Rhino horns have got smaller over time as poachers target big prizes
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Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets Across China
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Study suggests hunters may have caused rhinos to evolve smaller horns
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Rhino horns getting smaller due to poaching, study finds
Because Rhinos are endangered and poached for their horns, wildlife officials catch and sedate them and cut off their horns and release them back into the wild. Wouldn't that make them vulnerable
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Poachers Are Trying to Kill Every Rhino in Africa for Their Horns
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Curse of the horn
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Rhino horns have got smaller over time as poachers target big prizes
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Neo-colonialist attitudes ignoring poachernomics will ensure more extinctions
Could a legal horn 'harvest' and trade save the rhino? - The Globe and Mail