P734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 7 Oct 21:22/44 1/5 Leading conservationist on plight of black rhino. Alex Kirby reports: One of the world's leading rhinoceros experts says poachers have virtually eliminated the black rhino from much of southern Africa. And hj says the outlook for the animal in the wild is bleak. He is Dr Esmond Bradley-Martin, former United Nations special envoy for rhino conservation, and now with the World Wide Fund for Nature. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Religion 740 A-Z Index 199 Next Page Read Hear Cmnt9Info ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 7 Oct 21:10/07 2/5 Leading conservationist on plight of black rhino. Alex Kirby reports: Overwhelmingly, the rhinos have been killed by poachers, who sell their horns for use in traditional medicines in the Far East. To try to protect them, teams have been tranquilising the rhinos and sawing off their horns. But Dr Bradley-Martin says this seems not to bj working. In parts of Zimbabwe almost all the djhornjd rhinos have been killed. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Religion 740 A-Z Index 199 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 7 Oct 21:24/24 3/5 Leading conservationist on plight of black rhino. Alex Kirby reports: Up to 20I of the horn has to bj left in place, othjrwisj the rhino could bleed to death. And the horns grow back at up to nine centimetres annually. Worst of all, says Dr Bradley- Martin, the economy of Zambia, where most of the poachers conj from, has collapsed. Since 1984 more than 150 poachers have been shot dead in Zimbabwe. But still they conj. Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 7 Oct 21:14/31 4/5 Leading conservationist on plight of black rhino. Alex Kirby reports: Zimbabwe lacks money: the wildlife department's budget, d6.5 million, was cut by 10% earlier this year, and more cuts are planned. Dr Bradley-Martin recently met President Mugabe, and urged him to plough some of Zimbabwe's earnings from tourism - $100 million this year - into conservation. Without the big game the tourists will stay away. The President was keen to act. But Zimbabwe is a poor country, too. Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 7 Oct 21:18/41 5/5 Leading conservationist on plight of black rhino. Alex Kirby reports: There are 160 black rhino on privbte land in Zimbabwe, and so far the poachers have done little to them. But they have almost wiped them out in the wild in Zimbabwe, in Zambia, and in much of Botswana. They are reported to bj active in Mozbmbique. Whjrj next? Namibia, South Africa - the last countries with healthy black rhino populations? Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion