What reason can one give behind the killing of these magnificent creatures (the Rhinos)? Well in this leaflet the writer has answered most of that question and the rest we all should now. The far most obvious answer will be, for their horns. Most poachers cut of their horns and let them go, but did you know, black rhinos have a very quick to charge attitude, they attack anything they feel brings danger to them; they can’t do anything without their horns. They would have no weapon of defence.
The writer has given statistics to show the decrease in population of the black Rhinos. ‘Kenya lost over 90% of its black Rhino population in a short period of only thirteen years.’ and ‘Their numbers plummeted from twenty thousand in ‘’70 to just three hundred and fifty in ‘’83.’ These stats give us an impression that the population of black rhinos had rapidly decreased and yet no solution has been found, they are still being brutality killed.
The writer uses quite a lot of connotative language e.g. ‘Time is running out’ (this gives you a feeling of urgency); ‘Precious horns’, (this tells you that the horns are very important and vulnerable and the reason why they are being killed); ‘Desperate’, (the word gives an impression that the situation is very serious and urgent); and the word ‘Precarious’ tells us that the population is sitting is not so safe or convincing place.
The writer has also shown a few images of rhinos and their families to give an emotional appeal to the readers. They show a small cute rhino named little Naomi all alone in the forest, and in another picture he shows a black rhino looking after his family. The writer has also shown one of Kenya Wildlife Service guards who are protecting the black rhinos, signalling that they are trying to reduce the killing of the rhinos. In the background he has shown the colour green, which represents the essence of wildlife and nature.
Occasionally the writer has also tried to persuade the readers