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Will campaigners step up to help?

ollowing a number of balanced and perceptive articles recently on trophy hunting, and by inference all paid-for hunting both here and abroad, I was interested to read an online article from the newspaper regarding the sale by auction of a ranch in South Africa that is home to a substantial white rhino population. The 21,000-acre property is on the market for about £8m, complete with animals. To date there has been little interest from buyers, and therefore it risks being split up and the livestock sold separately to the

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