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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide. Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year. Conservation Africa Mammals poaching South Africa' Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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I Remember Elephants

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In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. I say they were butchered, face-off. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. Another ellie is being killed as you read this line. One may say so.

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