Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) Feb 20, 2023

Botswana revealed on Monday that it suffered a huge spike in rhino poaching during five years up to 2021, translating to about a third of its population of the endangered species.

In all 138 rhinos were slaughtered between 2018 and last year, Tourism minister Philda Kereng told parliament.

This compares to two rhinos poached in the preceding five years between 2012 and 2017, according to
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