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By withdrawing all rhino horn products from its auctions, Bonhams will join the global effort to crack down on criminal syndicates and protect the remaining populations of wild rhinos from poaching, trafficking, and trade.

Rhino 911 pilot and co-founder Nico Jacobs said: "If we hadn't been there, this little baby rhino would have dehydrated and died.

More than 7,000 African rhinos have been killed in just over a decade by poachers to feed the demand in Asian markets for rhino horn.

Rhino Market & Deli currently has two locations in Charlotte, their first store opened in Wesley Heights and their second opened in Uptown.

Some conservationists have praised the project for its effort at preserving the northern white rhino's DNA and potentially bringing the species back from the brink.

Eight rhinos were initially reported by officials to have died following last month's attempt to transfer 11 of the animals from Nairobi and Lake Nakuru national parks to Tsavo East.

They were among 14 rhinos the state-run wildlife service (KWS) began moving last month from the capital Nairobi to Tsavo East.

The white rhinoceros is one of the five species of rhinos that were further classified into northern and southern rhinos.

To get more spectators and participants, the Organizing Committee of Rhino X-Tri cooperates with Hong Kong-based Kuai Sports Promotions to promote the event overseas.

African Parks, a Johannesburg-based conservation group, said Thursday that the rhinos will travel by air to Zakouma National Park, a reserve in Chad that it manages with the government.

At a cost of about $45,000 per rhino, the move is expensive--and extreme.

As of Monday evening, central region security officials were holed up in a meeting to assess the situation as armed rangers were deployed to commence a search for the rhino horn and poachers.

A series of special events and fundraising activities began at Blair Drummond Safari Park on Monday to mark Rhino Awareness Week.