Rhino poaching surges on S. Africa's private reserves

AFP English 2011-08-25

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South Africa has lost 275 rhinos to poaching this year, up from 13 in 2007, with a recent swing to private reserves which hold about a quarter of the country's rhinos. One of the latest victims was a huge male, which died on Thursday after having its horn sawn off by poachers. Poachers sell the horns, which fetch up to fifty thousand dollars per kilo, for use in Asian medicinal treatments. Duration: 01:07.

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