Different rhino

Save the Rhino

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August 29th 2012
The message we seem to be getting in the UK is that Rhino poaching is something that had been stamped out as we don't seem to hear much about it since the crisis in 1980s. But rhino horns remain a valuable commodity in the Asian market, and white rhino are being slaughtered for their horns to such an extent that 2012 has been the worst year for rhino deaths for a decade. Last year 448 rhinos w ... read more

Africa » South Africa » North West » Zeerust

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more