Celebrate World Rhino Day

With the ongoing dilemma of rhino poaching decimating populations, celebrating World Rhino Day on 22 September has never carried greater weight. Celebrate may not be the right term, when we consider the great losses suffered by the five extant species. But celebrate is the right term, when it comes to appreciating the world’s wild heritage and the optimism required to keep fighting for all living species.

Here’s how you can stay entertained, educated, and enlightened about rhinos this World Rhino Day.

Watch Stroop
This award-winning South African documentary is directed by Susan Scott. It will take you into the underbelly of the rhino horn trade, following two first-time filmmakers in South Africa and further afield to Vietnam, China, and Laos as they explore the reasons behind the killing of rhinos.

Watch the trailer below.

Watch Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War on 22 September at 21:40 on M-Net channel 101.
Check out the show page here.

Watch Frank and Fearless
On a lighter note, there’s your Sunday night movie, Frank and Fearless. The latest comedy feature from Leon Schuster, it tells the tale of an unlikely duo who team up with a rhino orphan and a Rottweiler in an attempt to stop poaching. Watch red carpet moments from the movie's premiere below.

Watch Frank and Fearless on 22 September at 20:05 on M-Net.
Watch more interviews and behind-the-scenes moments here.

Relive The Wild Ones
Last year, M-Net aired the wildlife documentary series The Wild Ones, which included rhino-focused episodes. Watch the video below, where the series explores a mother's love for her calf.

Watch more here.

Carte Blanche Flashback
In anticipation of Stroop airing on M-Net, Carte Blanche did a feature on rhino poaching, interviewing the documentary’s producers, Susan Scott and Bonné de Bod. Watch below.