South Africa Faces Uphill Battle Against Rhino Poaching

in Animal News on April 03, 2015

In South Africa, the battle against rhino poaching rages on—with park rangers comparing the fight to a war. Rangers at South Africa’s Kruger National Park say that the poachers come from a variety of backgrounds and include former soldiers, making them hard to defeat. Currently, rhino horn is the most expensive commodity in the world, gram for gram; criminal syndicates can get up to $60,000 per kilogram. (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES IN THE LINK BELOW.)

Link: CBC News

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