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Worst year ever for SA rhino poaching
Source: BBC
17 January 2014 Last updated at 13:39 GMT
Worst year ever for SA rhino poaching
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent, BBC News
More white rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa in 2013 than in any previous year, according to government figures.
1,004 of the animals were poached, representing a 50% increase over the previous 12 months.
Campaigners say that a growing demand for rhino horn from markets in Vietnam and China is fuelling the killing.
They are concerned that illegal hunting on this scale threatens the survival of the species in the long term.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25781746
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