(1) Whether her department maintains (a) an up to date and regularly audited register of rhino horns and (b) elephant tusks accruing to government authorities and private enterprises; if so, (i) what was the stock holding of both of the above since 1 June 2009, (ii) what amount was held by (aa) state institutions and (bb) private enterprises and (c) how secure was the stock pile of both considering the ends to which rhino poachers were willing to go to lay their hands on rhino horns and elephant tusks; (2) whether the Government intends to appeal to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to permit controlled trade in rhino horn in order to discourage criminal syndicates from poaching rhinos; if not, why not?