Judge cites rise in poaching, sets aside rhino horn trade moratorium

Two game owners have won a legal battle against the government’s moratorium on the trade in rhino horn. John Hume‚ the biggest private rhino owner in South Africa who has a large stockpile of horns he has not been able to sell‚ and Johan Kruger argued that legalising the market is key to curbing the poaching crisis‚ in that selling ‘farmed’ horns could help combat the slaughter of rhino.