Will legal trade of horns save or eradicate rhino population?

Legal trade in rhinoceros horns could save the species from extinction — or hasten their demise, says Rachel Nuwer.

Will legal trade of horns save or eradicate rhino population?

Wobbling left, then right, the two-tonne animal stumbles and starts to fall. Twelve pairs of hands are there to ease it towards the dusty orange earth.

A man wearing a blue work suit quickly straps an eye mask over the now sedated beast; another slips in a pair of massive earplugs. A few measurements are taken, and then the reciprocating saw comes out.

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