#232 - Royal Family-Backed Ranger Murdered During Documentary | John Jurko & Orlat Ndlovu

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🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 172 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/julian and get on your way to being your best self. (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ John Jurko is a documentary filmmaker & journalist. Orlat Ndlovu is a South African Anti-Poaching Park Ranger at Timbavati Game Reserve in SA. John’s recent documentary, “Rhino Man” tells the story of these park rangers and their tragically-murdered leader, Anton Mzimba. Anton was hunted and killed by poaching cells furing the filming of the documentary BUY / RENT “RHINO MAN” DOCUMENTARY APPLE: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/rhino-man/umc.cmc.10dpmclesv0bxgjjuws3szu2d AMAZON: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Rhino-Man/0U0DSYYYQ1I9XO91GCRHLUH361 EPISODE LINKS - Julian Dorey PODCAST MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - Support our Show on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - BUY Guest’s Books & Films IN MY AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 GUEST LINKS - ANTON PEITION: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/883/551/412/ - TIMBAVATI WEBSITE: https://www.visittimbavati.com/ FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “JULIANDOREY”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier ****TIMESTAMPS**** 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Rhino Man documentary & tragedy background 9:22 - Orlat’s backstory as a ranger & goldminer 15:56 - Where poachers are coming from; Elephant & Rhino Poaching 22:27 - Are locals mostly anti-poaching 27:39 - Dutch Special Operations Trainers’ main concern 32:39 - Rangers threatened and “turned” to the dark side; South African gov? 41:37 - How to get the World involved in this battle 45:42 - Orlat & Anton in a shootout (Video & Story) 55:37 - How much land does Orlat protect in Africa?; Tech resources; Deployments 1:06:06 - Who was Anton Mzimba? 1:13:52 - How did Anton initially get into Anti-Poaching Ranger Work? 1:18:26 - How Anton was tragically hunted down & murdered (FULL STORY) 1:30:35 - Orlat remembers build-up to Anton’s murder & aftermath (FULL STORY) 1:42:47 - Bounty on Orlat’s head today; Anton’s Open Murder Case 1:47:07 - Who were Ranger Murderers working for?; Citizen Rebels 1:50:40 - Boko Haram & Al Shabab; Prince William backs Anton 1:58:02 - John beautifully & respectfully remakes film after Anton’s death 2:02:32 - Being an Anti-poaching Ranger (Training, Mentality, etc.) 2:09:46 - Anti-Poaching Patrolling in South Africa; “Parachuting” K9 Patrols 2:19:08 - How often are they Losing Elephants & Rhinos today? 2:21:57 - How Poachers horrifically kill Rhinos (Explained) 2:28:52 - The Dutch Special Forces Couple Backstory; Another Tragic Hit (Story) 2:35:37 - Funding Timbavati Rangers; Lie Detector Tests for Rangers 2:42:16 - Chinese Gov Funding Poaching 2:46:43 - Orlat’s legacy CREDITS: - Host, Produ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The plan was to get rid of us, the both of us, myself and Anton, so that they can operate freely.
0:07.0	And I remember one of the guys told me during the hearing to say that if the company doesn't dismiss me, then they're leaving them with no choice, but they will have to shoot me.
0:18.0	And so I'm like working out, he's in the sleeping in the next room.
0:22.0	All of a sudden he comes in the room and his like,
0:23.5	hair's kind of crazy.
0:24.5	His eyes are bloodshot.
0:25.8	I was like, hey, man, like, what's going on?
0:27.9	And he looks at me and he goes,
0:29.6	they got him.
0:30.9	Got who?
0:32.2	It's like they got Anton.
0:34.0	Basically, they pretended like their car had broken down, and they went up to Anton, who was, I think, working on his truck at the time,
0:40.5	pretended like they needed help, and Anton's just always in that mode of like, hey, how can I help you guys?
0:46.4	And then they basically pulled out their guns and shot him right there.
0:49.1	His wife, Grace, came out, and I think she was right there, and then then she screamed and they shot her in the stomach. And then one of his kids tried to get his sidearm and they shot at him before taking off.
1:00.0	Anton didn't deserve what happened to him, but it happened.
1:04.0	So if it happens to me, so be it.
1:07.0	But I won't stop doing what I'm supposed to do.
1:10.0	... be it, but I won't stop doing what I'm supposed to do.
1:24.1	What's up, guys? If you're on Spotify right now, please follow the show so that you don't miss any future episodes and leave a five-star review. Thank you.
1:28.6	All right, guys, I know that was a long, like half hour trying to get all these wires figured
1:32.7	out. Thank you so much for your patience. And thank you both for being here all the way from
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