Word: rhinos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...David Keen, bullet manufacturer, extolling his "Black Rhino" ammunition
...thousands of razor-sharp fragments. One type, the company's chief executive claimed, was specially built to pierce police bulletproof vests. Following a public uproar, Signature said it would hold off producing the vest-piercing bullet as a "responsible" gesture. That left many industry experts wondering whether the super "Rhino" ammunition was ever meant to shatter anything more than the firm's obscurity...
...unsavory activities. As a co-director of the San Francisco -- based Endangered Species Project, he goes after the illicit trade in wildlife. And there is no shortage of work. Unsanctioned traffic in animals and animal parts -- birds of prey, tiger skins, tiger bones and bear gallbladders out of Russia; rhino horns and elephant ivory from Africa; whale meat into Japan; rare birds and snakes from South America -- has more than doubled in value since 1989, generating an estimated $6 billion in annual revenues. According to Interpol, the international police agency, wildlife trafficking is now the second largest form of black...
...action will be taken against the "Rhino Committee," employees in the administrative office said. They said the costumed rhinos add character and a sense of tradition to the courtyard...
...first I hoped the rhino would start flying or come to life," Starr said...