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Namibia's Rhino Horn Trade Proposal Rejected Amid Conservation Concerns

12/5/2025

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Namibia's proposals to lift the rhino horn trade ban were rejected at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Namibia pioneered rhino dehorning in 1989 to combat poaching.
Black rhinos total 6,421 and are critically endangered, with southern white rhinos at 15,752 and near threatened, with experts warning that legalizing trade could increase poaching.

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Namibia's proposals to lift the rhino horn trade ban were rejected at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Namibia pioneered rhino dehorning in 1989 to combat poaching.
Black rhinos total 6,421 and are critically endangered, with southern white rhinos at 15,752 and near threatened, with experts warning that legalizing trade could increase poaching.