Conservation groups should remain resolute and say no to rhino horn trade
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In South Africa, domestic trade of rhinoceros horn, forbidden since 2008, is about to become legal again. On April 7 2017, a court effectively overturned the national ban. This controversial move was welcomed by commercial rhino breeders, who argue that legalising safe, sustainable horn removal from living animals could prevent wild rhino poaching. But animal preservation groups have warned that any legal trade would have the opposite effect.
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Rhinos: Global numbers rebound
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Can legalised trade save Africa's last rhinos from poaching
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In a rare case in Assam, poachers saw off the horn of a rhino but
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Like Cocaine Minus the Risk, Rhino Horn Trade Explodes in Africa
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Special investigation: Inside the deadly rhino horn trade
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Why is the illicit rhino horn trade escalating?
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World must resist pressure to lift ban on trade in rhino horn
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Locking Horns
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Rhino horn must become a socially unacceptable product in Asia
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Conservation groups should remain resolute and say no to rhino
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Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the