Top conservationists criticise the proposal – announced just days after neighbouring South Africa dropped its tender for legal trade – saying it will open the gates for a black market Swaziland has been accused by one of the world’s main conservationists of being a puppet of South Africa in a tender to open the floodgates to a potentially calamitous legal rhino horn trade.
South Africa appointed a committee to study the idea of trading horn internationally,which has been banned for more than four decades, but the government backed away from such a proposal in April. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com