Record high: 1,300+ rhinos were killed in Africa last year

Some 5,000 are all that remains of black rhinos in Africa. Photo: Reuters

More than 1,300 rhinos were poached in Africa last year, a record since 2008 when South Africa banned trade in rhino horns.

“The number of African rhinos killed by poachers has increased for the sixth year in a row with at least 1,338 rhinos killed by poachers across Africa in 2015,” the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said in a statement.