A game reserve in South Africa has taken the radical step of poisoning rhino horns so that people risk becoming "seriously ill" if they consume them. A spokesman for the Sabi Sand reserve said a...
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8 Jan 2013
Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in Indonesia for trying to smuggle parts of endangered hornbills and pangolins, likely for use in traditional medicine. Customs officers at Jakarta's...
4:11AM
7 Jan 2013
More than 27 kilos of Rhino horn worth an estimated US$1.4 million has been seized by airport officials in Thailand and Vietnam, official sources said on Monday.
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11 Dec 2012
Vietnam and South Africa signed a deal Monday to tackle rhino poaching and the lucrative illicit trade in the creature's horns for use in traditional medicine.
2:12AM
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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6 Nov 2012
Chumlong Lemtongthai is likely to be jailed for more than 10 years under a plea deal that investigators said sealed one of the most important prosecutions in their fight to protect rhinos, whose...
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