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Guardian: Rhino poaching in South Africa has hit an all-time high with 341 animals killed so far in 2011 – already a bigger death toll than in any previous year.
The total after 10 months surpasses the record total of 333 in the whole of 2010. It confirms a big upward surge in recent years: in 2007, only 13 rhinos were poached.
The animals are being hunted illegally at an average of more than one a day to supply the rhino horn market in the Far East, driven by a belief it can cure cancer.
But while......
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Rhino poachers bring death toll in South Africa to record high
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 4th, 2011
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