In April 2010, researchers found the rhino's body. It was already beginning to decompose, and its horn had been sawed off, suggesting it was most likely killed by poachers. The International Union for ...

The western black rhino was declared extinct in 2011 ... Poachers are tempted primarily by Asian demand for rhino horn and its supposed medicinal qualities. Poachers take the horn and leave ...

Pembient hopes to thwart poachers by flooding the market with synthetic horns containing real rhino ... and four out of five rhinoceros species are classified as vulnerable or critically endangered.