South Africa: Number of Rhinos Poached Rises to 210
The number of rhinos poached since the beginning of the year has risen to 210 according to the Department of Environmental Affairs.
Removing the horn of a rhino to make it less appealing to poachers.
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A total of 171 rhinos have been killed between January and April this year, the Department of Environmental Affairs has announced. Read more »
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South Africa and Vietnam have launched talks toward an agreement to curb rhino poaching. South Africa lost 333 rhinos to poaching last year. The crime has soared in recent years ... Read more »
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The country of South Africa has already done enough damage to Africa's dwindling elephant population by getting CITES to allow its last "one off" sale of ivory to China and Japan. Now they want to do the same to the rhino -- Please S.A., save your elephants and rhinos, rather than selling their remains after they are killed.