Not likely since Mugabe and his morons probably have Chinese-made AK47s (what irony) handy.
Like some of the others here, I was also appalled at this. I don’t think the market can create sufficient supply quickly enough to address demand. Both the white and black rhinos’ numbers remain critical despite allowing limited hunting or shooting. I learned as a Ruffed Grouse Society volunteer that reproduction rates and the habitiat of hunted animals have a lot to do with their success as game species.
As a hunter, it has been really sad to see Chinese (my ethnicity) behaving so irresponsibly. When I was in Asia, I was taken to some caves where workers collected birds’ nests for that over-the-top delicacy. When birds returned to their nests, the nests and just-hatched chicks were gone.
Here in the US, Chinese pay Canadian and American poachers for bear paws and gallbladders. I was out west mule deer hunting with friends and we found a bear carcass missing its paws and cut open for the gallbladder. What a waste!