Rhino poacher jailed for 20 years in South Africa
A Mozambican rhino poacher caught at a world famous game reserve in South Africa has been jailed for 20 years, police said.
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News tagged with rhino horns
S.Africa's first online rhino horn auction sparks anger
South Africa's first online auction of rhino horn opened Wednesday, despite conservation groups protesting that the legal, domestic sale would encourage poachers.
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Aug 23, 2017
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S. Africa opposes online rhino horn auction
South Africa on Friday moved to halt an online auction of rhino horn starting next week, as outraged conservationists said the sale would undermine the global ban on rhino trade.
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Aug 18, 2017
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Rhino poaching dips slightly in South Africa
The number of rhinos killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped slightly in the first half of this year, but more than 500 were still slaughtered, the government announced Monday.
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Jul 24, 2017
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South Africa moves ahead on domestic trade in rhino horn
South Africa said Monday it is moving ahead with draft regulations for a domestic trade in rhino horn, despite critics' concerns that a legal market will spur rhino poaching.
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Jul 24, 2017
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Synthetic horns may save rhinos if they are not like the real thing
Every eight hours, a rhinoceros is slaughtered in South Africa. Rhino poaching in South Africa surged from 83 in 2008 to a record 1,215 in 2014 to meet demands by newly-affluent Asian countries, where the horn is a key ingredient ...
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Jul 5, 2017
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Is it a rhino? New DNA test identifies horns quicker to catch poachers
Kyle Ewart has developed a test that can identify whether a horn is rhino or not – fast enough to allow police to prosecute poachers, traders and customers.
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Jul 3, 2017
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Opinion: Rhinos should be conserved in Africa, not moved to Australia
Rhinos are one of the most iconic symbols of the African savanna: grey behemoths with armour plating and fearsome horns. And yet it is the horns that are leading to their demise. Poaching is so prolific that zoos cannot even ...
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Apr 27, 2017
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Nepal's rhinos on road to recovery with cross-country move
All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted mahouts relocating him to a new home in Nepal's far west in the hope of shoring up the vulnerable species.
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Apr 10, 2017
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Malaysia seizes big shipment of rhino horns at airport
Enforcement officials in Malaysia have seized 18 rhinoceros horns imported from Mozambique, weighing 51.4 kg and worth 13.7 million ringgit ($3.1 million), a senior customs official said Monday.
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Apr 10, 2017
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