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Tags: conservation endagnered horn lowveldt orphan poaching rhino species zimbabwe

The Lowveld Rhino Trust is increasingly removing rhinos’ horns to reduce the incentive for poachers to target them. This rhino is also having it’s ears notched so that rangers can identify and monitor it.

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  • lola on 9-Oct-09 8:15 AM permalink

    you dont havce to kill them fro their horns that is just so mean!!!!!!! stop doing that or there will be no more rinos left

  • Dylan on 20-Aug-09 10:06 AM permalink

    Market demands from Asian consumers still continue to fuel this unprecedented wave of poaching.To understand the demand it is necessary to convert live rhinos into rhino horn and money.


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