Sentences with phrase «where rhino horn»

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Paleontologist John Kappelman of the University of Texas at Austin is finding the answer in northern Ethiopia, where he recently excavated the remains of five new elephant relatives (including the tusks seen here), huge rodent like hyraxes, and a late Arsinoitherium, a seven - foot - tall rhino - shaped beast that sported a pair of enormous conical horns on its snout.

Poaching has surged in the last few years across sub-Saharan Africa, where gangs kill elephants and rhinos to feed Asian demand for ivory and horns for use in traditional medicines.

One controversial way to reduce poaching may be rhino ranches, where the horns are harvested for sale.

Dominated by the mighty Brahmaputra River and home to one of India's best national parks, Kaziranga, where the one - horned rhinos, elephants and elusive tigers can be found.

Environment Minister Edna Molewa put the moratorium on trade in place in 2009 after «pseudo-hunting» — where rhinos are hunted with a permit and their horns are laundered into the illegal trade — had spiralled out control.

Most rhino horns leaving southern Africa are destined for markets in Asia, especially Vietnam, where demand has escalated in recent years.