Zimbabwe's rhino horn stash disappears

29 June 2016 - 09:32
By Reuters

Zimbabwe's wildlife authority has suspended its director-general and is investigating the disappearance of 228 kg of stored rhino horn.The country keeps in storage 70t of ivory from elephants and horn from rhinos - worth at least $35-million (about R530-million) - and is seeking support from neighbouring countries for an end to the ban on trade.

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