FILE PHOTO: Rhinos are seen at the Mafikeng Game Reserve in South Africa's North West province, November 11, 2010. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Bringing local communities into mainstream conservation was vital to South African efforts aimed at curbing rhino poaching that has steadily declined from a peak of 1,215 animals killed five years ago, the environmental minister said on Sunday.
South Africa, with one of the world's largest rhino populations, is battling organised crime syndicates targeting its national and private parks as strong demand in Asian markets, where the rhino horn is prized as an ingredient in traditional medicines, fuels the slaughter.
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