Stop the Slaughter by dragonwulf
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More rhinos were slaughtered last year than in any other year in history, nearly bringing them back to the brink of extinction.
Why? Because a new class of wealthy Vietnamese is using powder from rhino horns for their own medicinal means. They see the powder as a cure for anything from a hangover to cancer. Presently, the horns are so highly valued that their powder is worth more than street cocaine.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Lawrenceofedenvale?feature=watch
The deadly methods promoted by Vietnamese traffickers are even less justified by frivolous uses, like one the AP cites of a 24-year-old downing the powder to ease an evening of heavy drinking.
Tell the Vietnamese government that it must crack down on rhino horn trafficking.
Comments (2)
T.Rex
The really big thing is the unfounded belief it increases male potency! The same nonsense is being spread about Swedish raindeer horns, which has severely hit the Swedish (Lappland) raindeer industry. There has even been poaching. And all this because some money hungry idiots start a false rumor and all the people who hear it jump on the bandwagon "Me, too! ME, TOO!". This is not the first time this has occurred. Keep up the good work! :-) Perhaps a bounty should be placed on poachers. That would end this nonsense very quickly.
jendellas
Oh I do wish all the poaching would STOP. Elephants, tigers, rhino to name a few.