19:42.882
- [Man] Kenya, along with a
number of other countries,

01:19:42.883 --> 01:19:47.348
over the past few years,
have decided to destroy

01:19:47.349 --> 01:19:51.110
their seized and confiscated
stockpiles of ivory

01:19:51.111 --> 01:19:55.019
and rhino horn, to draw
massive public attention

01:19:55.020 --> 01:19:58.853
to the scale and the nature
of illegal wildlife trade.

01:19:59.990 --> 01:20:03.709
Eight years, a global
collective effort underway

01:20:03.710 --> 01:20:07.419
across source, transit,
and destination countries

01:20:07.420 --> 01:20:11.123
to bring to an end these
highly destructive crimes.

01:20:32.820 --> 01:20:35.649
- Seeing all this ivory go up in smoke,

01:20:35.650 --> 01:20:38.509
I\'m glad that it\'s happening,
but I\'m just so sad

01:20:38.510 --> 01:20:40.110
that it had to happen.

01:20:42.690 --> 01:20:43.523
It\'s unbelievable.

01:20:43.524 --> 01:20:46.223
I mean, there\'s probably
10,000 elephants there.

01:20:54.420 --> 01:20:58.543
If we don\'t stop this now, that\'s it.

01:21:00.060 --> 01:21:02.853
It\'s gonna be the end of elephants.

01:21:05.251 --> 01:21:08.251
(melancholic music)

01:21:18.650 --> 01:21:22.229
- [Thomas] All the important
information you need to make

01:21:22.230 --> 01:21:25.993
a new Northern White rhino
are in this little cell.

01:21:28.730 --> 01:21:30.229
- [Kate] How far away do you think we are

01:21:30.230 --> 01:21:32.080
from breeding a Northern White rhino?

01:21:33.103 --> 01:21:36.393
- [Thomas] If you are positive,
I think 10 to 15 years.

01:22:32.344 --> 01:22:36.261
(speaks in a foreign language)

01:23:21.570 --> 01:23:23.920
- [Kate] In an unprecedented
display of justice,

01:23:23.921 --> 01:23:27.229
Feisal Mohamed Ali was
sentenced to 20 years

01:23:27.230 --> 01:23:28.883
for environmental crimes.

01:23:31.550 --> 01:23:35.249
And Baktash Akasha was
extradited to the US

01:23:35.250 --> 01:23:37.903
to stand trial for
drug-trafficking charges.

01:23:50.250 --> 01:23:54.009
When I started making this
film, I had hoped to witness

01:23:54.010 --> 01:23:55.933
the salvation of the Northern Whites,

01:23:59.480 --> 01:24:01.659
and to open people\'s
eyes to the devastation

01:24:01.660 --> 01:24:06.393
caused by the wildlife trade,
and the criminality behind it.

01:24:10.921 --> 01:24:14.289
I wanted to give elephants back
some of the peace and solace

01:24:14.290 --> 01:24:17.853
they had given me after
spending years in combat zones.

01:24:21.040 --> 01:24:23.119
40 years ago, there were warning signs

01:24:23.120 --> 01:24:24.513
for the Northern Whites.

01:24:25.930 --> 01:24:28.543
Today, we have all the
warning signs for elephants.

01:24:35.440 --> 01:24:38.589
If we don\'t stop the
killing, it\'ll eventually

01:24:38.590 --> 01:24:42.810
just be us humans as the last animals.

01:24:53.726 --> 01:24:56.226
(eerie music)

01:26:29.165 --> 01:26:31.748
(bright music)

01:26:37.370 --> 01:26:38.769
♪ Because of you ♪

01:26:38.770 --> 01:26:41.921
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:26:41.922 --> 01:26:43.569
♪ Because of you ♪

01:26:43.570 --> 01:26:45.659
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:26:45.660 --> 01:26:48.379
♪ Northern White Rhino because of you ♪

01:26:48.380 --> 01:26:50.531
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:26:50.532 --> 01:26:53.059
♪ Northern White Rhino because of you ♪

01:26:53.060 --> 01:26:55.219
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:26:55.220 --> 01:26:57.910
♪ Rhino, elephant, because of you ♪

01:26:57.911 --> 01:27:00.038
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:27:00.039 --> 01:27:02.865
♪ Rhino, elephant, because of you ♪

01:27:02.866 --> 01:27:05.027
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:27:05.028 --> 01:27:07.067
♪ (foreign language) because of you ♪

01:27:07.068 --> 01:27:08.689
♪ Northern White Rhino only two left ♪

01:27:08.690 --> 01:27:11.454
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:27:11.455 --> 01:27:13.798
♪ Northern White Rhino only two left ♪

01:27:13.799 --> 01:27:16.206
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:27:16.207 --> 01:27:18.540
(vocalizes)

01:27:26.058 --> 01:27:28.137
♪ I come with peace, we manifest ♪

01:27:28.138 --> 01:27:30.547
♪ Protect the animals, just say yes ♪

01:27:30.548 --> 01:27:32.118
♪ Sudan legacy ♪

01:27:32.119 --> 01:27:33.039
♪ Rest in peace ♪

01:27:33.040 --> 01:27:35.477
♪ Mama Africa left in tears ♪

01:27:35.478 --> 01:27:36.625
♪ Feeling sad ♪

01:27:36.626 --> 01:27:37.787
♪ Feeling bad ♪

01:27:37.788 --> 01:27:40.278
♪ Rhino story sad story ♪

01:27:40.279 --> 01:27:42.526
♪ Came the poachers
and took the glory ♪

01:27:42.527 --> 01:27:44.926
♪ They came them
poachers for the ivory ♪

01:27:44.927 --> 01:27:47.416
♪ We cut the trees and kill the bees ♪

01:27:47.417 --> 01:27:49.897
♪ We poison rivers, lakes, and seas ♪

01:27:49.898 --> 01:27:52.264
♪ Poison lands, spread diseases ♪

01:27:52.265 --> 01:27:54.665
♪ Come on, people,
let\'s stop this please ♪

01:27:54.666 --> 01:27:57.145
♪ Politics game, nothing changed ♪

01:27:57.146 --> 01:27:59.435
♪ Time my people, go lead the change ♪

01:27:59.436 --> 01:28:01.875
♪ Pull it again, nothing changed ♪

01:28:01.876 --> 01:28:03.983
♪ Come on, people, go leave the chain ♪

01:28:03.984 --> 01:28:05.114
♪ Because of you ♪

01:28:05.115 --> 01:28:07.063
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:28:07.064 --> 01:28:09.845
♪ Northern White Rhino because of you ♪

01:28:09.846 --> 01:28:12.023
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:28:12.024 --> 01:28:14.674
♪ Rhino, elephant because of you ♪

01:28:14.675 --> 01:28:16.821
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:28:16.822 --> 01:28:19.445
♪ Rhino, elephant because of you ♪

01:28:19.446 --> 01:28:21.573
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:28:21.574 --> 01:28:23.855
♪ (foreign language) because of you ♪

01:28:23.856 --> 01:28:25.522
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:28:25.523 --> 01:28:28.143
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:28:28.144 --> 01:28:30.343
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:28:30.344 --> 01:28:32.815
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:28:32.816 --> 01:28:35.149
(vocalizes)

01:28:42.686 --> 01:28:44.725
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:28:44.726 --> 01:28:47.435
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:28:47.436 --> 01:28:49.755
♪ All the good souls out
there who really care ♪

01:28:49.756 --> 01:28:51.068
♪ Go spread everywhere ♪

01:28:51.069 --> 01:28:52.017
♪ Go be leader ♪

01:28:52.018 --> 01:28:53.426
♪ Be the change be song ♪

01:28:53.427 --> 01:28:55.043
♪ Be love revolution ♪

01:28:55.044 --> 01:28:56.956
♪ Be the light, be
peace, be hope ♪

01:28:56.957 --> 01:28:58.527
♪ Be the law for solution ♪

01:28:58.528 --> 01:29:00.455
♪ Be food, be
water, shelter ♪

01:29:00.456 --> 01:29:02.684
♪ Be the source of connection ♪

01:29:02.685 --> 01:29:03.656
♪ Lobby politicians ♪

01:29:03.657 --> 01:29:05.275
♪ in your villiage in your nation ♪

01:29:05.276 --> 01:29:07.603
♪ Worldwide we stand one vision ♪

01:29:07.604 --> 01:29:09.315
♪ One plan go petition ♪

01:29:09.316 --> 01:29:10.933
♪ Our lives for protection ♪

01:29:10.934 --> 01:29:12.363
♪ Because of you ♪

01:29:12.364 --> 01:29:14.323
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:29:14.324 --> 01:29:17.155
♪ Northern White Rhino because of you ♪

01:29:17.156 --> 01:29:19.283
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:29:19.284 --> 01:29:21.972
♪ Rhino, elephant because of you ♪

01:29:21.973 --> 01:29:24.051
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:29:24.052 --> 01:29:26.795
♪ Rhino, elephant because of you ♪

01:29:26.796 --> 01:29:28.773
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:29:28.774 --> 01:29:30.492
♪ Kill, kill, kill, kill because of you ♪

01:29:30.493 --> 01:29:32.612
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:29:32.613 --> 01:29:35.380
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:29:35.381 --> 01:29:37.564
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:29:37.565 --> 01:29:40.342
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:29:40.343 --> 01:29:42.676
(vocalizes)

01:29:50.173 --> 01:29:54.742
(sings in a foreign language)

01:29:54.743 --> 01:29:57.076
(vocalizes)

01:29:58.973 --> 01:30:02.806
(sings in a foreign language)

01:30:04.245 --> 01:30:06.578
(vocalizes)

01:30:08.553 --> 01:30:09.772
♪ Because of you ♪

01:30:09.773 --> 01:30:11.962
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:30:11.963 --> 01:30:14.643
♪ Northern White Rhino because of you ♪

01:30:14.644 --> 01:30:16.732
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:30:16.733 --> 01:30:19.473
♪ Rhino, elephant because of you ♪

01:30:19.474 --> 01:30:21.542
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:30:21.543 --> 01:30:24.262
♪ Rhino, elephant because of you ♪

01:30:24.263 --> 01:30:26.404
♪ Our lives depend on you ♪

01:30:26.405 --> 01:30:28.702
♪ (foreign language) because of you ♪

01:30:28.703 --> 01:30:30.284
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:30:30.285 --> 01:30:32.940
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:30:32.941 --> 01:30:35.221
♪ Northern White Rhino, only two left ♪

01:30:35.222 --> 01:30:37.844
♪ So I created this song
just to let you know ♪

01:30:37.845 --> 01:30:40.452
(vocalizes)

01:30:40.453 --> 01:30:44.286
(sings in a foreign language)

01:30:52.546 --> 01:30:54.879
(vocalizes)