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  White rhinos return to Mozambique park after 40 years

  africanews.com - AfricaNews

  A Mozambican park welcomed its first white rhinos in 40 years on Friday after 19 of the threatened animals completed a 1,600-kilometre …

• Cop, suspected accomplice bust with endangered pangolin in Joburg CBD https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/cop-suspected-accomplice-bust-with-endangered-pangolin-in-joburg-cbd-20220628

  

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  Cop, suspected accomplice bust with endangered pangolin in Joburg CBD | News24

  news24.com - Compiled by Nicole McCain

  A police officer and his suspected accomplice have been arrested for allegedly dealing in pangolins. The two men appeared in the Johannesburg …

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  Martin van der Merwe

  

  South Africa's latest hot export to China? Donkeys | The Citizen

  The Citizen - AFP

  SA is now seeing its donkey population plunge, threatening other businesses that make soaps and creams from donkey milk. Chinese demand for …

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  Martin van der Merwe

  

  Two suspects arrested for having ‘recently extracted’ rhino horns

  thesouthafrican.com - Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty

  Two suspects were arrested by the Hawks after they were caught in possession of two ‘recently extracted’ rhino horns. The suspects were travelling …

• Elephant tusk ivory sold on eBay a decade after self-imposed ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61735044

  

  Martin van der Merwe

  

  Elephant tusk ivory sold on eBay a decade after self-imposed ban

  bbc.co.uk - By Victoria Gill

  Sellers are flouting eBay's self-imposed ban on the sale of elephant ivory by listing it under pseudonyms. An investigation by the BBC and legal experts found ivory objects were often listed as "bovine bone". We bought three such items on eBay UK and tested them in an independent lab. Two were …

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  Martin van der Merwe

  

  SA breeder to release 100 rhinos back into the wild every year | News24

  news24.com

  A leading South African private rhino breeder has announced plans to annually release 100 farm-bred rhinos into the wild to help restock a population …