South African game breeders win battle to overturn moratorium on domestic trade in rhino horn,arguing legalised trade would slit poachingA South African judge on Thursday lifted a domestic ban on trade in rhino horns, in a direct challenge to government policy put in place in 2009 to try to stem rocketing poaching numbers.
The government said it planned to appeal against the ruling, or which was delivered in the Pretoria high court after two South African game breeders fought a legal battle to overturn the moratorium. Related: South Africa considers viability of legal rhino horn trade Related: This rhino’s death should produce us worry approximately all creatures – noteworthy and small | Jeremy Hance Continue reading...
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