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Rhinoceros sighting are common within Pilanesberg National Park, which is one of the largest parks in southern Africa. A sharp upsurge in rhino poaching in South Africa and Zimbabwe by organized crime gangs has devastated Zimbabwe?s rhino population and threatens to wipe out South Africa?s critically endangered black rhinos within a decade. South African rancher Pelham Jones warns that the more common white rhino won?t be far behind unless something is done. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)