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<title><![CDATA[Fashion trends push rhinos toward extinction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The illegal trade in rhino horn, used for dubious medicines in Asia and traditional dagger handles in the Middle East, is driving some African rhino populations toward extinction, reports environmental group WWF and wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientists capture video of rare Borneo rhino]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[WWF has captured video footage of the rare Borneo rhino.  There are only 25-50 of the rhino left in the wild on the island. Video from a camera trap shows the animal eating, walking to the camera and sniffing the equipment.  It is first time the beast's behvaior in the wild has been captured on film.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rhino horn nothing more than keratin, calcium, and melanin confirms research]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rhinoceros horns have long been objects of mythological beliefs. Some cultures prize them for their supposed magical or medicinal qualities. Others have used them as dagger handles or good luck charms. But new research at Ohio University removes some of the mystique by explaining how the horn gets its distinctive curve and sharply pointed tip.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[West African black rhino may be extinct]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent surveys conducted by IUCN in northern Cameroon found no evidence of the West African black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes).  The organization fears the sub-species is now extinct in the wild.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[13 rare rhinos found in Borneo survey by WWF]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[World Wildlife Fund today released the results of a field survey from the island of Borneo which found that poaching has significantly reduced Borneo's population of Sumatran rhinos, but a small group continues to survive in the "Heart of Borneo," a region covered with vast tracts of rain forest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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