{"id":1220,"date":"2017-01-05T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2020-02-25T18:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:04:42","slug":"have-you-killed-a-rhino-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1220","title":{"rendered":"Have You Killed a Rhino Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The slaughter of rhinos in South Africa carries on unabated.
When poachers or traffickers are caught they should get the same treatment,
but no doubt somebody will bang on about their human rights\u2026\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

The world is obsessed with human rights,
But don\u2019t rhinos have their rights too?
And shouldn\u2019t some people lose their human rights,
By the things that they choose to do?<\/p>

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So tell me have you killed a rhino today,
Have you added to the score?
Have you hacked off its horn with a machete blade,
And are now hiding from the law?<\/p>

Have you left a rhino to bleed in the dust,
Lying helpless and all alone,
Ensuring it has the most painful of deaths,
Just so its horn you are able to own?<\/p>

Have you made plenty plenty dollars today,
By killing this magnificent beast?
Have you sold its horn to black marketers,
And on blood money been able to feast?<\/p>

What will you do when you\u2019ve killed the last one?
Exterminated by your human greed;
So for your human rights why should we give a damn?
I know all the justice you need.<\/p>

If you\u2019ve been responsible in anyway
For a rhino being brutally slaughtered,
Then in a less \u201ccivilised\u201d world we would find you a tree,
Where you could be hung, then drawn, then quartered.<\/p>

Then you would know just what it was like
To suffer great pain as you die.
So I\u2019ll ask again if you\u2019ve killed a rhino today,
If you have, can you please tell me why?<\/p>

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The slaughter of rhinos in South Africa carries on unabated.When poachers or traffickers are caught they should get the same treatment,but no doubt somebody will bang on about their human rights\u2026\u2026 The world is obsessed with human rights,But don\u2019t rhinos have their rights too?And shouldn\u2019t some people lose their human…<\/p>\n

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