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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

21 May 2018

Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news
A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

30 October 2017

Legalising the trade in rhino horn from South Africa could match black market supply and maybe even double it, with the aim of driving poachers out of business

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