Rhino poaching in South Africa is at a critical level despite a "deafening" silence from official government communications and mainstream media, one of southern Africa’s most dedicated and respected wildlife vets Dr Dave Cooper maintains. Referring to the violent killing of rhino as "murders" rather than the mild, mundane "poaching", he issued a massive cry for action before it's too late, begging the world to wake up, see and stop what is happening in South Africa, according to Rhino Review. His plea comes days after witnessing possibly the "worst day yet of my 40 years as a veterinarian" with the last 27 spent working with African wildlife, particularly rhino. Cooper has dealt with numerous horrific poaching scenes over the past decade - "more than 600 post mortem examinations and crime scenes of murdered rhino".