Rhinos at Risk: Is Namibia Next?

Warning signs: Disturbing developments in Namibia could be edging the country’s rhino population closer to danger.

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30 Jan 12

‘Bogus Medicine: China’s Rhino Horn Scheme’ [Video]

Why does the demand for rhino horn persist? After all, rhino horn has no proven medicinal value. However, China (using rhinos imported from South Africa) is engaged in a profit-seeking scheme that depends on sick people using rhino horn instead of taking medicine.

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26 Jan 12

Revealed: China’s ‘Rhino Horn Cancer Treatment’ Scheme

Although it has been widely thought that the rumor of rhino horn’s alleged “cancer-curing” power started in Vietnam, we now strongly suspect that this rumor originated with (or was propagated by) China’s Longhui Pharmaceutical “rhino horn harvesting” project.

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18 Jan 12

Record-Breaking Rhino Death Toll in South Africa

The WWF has confirmed South Africa’s rhino death toll for 2011 reached a record-breaking 448.

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29 Nov 11

Namibia Allegedly Authorizes Rhino Hunt for Vietnamese National

Despite the highly publicized abuse of trophy hunt loopholes in South Africa, Namibia has reportedly granted a permit to a Vietnamese national to kill a rhino.

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15 Nov 11

33 Rhino Horns Seized in Hong Kong; Shipment Arrived from South Africa

Customs officers in Hong Kong have reportedly intercepted a shipment containing 33 rhino horns, 758 ivory chopsticks, and 123 ivory bracelets. The illicit cargo arrived from Cape Town, South Africa.

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13 Nov 11

List of 10 Useful ‘Rhino Horn is Not Medicine’ Quotes (with Source Links!)

The world’s leading conservation and environmental organizations – among others – are speaking out against the use of rhino horn as a medical treatment. Check out this list of quotes with source links and a few videos.

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13 Nov 11

‘CITES and the Rhino Horn Trade’ [Slideshow]

This informative 30-page slideshow presentation points out that the solutions to the rhino crisis can be found in increased protection in all implicated states through international and national legislation, improved enforcement, stiffer penalties, and demand reduction – not legalized trade.

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7 Nov 11

First ‘Complete’ Network of Rhino Horn Traders Arrested in Nepal

There is an encouraging update regarding the 17 people arrested last month in Nepal: This gang is reportedly the “first complete chain” of rhino horn smugglers and traders to be taken into custody at once.

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31 Oct 11

Indonesia’s Javan Rhino Population May Hold Only Four Females

It is barely a week since the extinction of the Javan rhino subspecies (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) was confirmed, and already there is troubling news about the remaining Javan rhinos.