Rhino

US lets hunter for the first time import black rhino trophy

2 May 2013

The US is allowing a hunter to bring a slain African black rhinoceros back home, the first time officials have allowed such a trophy to be imported since the animal was listed as endangered in...

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Thai man pleads guilty to smuggling rhino horn from South Africa

7 Nov 2012

A Thai man has pleaded guilty to smuggling rhino horn from South Africa, in a bizarre case in which prostitutes posed as big game hunters to conceal an international trafficking ring.

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WWF seeks rhino exhibit prosecution

15 May 1995

THE World Wide Fund for Nature yesterday called on the Government to prosecute the organisers of an art exhibition for importing two rhino horns without a licence.

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Animal trade

17 Nov 1994

MORE than 200 people have been prosecuted for selling parts of endangered species during the past 12 months, said Secretary for Economic Services Gordon Siu Kwing-chue.

A programme...

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Parts warning

23 Apr 1994

HUNDREDS of rhino and tiger parts and medicines have been seized in the past six months as part of a crackdown on trade in endangered species. From Thursday, possession of medicines containing...

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Rhino caught on the horns of the EU

20 Mar 1994

POOR Rhino International (Holdings) Ltd. Not only does the toy maker have a weaker share market and MFN uncertainties to deal with in its initial public offering (IPO), it also has the European...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Education can reduce demand

I REFER to the article headlined, ''HK at hub of rhino trade'', regarding the illegal trade of rhino horns (South China Morning Post, October 21).

It saddened me to see the picture...

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Undercover agents lift the lid on rhino horn smuggling

UNDERCOVER environmental investigators at the forefront of a campaign to stamp out the illicit trade in the endangered rhino, have shot shocking film footage of warehouses stocked with hundreds of...

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Department vows to combat rhino traders

PLANS are underway to control the illegal trade of rhino products and enforce Hong Kong's strict legislation to protect the endangered species, it was revealed yesterday.

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Ban on rhino horns ignored

ENVIRONMENTAL activists claimed yesterday a Chinese pharmacy in Kowloon was breaking the law by offering a $68,000 rhinoceros horn for sale.

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Official vows to quit over 'dictatorship'

LEE Chun-kay, the controversial player who once led a walk-out of his team during a match, has vowed to quit Hongkong hockey saying he cannot stand the ''dictatorship and hypocrisy any further...

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Toy-maker Rhino planning listing

INNOVATIVE International (Holdings) is planning to spin off its toy-making subsidiary Rhino Toys Manufacturing to list on the exchange.

Sun Hung Kai International has been appointed...

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