JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Over 500 rhinos were poached for their horns in South Africa in the first eight months of 2018, a 26 percent fall from 691 in the same period last year, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Friday.
This maintains a downward trend since 2014, when a record 1,215 rhinos were poached in the country, but the scale of the slaughter suggests demand remains strong in Asian markets where the horn is prized as an ingredient in traditional medicines.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wildlife-rhinos-poaching/south-africa-rhino-poaching-drops-sharply-but-hundreds-still-being-killed-idUSKCN1M11G5
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