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Namibia loses bid to overturn ban on rhino horn trade at Cites conference in Samarkand

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Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service

Getty Images Veterinarian, William Fowlds saws off the horn of a rhinocerous while game ranger Mof Swanepoel restrains her at the Kragga Kamma Game Park on March 30, 2011 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Horns are being removed from rhinos in an attempt to avoid the rhino being poached for sale to the black marketGetty Images

Namibia pioneered dehorning of rhinos to deal with their poaching

Namibia’s proposals to lift the ban on the international trade in black and white rhino horns have been…

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