South Africa Faces Uphill Battle Against Rhino Poaching

in Animal News

In South Africa, the battle against rhino poaching rages on—with park rangers comparing the fight to a war. Rangers at South Africa’s Kruger National Park say that the poachers come from a variety of backgrounds and include former soldiers, making them hard to defeat. Currently, rhino horn is the most expensive commodity in the world, gram for gram; criminal syndicates can get up to $60,000 per kilogram. (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES IN THE LINK BELOW.)

Link: CBC News

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