South Africa steps up fight to save rhinos

Experts say poaching is on the rise and that it is is undermining efforts to stop the killing of the endangered species.

Almost a thousand rhinos have been killed for their horns so far this year in South Africa. It the highest annual death toll ever for the animals in the country.

The Kruger National park has been hit the hardest, with 672 killed inside its boundaries.

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Al Jazeera’s Tania Page reports.

 

Source: Al Jazeera