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POLL:  Can legalised trade save Africa’s last rhinos from poaching?

POLL: Can legalised trade save Africa’s last rhinos from poaching?

December 4, 2015February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Time is fast running out for the rhinoceros. In their final stronghold of South Africa, rampant poaching for horn threatens to wipe out the last 20,000 southern white rhinos in less than two decades. Among conservation scientists, there is deep uncertainty over how best to respond to the poaching crisis. Many express reserved support for the […]

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