Having reported on Assam's wildlife for years, journalist Mrinal Talukdar picked up a suspicious trend while parsing the Indian state's rhinoceros poaching figures.
They had doubled in 2007, from just 10 the year before. This was around the same time when South Africa reported a similar spike in rhino killings, followed by accounts of daring heists of rhino horns from European museums.
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