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Black rhinos are left on the brink of extinction after an explosion in poaching caused by their horns selling for £75,000 each [1]

Black rhinos are being driven to extinction as the ‘unprecedented’ high price of rhino horns leads to an explosion of poaching, experts say.

Publication Date: 
09/02/2017
Daily Mail (United Kingdom) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Endangered Species [4], Rhinoceros [5], Africa [6], Illegal Trade [7], Poaching [8], South Africa [9], Namibia [10], Kenya [11], Zimbabwe [12], Tanzania [13]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/namibia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zimbabwe
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanzania