
Should South Africa rethink its strategy on rhino poaching?
Between 2000 and 2013, the market for rhino horn grew 30-fold as prices skyrocketed. Prices peaked at $65,000 per kg in 2012, surpassing gold and cocaine in value. In 2015, we witnessed a whopping 1349 rhinos killed in a single year, the highest number on record, and, in the