Mozambique Police Seize 1.4 Tons of Poached Rhino Horn and Ivory

in Animal News on May 15, 2015

Mozambican police have seized nearly 1.3 metric tons (1.4 tons) of ivory and rhino horns, obtained from the illegal slaughter of 65 rhinos and 170 elephants, in a house belonging to a Chinese national. Mozambique is a major source of poachers willing to cross the porous border with South Africa to fill orders for rhino horn from criminal syndicates in East Asia, where some consider it to have medicinal properties.

Link: Yahoo! News

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