Tweet Disturbing information indicates that China has imported an unusually high number of live rhinos from South Africa in order to harvest horns for so-called “medicinal” purposes. As demand for rhino horn continue to undermine decades of rhino conservation, an alarming report has revealed that China is “farming” rhinos for horns – an appalling practice [...]
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7 Mar 10
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Posted in African Rhinos, Endangered Species, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Thoughts, opinions, observations
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Tagged Africa, China, China rhino farming, Chinese, Chinese rhino farm, Chinese rhino horn harvesting, CITES, critically endangered species, extinct, extinction, live rhino imports, Poaching, rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, South Africa, superstition, tiger farms, traditional Chinese medicine, TRAFFIC
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