/ 10 April 2024

South Africa perpetuates rhino horn black market by stockpiling, report says

Sa Should Consider Rhino Farming And Horn Trading, Says Department
The Hawks has cracked a transnational wildlife trafficking syndicate at the centre of one of South Africa’s biggest rhino horns fraud schemes. Photo: Supplied

Official figures on rhino horn stockpiles are ‘conflicting, inconsistent, untrustworthy and cannot be verified’, the report says

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