Editing Hunting (section)

====White rhino====
The ''Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy'' cites that the legalization of white rhinoceros hunting in South Africa motivated private landowners to reintroduce the species onto their lands. As a result, the country saw an increase in white rhinos from fewer than one hundred individuals to more than 11,000, even while a limited number were killed as trophies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/01/can-trophy-hunting-reconciled-conservation/|title=Can trophy hunting actually help conservation?|publisher=Conservation|date=15 January 2014|website=conservationmagazine.org|access-date=12 July 2014|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000632/http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/01/can-trophy-hunting-reconciled-conservation/|url-status=live}}</ref>

However, the illegal hunting of rhinoceros for their horns is highly damaging to the population and is currently growing globally,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8388606.stm 'Global surge' in rhino poaching ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129140324/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8388606.stm |date=29 November 2014 }} [[BBC]]. 1 December 2009</ref> with 1004 being killed in South Africa alone according to the most recent estimate.<ref>{{cite news|title=946 rhino killed in 2013|url=http://ewn.co.za/2013/12/19/946-Rhino-poached-in-2013|access-date=25 December 2013|newspaper=Eyewitness News|date=19 December 2013|archive-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222042921/http://ewn.co.za/2013/12/19/946-Rhino-poached-in-2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The White Rhino (along with the other 4 rhino species) are poached due to beliefs that the Rhinos horns can be used to cure Cancer, Arthritis and other diseases and illnesses, even though they are scientifically proven wrong.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[International Anti-Poaching Foundation]] (IAPF) |url=https://www.iapf.org/news/rhinos |title=Why Are Rhinos Poached? |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=5 January 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304190618/https://www.iapf.org/news/rhinos |url-status=live }}</ref>