Species Fate at Stake as South Africa Considers Rhino Horn Trade

BY ED STODDARD

KLERKSDORP, South Africa – South Africa will decide this month whether to push to end a global ban on buying and selling rhino horn, a move that could unlock a $2 billion bonanza and determine the fate of a critically endangered species.

Rhino horn is prized in Asia for use in traditional remedies and surging demand has meant more poaching. A record 1,305 of the animals were illegally killed in Africa last year. Buying and selling rhino horn internationally was banned in 1977.

But opponents of that ban say that, as rhinoceros’ horns grow back if…

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Species Fate at Stake as South Africa Considers Rhino Horn Trade