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Yale Environment 360: Officials at a private game reserve in South Africa say they have injected into the horns of more than 100 rhinos a parasiticide that will make humans sick if they ingest the horns. As the rhinos’ death toll continues to escalate in South Africa, where nearly 700 animals were poached last year to supply a growing black market for their horns, officials say bold action was necessary. “Despite all the interventions by police, the body count has continued to climb,” Andrew Parker, chief executive of......
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South Africa Game Reserve Poisons Rhino Horns to Halt Rising Slaughter
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 5th, 2013
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