Last week, a constitutional court in South Africa rejected the government’s appeal to retain a ban on domestic trade in rhino horns. Domestic trade is once again legal, though international trade remains illegal under CITES. Commercial rhino breeders have welcomed the decision, saying proceeds from legal trade can help pay for anti-poaching efforts. Conservationists argue otherwise, saying a legal domestic trade will increase illegal poaching and will be used as a cover for smuggling horns to the international market. The decision comes after South Africa, home to 70 percent of the world’s rhinos, has been suffering from rampant poaching over the past three years. For the full story, see https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/south-africa-just-made-it-legal-to-tr… and http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-wildlife-rhinos-safrica-idUKKBN1771VP…;