Two in court over record rhino horn haul.

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Two South African men have been caught with 167 rhino horns - one of the biggest ever hauls. Police say was destined for the Asian market.

Clive John Melville, 57, and Petrus Stephanus Steyn, 61, both from the southern city of Port Elizabeth, have appeared in court on charges of trafficking rhino horns.

Police said the rhino horns worth a"substantial amount of money" were destined for the Southeast Asian markets. Nonetheless, horn can fetch up to $60,000 per kilogram in Asia, stoking lucrative transnational crime networks that have decimated rhino populations in recent decades.In 2018, 769 rhinos were poached in South Africa alone. More than 7,100 animals have been killed over the past decade.In 2017, a leading private rhino breeder John Hume organised an online rhino auction after South Africa's top court lifted an eight-year moratorium on the domestic trade of rhino horns.

 

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