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Rhinos may be extinct by 2020

Poaching makes rhinos endangered, may be extinct by 2020

Illegal killing of rhinoceros is the biggest threat to the wild animal. If it continues at the present rate then rhino may soon be an animal of past, experts have warned. The poaching of black and white rhinoceros has soared in last six years. While as 13 rhinos were slaughtered in 2007, that number spiked to 1,004 last year, experts said.