Wildlife owners may target state
9 May 2021
Under threat: A blindfolded white rhino at the ranch of rhino breeder John Hume in North West fights the effects of a tranquiliser before having its horn trimmed. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images
A class-action lawsuit by private rhino owners could be on the cards after a high-level panel recommended phasing out intensive management and rhino captive breeding operations.
It also recommended that trade in captive rhino horn should not be approved before the Rhino Committee of Inquiry recommendations are met. The committee was tasked several years ago to investigate the feasibility of the rhino horn trade.
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2021-04-22 15:56:05 GMT2021-04-22 23:56:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JOHANNESBURG, April 22 (Xinhua) Southern white rhinos, which were thought to be extinct in the late 19th century, have kept thriving thanks to the implementation of diverse effective strategies in South Africa.
With the discovery of less than 100 individuals in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, in 1895, the number of southern white rhinos has increased to about 17,000 after more than a century of protection and management, which is estimated to account for 80 percent of the world s total population of the subspecies.
Unfortunately, a new threat emerged just under a decade ago, when poachers began targeting the rhinos for their horns which were worth more than gold.
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