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effectiveness in treating levels and facing numer- and tacitly allows their
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No reason was given for ganization. rhinos in the country, al-
the lifting of the ban, which “This decision seems to though, unlike tigers, those
was implemented in 1993 contradict the leadership are not native to China.q
amid a global push to pro- China has shown recently
tect fast-disappearing en- in tackling the illegal wild- November 4
dangered species. life trade,” Kinnaird said. Freewids
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