A team of biologists and game preservationists from the Université of Neuchâtel, working with a large number of colleagues affiliated with multiple institutions in South Africa, has found that removing horns from black rhinos to protect them from poachers may have social implications for the rhinos. In their study, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group studied black rhino populations before and after horn removal to learn more about the impact removal has on them.
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