Death of a rare rhino, record poaching arrests and a campaign to end the fur trade

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LAST RHINOS
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/death-of-white-rhino-leaves-just-six-of-endangered-animals-left-in-the-world-9804463.html

POACHERS ARRESTED
http://citizen.co.za/260561/14-rhino-poachers-arrested-kruger-weekend/

HORN DEMAND DOWN
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/16/rhino-horn-demand-in-vietnam-drops-by-more-than-33-in-one-year

GOLIATH SPIDERS
http://thesmallermajority.com/2014/10/08/the-sound-of-little-hooves-in-the-night/

#SAVEKIMI
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/human-impact/the-fox-says-when-i-grow-up-im-going-to-be-a-fur-collar

EBOLA & SAFARIS
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/17/travel/africa-safaris-ebola/index.html?hpt=hp_c5

SLOTH BLOG
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/conservation/mad-about-sloths-meet-our-new-blogger-becky-cliffe

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