Articles for Intl Rhino Foundation

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Kenya authorities have sentenced a Chinese national to 18 months in prison for possession of illegal ivory, the country's wildlife service said.

The International Rhino Foundation on Monday said the levels of rhino poaching experienced in South Africa are the highest seen in 15 years.

Ho Chi Minh City appeals court Friday handed down a three-year jail term to a Hanoian for smuggling rhinoceros horns from South Africa into Vietnam in 2008.

They are not the flying squad, but many of the inhabitants of London they serve and protect are.

Customs officials at Shannon Airport are investigating whether Irish or international laws have been broken after 10 rhinoceros horns were seized from passengers in recent weeks.

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