Horn of Darkness: Rhinos on the Edge by Carol Cunningham (Author), Joel Berger (Author)

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Horn of Darkness: Rhinos on the Edge by Carol Cunningham (Author), Joel Berger (Author)ISBN: 9780195111132 Publisher : Oxford University Press, April 17, 1997 Paperback, 256 pages The black rhino is nature's tank, feared by all animals. Even lions will break off a hunt to detour around one. And yet the black rhino is on the edge of extinction, its numbers dwindling from 100,000 at the turn of the century, to less than 2,500 today. The reason is that in places like Yemen, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, the rhino's horn is more

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