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Rhinos could be wiped out by 2015


A campaigner fighting to save Rhino has warned that they will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by
2015 if poaching continues at its current rate.

Veterinary nurse Karen Trendler adds that corruption among officials is contributing to the ongoing slaughter.

Poachers nabbed 448 rhinos last year, and in the first three months of this year the toll stands at 109.

Trendler said the booming market for rhino horn and increasingly sophisticated poaching methods help explain the devastating death-rate.