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    Zimbabwe is dehorning its rhinos to curb poaching
    ▻https://news.mongabay.com/2016/09/zimbabwe-is-dehorning-its-rhinos-to-curb-poaching

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    In 2015, at least 1,338 rhinos were illegally killed for their horns across Africa. Of these 50 rhinos were killed in Zimbabwe.

    To help curb poaching, Zimbabwe has announced plans to dehorn the nearly 100 rhinos residing in its state parks. Private conservancies, which house some 600 additional rhinos, may also choose to dehorn their rhinos.

    “We want to send a message to poachers that they will not get much if they come to Zimbabwe,” Lisa Marabini, founder trustee and director of operations with Aware Trust Zimbabwe, one of the conservation groups assisting the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority in the dehorning program, told Reuters. “The park’s policy is to dehorn all the rhino.”

    #rhino #ivoire #braconnage #décornage ? :(

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      In a Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, for instance, most of the rhinos dehorned in the early 1990s were hunted by poached within just 12-18 months of being dehorned, according to Save the Rhino. In 2011, six newly dehorned rhinos were killed in Save Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe. In fact, even in reserves where all rhinos have been dehorned, poaching has not stopped completely.

      One reason for continued poaching is that dehorning removes about 90 percent of a rhino’s horn, but not all of it. A stub remains, which is still valuable to poachers. Moreover, rhino horns continue to grow over time necessitating regular dehorning. Poachers may also kill dehorned rhinos out of vengeance, according to Save the Rhino. So in addition to dehorning, intensifying protection measures is essential for protecting the animals, conservationists say.

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