JOHANNESBURG - Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, the beasts again are on the brink of vanishing from the country by poachers seeking their horns for sale in Asia.]]>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:39:13 -0400http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/dessert01/dessert01http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/dessert01/dessert01By DALE McFEATTERS - About 10 years ago, a fisherman trying his luck in a pond in a distant Maryland suburb of Washington hauled out a truly disgusting-looking fish. We're not speaking here as a professional ichthyologist, mind you; if you're a fish scientist or a seafood chef, there's no such thing as disgusting.]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:51:45 -0400http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1fd95d7448154365b6d4ce09e1cb6f68/AF--South-Africa-Rhino-Campaignshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1fd95d7448154365b6d4ce09e1cb6f68/AF--South-Africa-Rhino-Campaigns

JOHANNESBURG - A U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns. An anti-poaching ad campaign in Vietnam, a key illegal market, shows rhinos with human hands or feet in place of horns, which are made from the same material as fingernails and toenails.]]>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:51:28 -0400