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Rhinos and daggers: a major conservation problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Esmond Bradley Martin
Esmond Bradley Martin
Affiliation:
PO Box 15510, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

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North Yemen still imports rhino horn to make dagġer handles, despite the government ban in 1982. As rhino numbers continue on their precipitous decline, it is imperative that conservationists act now. Protection of rhinos in Situ is failing as poachers take more and more risks for greater financial gain. The author proposes urgent action, which includes exerting pressure on the appropriate governments.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 198 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1985

References

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