Battleground: Rhino Wars
Each year, nearly 700 rhinos fall prey to poachers who harvest their horns, a commodity more valuable than gold. As park rangers are murdered while protecting the wildlife, former U.S. Special Operatives join the fight to help defeat the poachers before the rhinos become extinct.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- Documentary, Reality
Each year, nearly 700 rhinos fall prey to poachers who harvest their horns, a commodity more valuable than gold. As park rangers are murdered while protecting the wildlife, former U.S. Special Operatives join the fight to help defeat the poachers before the rhinos become extinct.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
Bring in the Big Guns
Thu, Mar 7, 2013 45 mins
Arriving in South Africa one week before the Poacher's Moon, a potential rhino poaching frenzy, a four-man team of US Special Forces train with a local anti-poaching corps to ready themselves to defend these endangered creatures from the onslaught.
Episode 2
Playing with Fire
Fri, Mar 1, 2013 45 mins
The Ops take the rhino poaching fight into the reserves, into the townships, and across the border. The team's Intel specialist, Rob, reports back with a shocking update: a group of poachers plan to shoot a rhino... and any rangers who get in their way.
Episode 3
Hell to Pay
Thu, Mar 21, 2013 45 mins
It's Operation Full Moon Two, and the team's final week in South Africa. Working with local rangers and trackers, an ambush is set to intercept an active group of poachers hunting a rhino on a nearby reserve.
