The black rhino population has plummeted 97.6 % since 1960 . In the last decade, there have been only two confirmed cases of poaching in South Africa and none on the borders with Swaziland or Zimbabwe. Rhinos are killed almost exclusively for their horn , which currently sells for $ 65,000 per kilo ( 2.2 pounds ) . Over 1,000 rhinos were hunted last year . Charity Rhinos Without Borders is planning to populate Botswana with rhinos . Botswana has the lowest poaching level in Africa .
The black rhino population has plummeted 97.6 % since 1960 . In the last decade, there have been only two confirmed cases of poaching in South Africa and none on the borders with Swaziland or Zimbabwe. Over 1,000 rhinos were hunted last year . Charity Rhinos Without Borders is planning to populate Botswana with rhinos . Botswana has the lowest poaching level in Africa .