The poaching of endangered animals has been around for many years. The poaching of the Rhinoceros is one of the most popular of the endangered animals that are killed every year for their parts. In South Africa, the rates of Rhinoceros went from millions to only about 10,000 known living today. The main reason for the poaching of the Rhinoceros is the horns. The horns of a rhinoceros are worth up to $60,000 dollars and is said to be worth more than gold. People use the rhinoceros horn to heal major diseases such as cancer. Almost 90% of the world’s rhinoceros has been killed and the numbers are slowly decreasing. Today, you can obtain a license for Rhino poaching. I believe that this is an issue that will be around until they are all gone. You can get up to 10 years from poaching and South Africa is trying to slow down the rates, but that hasn’t really stopped criminals from going after the value of the Rhinoceros.
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