According to a report published by the TRAFFIC India Network ( Under Siege: Poaching and Protection of the One-horned Rhino in India ), 692 rhinos may have been poached between 1980 and 1993, and 209 between 1990-1993 alone. The demand is mainly for the rhino horn
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