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Mongabay: Two months before the end of the year, the number of rhinos killed for their horns in South Africa has surpassed last year's breaking record, reports conservation organizations WWF and TRAFFIC. So far, 341 rhinos have been lost to poaching this year; while last year saw a total record of 333. The news follows last week's announcement that the Vietnamese rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus), a subspecies of the Javan rhino, has gone extinct-the last individual killed by a poachers' bullet. Rhinos......
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South Africa hits record poaching of rhinos—again
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 3rd, 2011
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