Over the past decade, nearly 6,000 rhinos have been killed for their horns — primarily in South Africa, where 5,098 were poached between 2005 and 2015 to supply a lucrative black market. Yet recently at the world’s largest-ever wildlife trade conference, some officials continue to advocate for legalizing the rhino horn trade.
A ban on international trade of the horn has been in place since 1997, but that hasn’t stopped the killing and poaching. However, there’s some good news: Wholesale and retail prices for rhino horn fell to half of their 2013 prices, due to growing awareness of the devastating impacts to the endangered and threatened species. Read more…
