Slaughter Of Rhinos

Tanzanian police said today they had arrested four Chinese men after finding 11 rhino horns hidden beneath their car in one of the largest seizures in the east Africa country.

A record 1,020 rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, the government said, undermining multiple efforts by authorities to curb the slaughter of the endangered species.

Poachers slaughtering Africa's elephants and rhinos with impunity are often shielded from police by powerful connections, but a group of conservationists has turned to the anonymity of tip-offs to try to stem the killing.

Tanzanian police said today they had arrested four Chinese men after finding 11 rhino horns hidden beneath their car in one of the largest seizures in the east Africa country.

A record 1,020 rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, the government said, undermining multiple efforts by authorities to curb the slaughter of the endangered species.

Poachers slaughtering Africa's elephants and rhinos with impunity are often shielded from police by powerful connections, but a group of conservationists has turned to the anonymity of tip-offs to try to stem the killing.