# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNqqSjwTynW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33648358-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-22T18:00:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

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In a staggering development for global wildlife conservation, the world’s biggest rhino farmer, who has long cast himself as a savior for the species, was arrested in South Africa Tuesday on suspicion of trafficking rhino horn.⁠
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Prosecutors have accused John Hume, along with five others, of operating a smuggling ring involving 964 rhino horns valued at more than $14 million, according to the Associated Press. This week’s arrests followed a seven-year investigation by the Hawks, a special task force in the South African Police Service that focuses on organized crime. Investigators allege that the six suspects were involved in a fraudulent scheme, where they would secure permits to sell rhino horns domestically (which is legal in South Africa), while actually funneling the horns to illegal buyers in Southeast Asia.⁠
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#rhino #southafrica #rhinohorn #rhinohorns #whiterhino #smuggling #conservation #outdoors #nature #outdoorlife⁠
Story by: dac.collins

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whiterhino, outdoorlife, smuggling, southafrica, conservation, outdoors, nature, rhino, rhinohorn, rhinohorns

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