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By Jeremy Hance Indonesian prosecutors are seeking a five-year jail sentence for a poacher who confessed to participating in killing seven Javan rhinos from 2019-2023, essentially wiping out at least 10% the species’ global population. In a related development, police have arrested another alleged poacher in Ujong Kulon National Park, the sole remaining habitat for Javan rhinos. Not a deterrentThe man currently on trial, Sunendi, is alleged to be part of a gang who slaughtered the rhinos for their horns, which are valued in parts of Asia as medicine. Police arrested a buyer and middleman as we…

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