Rhino poaching in S. Africa down 33pc during lockdown
Protected rhinos at the Kahya Ndlovu Lodge in Hoedspruit, South Africa. The number of rhinos killed in South Africa in 2020 dropped by 33 per cent. PHOTO | AFP
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South Africa, home to nearly 80 per cent of the world’s rhinos, has seen its poaching numbers steadily decrease for the sixth straight year.
But poachers, fuelled by a market for rhino horns in Asia, where they are used in traditional medicine or as a claimed aphrodisiac, have continued to mount an onslaught on the species.
