Nearly a year after we began raising questions about the connections between China’s traditional medicine industry investments, research proposals about rhino horn harvesting, and live rhino imports, our suspicions have been confirmed: China has indeed been plowing millions of dollars into building a thriving industry based on the medicinal use of rhino horn.
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2 Jun 11
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Posted in African Rhinos, Captive Rhinos, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Southern white rhino, White Rhinos
Tagged Africa View safari park, China, China rhino farming, Chinese, Hangzhou Wild Animal World, illegal rhino horn trade, Jia Qian, Liu Xiaoping, Long Hui Pharmaceutical, Longhui, National Traditional Chinese Medicine Strategy Research Project, Public Awareness, rhino, rhino farms, Rhino Horn, rhino horn for sale, rhinoceros, Sanya City, Sanya City Center for artificial propagation of the rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, Shi Lin Longhui Wildlife Research Center, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, white rhino, Yunnan Wild Animal Park
Tagged Africa View safari park, China, China rhino farming, Chinese, Hangzhou Wild Animal World, illegal rhino horn trade, Jia Qian, Liu Xiaoping, Long Hui Pharmaceutical, Longhui, National Traditional Chinese Medicine Strategy Research Project, Public Awareness, rhino, rhino farms, Rhino Horn, rhino horn for sale, rhinoceros, Sanya City, Sanya City Center for artificial propagation of the rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, Shi Lin Longhui Wildlife Research Center, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, white rhino, Yunnan Wild Animal Park
7 Mar 10
Tweet Disturbing information indicates that China has imported an unusually high number of live rhinos from South Africa in order to harvest horns for so-called “medicinal” purposes. As demand for rhino horn continue to undermine decades of rhino conservation, an alarming report has revealed that China is “farming” rhinos for horns – an appalling practice [...]
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Posted in African Rhinos, Endangered Species, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Thoughts, opinions, observations
Tagged Africa, China, China rhino farming, Chinese, Chinese rhino farm, Chinese rhino horn harvesting, CITES, critically endangered species, extinct, extinction, live rhino imports, Poaching, rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, South Africa, superstition, tiger farms, traditional Chinese medicine, TRAFFIC
Tagged Africa, China, China rhino farming, Chinese, Chinese rhino farm, Chinese rhino horn harvesting, CITES, critically endangered species, extinct, extinction, live rhino imports, Poaching, rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, South Africa, superstition, tiger farms, traditional Chinese medicine, TRAFFIC
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