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According to latest figures, Zimbabwe has about 400 black rhinos out of a total of 700 rhinos in its game reserves.

Sensing a looming environmental disaster, Zimbabwean authorities have embarked in rhino de-horning, but local conservation groups are doubtful about the effectiveness of the move.

Chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF), Jonny Rodrigues, said poisoning the horn instead would be the “effective way” to reduce poaching. De-horning alone would be far from the answer as a lot of people have resorted to poaching due to widespread unemployment, he said.

“It’s all well to arrest poachers but so long as there is a market for the horn, poachers will always try their luck. By poisoning it, you target the actual market,” Rodrigues, who has spent the better part of his life conserving wildlife in Zimbabwe, told the Zimbabwe Mail.

If a small number were to be poisoned, buyers would never be sure whether they purchased a poisoned one or not. Once they become aware of the danger, demand for it would be eased and in turn illegal rhino hunting activities, he said.

- Rhino Poaching in Zimbabwe - the solution! TheZimbabweMail.com, November 11, 2010.

2. A damning leader in today’s Times questions David Cameron's fitness to govern. In the wake of another opinion poll showing a hung parliament is on the cards, the paper declares:

Clearly David Cameron is not making a convincing case. The central charge against him is that, while he is approachable and likeable, his aims and values as a future prime minister of this country are still unclear. David Cameron has yet to answer a basic question: what does he stand for?