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More than 1,000 rhinos were poached in South Africa last year, a 50 per cent increase from 2012, fuelled by the black-market demand for their horns, according to country officials.
"The total number of rhino poached in South Africa during 2013 increased to 1,004," the environment ministry announced in a statement.
Asian demand for rhino horn - prized as a status symbol and wrongly thought to possess medicinal properties - has fuelled an ever more intense onslaught on the animals.
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Source: news.com.au
"The total number of rhino poached in South Africa during 2013 increased to 1,004," the environment ministry announced in a statement.
Asian demand for rhino horn - prized as a status symbol and wrongly thought to possess medicinal properties - has fuelled an ever more intense onslaught on the animals.
More details here
Source: news.com.au
