Rhino Horns Take Top Dollar from Phone Bidder at US Auction

Asian attendees reportedly drove up the price of two rhino horns before they were sold to a phone bidder at an auction in Missouri.

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6 Sep 11

Rhino Horn Smugglers Arrested in Portugal

Police in Lisbon have arrested two Australian men who were planning to board a flight to Ireland with six rhino horns in their luggage.

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15 Aug 11

London Calling: Rhino Horn Consumer Countries Need to ‘Educate’ Citizens

Britain plans to address CITES this week with the request that rhino horn consumer countries launch awareness campaigns to debunk the notion that rhino horn contains medicinal properties.

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31 Jul 11

Rhino Horn Stolen from UK Museum Could Contain Arsenic

In the latest European rhino horn robbery, thieves broke into Ipswich museum and ripped the horn from a greater one-horned rhinoceros exhibit.

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29 Jul 11

Should PBS Issue a PSA About Link Between Antique Rhino Horn Prices and Rhino Killings?

A recent taping of the TV program, PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” may have had the unwanted effect of further stimulating the illegal rhino horn market by celebrating the high dollar value of an antique rhinoceros horn cup collection.

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27 Jul 11

Daring Rhino Horn Heist at Swedish Museum

Sweden joins the growing list of countries struck by what is likely to be an organized criminal network focused on the trafficking of rhino horn.

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26 Jul 11

Disturbing Connection Between Antique Rhino Horn ‘Activity’ and Rhino Killings in South Africa

Although antique rhino horn has been starring in recent headlines, the tragedy behind the spotlight remains woefully underreported.

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25 Jul 11

Fuss Over ‘Antique Rhinoceros Horn Cups’ Fails to Mention Loss of Life

While there seems to be a considerable amount of media hubbub over a set of antique rhinoceros horn cups appraised on an American TV show today, very little (if any) attention has been paid to the original source of these cups.

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20 Jul 11

Appetite for Illegal Rhino Horn Behind Museum Heists

Saving Rhinos LLC, together with the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP), the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and Save the Rhino International have issued the following joint statement to address the surge in museum heists which have targeted rhino horn.