The 'who' in the article would be the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. The 'what' in this article would be the rhinos that are being poached for their horns. The 'when' in this article would be currently. The 'where' according to the article would be in South Africa. The 'why' in this article would be because Rhinos are poached for their horns and this can lead to extinction of the animal specie; and finally the 'how' according to this article would be injecting poisonous (to humans) dye into Rhinos' horns so that when consumed it would make the consumer very ill.
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Most Important
The most important pieces of information in this article would be that more than 200 rhinos have been poached this year and being an endangered species, it is an enormous number of Rhinos. Many animal reserves in South Africa are taking precaution by putting poisonous substances in the horns of the rhinos so that poachers get affected and even consumers of these products get ill.
Important details
All customers who buy rhino horns will suffer illnesses and therefore won't buy these products again. By contaminating the horn the horn becomes less valuable and therefore poachers will receive a less reward. However the horns can be bleached to make it look normal again so that the poachers can sell them again and receive good money for them.
Less important details
The government is now advertising the solution, so that rhinos don't go extinct, to help many animal reserves apply this so that they can stop Poaching of Rhinos. Rhinos horns are used as medicines to cure many illnesses and therefore many people buy them. The practice (solution) is legal and the chemicals can be bought in a store.
How does this article explore the lives of people?
This article shows that many people in South Africa and around it use Rhinos' horns as a traditional medicine to cure many illnesses. The fact that 200 Rhinos were killed this year shows that many people in South Africa don't care about the extinction of Rhinos. The face that many people have found a way to bleach the poisonous horns and sell them again shows that they really don't care about these endangered species and care more about money.
Angle
People would choose money and health over endangered species.
Effectiveness
There are around 11 quotations in this article. This makes the reader know that the publisher is not talking rubbish and is talking with faces because he has quoted points made by many professionals from animal reserves.
This text type, to me is effective because it hold valid information and points by many professionals from animal reserves. It also has information stated by the United Nations and therefore makes the reader know that this article is full of facts and that the numbers given are not exaggerated.
I think that the author could use posters as a text type to initiate the change about this issue most effectively.
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