Four leading environmental scientists today urged the international community to install a legal trade in rhino horn – in a last ditch effort to save the imperilled animals from extinction.
In an article in the leading international journal Science the scientists argued that a global ban on rhino products has failed, and death rates among the world’s remaining black and white rhinos are soaring due to illegal poaching to supply insatiable international demand.
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Image: A poached White Rhino in South Africa. Photo by Tanya Jacobsen
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De-horned White Rhino with calf. Photo by Geoff York |
White Rhino in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Photo by Duan Biggs |
The fight against rhino poaching is becoming increasingly militarized with the frequent use of helicopters. Photo by Duan Biggs
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