John Jurko: Rhino Man

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

“I think it's really the amounts of money that they're able to offer people paired with the violence that they're willing to put on people. It's very much like the drug cartels in Mexico, just more focused on poaching of wildlife.” – John Jurko

John Jurko is a director and producer of the film, Rhino Man, an award winning documentary which highlights the courageous field rangers who risk their lives every day to protect rhinos and our natural world.

The film follows Anton Mzimba, the head ranger of the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, as he and his team battle to protect the rhinos. Anton faces long deployments away from family, dangerous working conditions, and constant threats to his life until he was assassinated for his work protecting the rhinos – this was while they were making the film. John is continuing to advocate to bring justice to his killers who have yet to be arrested.

John also created and hosts The Rhino Man Podcast to further build awareness of the importance of rangers, the rhino poaching crisis, and our need to connect local communities to protected areas.

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0:00.0	Species.
0:01.0	Species.
0:02.0	I think it's really the amounts of money that they're able to offer people paired with the violence that they're willing to put on people.
0:21.7	It's very much like the drug cartels in Mexico, just more focused on poaching of wildlife.
0:33.4	Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novagrats.
0:39.7	This is Species Unite.
0:42.1	We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute.
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1:04.4	This conversation is with John Jerko. John is a director and producer of the film Rhino Man, an award-winning documentary
1:12.9	which highlights the courageous field rangers who risk their lives every day to protect
1:19.9	rhinos and have you here.
1:39.9	Yeah, it's great to be here, Elizabeth.
1:41.6	For people who haven't seen or heard of Rino Man, the film,
1:45.7	will you just kind of give the basis, tell the story a little bit about what it's about?
1:50.3	Yeah, I mean, the most simplest way to define it is,
1:53.3	it's a film about the courageous South African field rangers risking their lives to protect
1:57.7	the rhinos.
1:58.7	And it's been a nine-year project of the Global Conservation Corps.
2:02.6	I got involved about seven years ago.
2:05.6	And it really focuses more on the human side of conservation.
2:08.9	So really diving into the first-person perspective of these rangers on the ground,
2:14.2	what they have to do to protect wildlife,
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