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PICTURES: Emotions run high for Prince Harry as he is shown slaughtered rhino

Prince Harry visiting a crime scene with a forensic team of a rhino killed by poachers in Kruger National Parkas part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry visiting a crime scene with a forensic team of a rhino killed by poachers in Kruger National Parkas part of his tour to South Africa.

Prince Harry has been shown the gruesome sight of a recently slaughtered female rhino and her calf – killed for her horn, which said to be the most valuable animal commodity in the world “gramme by gramme”.

The 31-year-old was visibly moved when he visited the scene in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, where environmental crime investigations rangers were gathering evidence in the hope of eventually catching the poachers.

Harry’s guides were Major General Johan Jooste, who is in charge of Kruger’s anti- poaching team, and senior environmental investigator Frik Rossouw, who has been a ranger for 27 years.

Both men spent time with the Prince during his 10-day visit to Kruger over the summer, part of his three-month period working in Africa as a wildlife conservation volunteer.

Harry asked questions about the work to gather evidence but could not hold back his feelings, and at one point he gestured at the carcass and said: “This belongs to South Africa and it’s been stolen by other people.”

His voice trailed off as he tried to put his feelings into words: “And the body’s left here, wasted, just for…”

He later said in a determined tone to the rangers: “But these people will be caught.”

South Africa has 80% of the world’s rhino population with just over half that number, between 8,000 and 9,000, in the Kruger Park.

Last year 1,215 rhinos were killed in South Africa, almost triple the 448 poached in 2011, and as of August 27 this year 749 animals had been slaughtered, with 544 of the deaths in Kruger.

Prince Harry is shown a ranger and his dog during a tour of the operations centre at the Kruger National Park, as part of his visit to South Africa.
Prince Harry is shown a ranger and his dog during a tour of the operations centre at the Kruger National Park, as part of his visit to South Africa.
Prince Harry looks at the leg of Charmaine Swart, during a tour of the operations centre at the Kruger National Park, as part of his visit to South Africa.
Prince Harry looks at the leg of Charmaine Swart, during a tour of the operations centre at the Kruger National Park, as part of his visit to South Africa.
Prince Harry looks at Rhino dung during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he also met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry looks at Rhino dung during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he also met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he also met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he also met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry meets a student during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he also met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry meets a student during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he also met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry meeting students during a lesson as he visits to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry meeting students during a lesson as he visits to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he met students and those graduating from the institution as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he met students and those graduating from the institution
Prince Harry during his visit to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park where he met students and those graduating from the institution
Prince Harry meeting students during a lesson as he visits to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park as part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry meeting students during a lesson as he visits to Southern African Wildlife College, a flagship centre close to Kruger National Park as part of his tour to South Africa.
Undated handout photo taken with permission from the Kensington Palace Instagram account of Prince Harry with a sedated female elephant in Kruger National Park in southern africa.
Undated handout photo taken with permission from the Kensington Palace Instagram account of Prince Harry with a sedated female elephant in Kruger National Park in southern africa.
Undated handout photo taken with permission from the Kensington Palace Instagram account of Prince Harry during his visit to southern Africa where he helped in an operation on 'Hope', a young female black rhino that was brutally wounded by poachers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This was the second operation to try to save this animalÕs life.
Undated handout photo taken with permission from the Kensington Palace Instagram account of Prince Harry during his visit to southern Africa where he helped in an operation on ‘Hope’, a young female black rhino that was brutally wounded by poachers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This was the second operation to try to save this animalÕs life.
Undated handout photo taken with permission from the Kensington Palace Instagram account of Prince Harry during his visit to southern Africa where he is helping in an operation to de-horn a rhino to deter poachers.
Undated handout photo taken with permission from the Kensington Palace Instagram account of Prince Harry during his visit to southern Africa where he is helping in an operation to de-horn a rhino to deter poachers.
Prince Harry visiting a crime scene with a forensic team of a rhino killed by poachers in Kruger National Parkas part of his tour to South Africa.
Prince Harry visiting a crime scene with a forensic team of a rhino killed by poachers in Kruger National Parkas part of his tour to South Africa.