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Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets Across China

Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets Across China

The country is pledged to end the trade in elephant ivory this year, but will it take steps to help save rhinos?
Dec. 7, 2016 - Watch this daring rescue of a wounded and orphaned rhino. After its mother was killed by poachers, the baby rhino survived a serious wound and lack of milk for a week in the wilds of South Africa. Rescuers from Care for Wild Africa and Working With Rhinos were able to capture and care for the rhino, and are confident that it will make a recovery. Click here to read more about the rescue.

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Rhino Horn: The Most Valuable Appendage In Illegal Wildlife Trade

Scientists fake rhino horn from horse hair to flood illegal market - BBC Science Focus Magazine

Chinese ban crashes rhino horn price, corruption fuels poaching in SA - CGTN

The trouble with using synthetic rhino horn to stop poaching

Could lab-grown rhino horns actually stop poaching? We may never know : NPR

Ingram Pinn's illustration of the week: Rhino horn medicine

China ranks as top rhino horn market, but smuggling networks weakened, report finds

Rhino Horns Are Legal To Sell, South African Court Rules

South Africa Asks: Would Legalizing Trade in Rhino Horn Save the Species? - Pacific Standard