1,000 Poached Rhinos

Last year 1,000 rhinos were poached in South Africa for their horns. It was a 50 percent increase from the previous year. Rhino hunting has soared do to the price of their horns with their use for key ingredients in traditional medicine. The Rhino horn is now worth $65,000 per kg. and keeps soaring in price. It is now more valuable then platinum, gold, and even cocaine. Many people are trying to stop these poachers from killing these rhinos and are searching for them while they are in the act of killing them. Starting in 2014 a total of 37 rhino have been killed already and now their are around only 20,000 rhino left.

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