National Geographic - The Last Rhinos

South African rancher John Hume, who owns 5 percent of the world's rhinos, fights in court to legalise the rhino horn trade, arguing it could save the species.

A provocative look at whether selling the very thing rhinos die for could save them.

John Hume owns 5 percent of the world's rhinos. Last year, he sued the South African government to legalize the sale of rhino horn. The case reached South Africa's equivalent of the Supreme Court this summer. In a nation

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