South Africa Loses Bid to Block Rhino Horn Exports
- South Africa hosts the world's largest rhino population but faces severe poaching due to high demand for rhino horn in parts of Asia, where it is used in traditional medicine and as a status symbol.
- Wicus Diedericks sued the South African government to allow exports of more than 500 white rhino horns from captive-bred rhinos, winning a court ruling in 2025 that such horn can qualify for export certificates if legal requirements are met.
- South Africa recently lost a legal challenge to overturn the court ruling allowing the export of legally harvested rhino horn.
- The South African environment minister, David Maynier, is currently reviewing the court's decision and has yet to decide whether to appeal it.
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The trade in rhinoceros horns has been banned worldwide since 1977 under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Supporters of this ban consider it vital to protect declining rhino populations from poaching, while proponents of legal trade argue that regulated sales of horns harvested from live animals help combat the black market and fund reserves. Wicus Diedericks, the owner of a reserve of…
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