It seems that rhino horn’s alleged curative properties meet the criteria for at least six of the sixteen “Red Flags of Quackery” as compiled by Sci-ence: A Skeptical Comic and Blog.
Browsing the archives for the TCM tag
24 Feb 12
23 Feb 12
Special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations have arrested seven suspects and executed search warrants in five different states as part of “Operation Crash,” a multi-agency effort to investigate and prosecute those involved in rhino horn trafficking.
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Posted in Black Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Amir Even-Ezra, Chinese, David Hausman, Felix Kha, Fish Wildlife Service, illegal rhino horn trade, Jimmy Kha, Jin Zhao Feng, Mai Nguyen, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, US rhino horn arrests, USFWS, Vietnam, Wade Steffen
Tagged Amir Even-Ezra, Chinese, David Hausman, Felix Kha, Fish Wildlife Service, illegal rhino horn trade, Jimmy Kha, Jin Zhao Feng, Mai Nguyen, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, US rhino horn arrests, USFWS, Vietnam, Wade Steffen
23 Feb 12
Last night’s highly anticipated episode of NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams” did an outstanding job of bringing the rhino crisis to the American TV audience.
Posted in African Rhinos, Endangered Species, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Public Awareness Videos, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged illegal rhino horn trade, NBC, Rhino Poaching, Rock Center with Brian Williams, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnamese
Tagged illegal rhino horn trade, NBC, Rhino Poaching, Rock Center with Brian Williams, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnamese
10 Feb 12
Alarming trends suggest that continued leniency towards unscrupulous ‘game-industry white guys’ is contributing to South Africa’s rhino crisis.
30 Jan 12
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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Posted in African Rhinos, Captive Rhinos, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Thoughts, opinions, observations
Tagged bogus medicine, China, China rhino farms, Chinese, Chinese rhino farms, illegal rhino horn trade, Longui Pharmaceutical, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn cancer myth, Rhino Poaching, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged bogus medicine, China, China rhino farms, Chinese, Chinese rhino farms, illegal rhino horn trade, Longui Pharmaceutical, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn cancer myth, Rhino Poaching, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
26 Jan 12
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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Posted in African Rhinos, Asian Rhinos, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged illegal rhino horn trade, Longhui Pharmaceutical, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn cancer myth, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged illegal rhino horn trade, Longhui Pharmaceutical, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn cancer myth, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
15 Jan 12
Police in Guwahati have arrested a man identified as Chin Khansong after he sneaked into the Assam State Zoo with a .303 rifle, ammunition, an axe, and a machete. The suspect confessed he was planning to kill “as many rhinos as possible” in order to sell their horns.
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Captive Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Assam State Zoo, Chin Khansong, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, Manipur, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Assam State Zoo, Chin Khansong, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, Manipur, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
13 Nov 11
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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Posted in African Rhinos, Asian Rhinos, Black Rhino, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Javan Rhino, Public Awareness, Public Awareness Videos, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Chinese, illegal rhino horn trade, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn is not medicine, Rhino Poaching, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, World Rhino Day
Tagged Chinese, illegal rhino horn trade, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn is not medicine, Rhino Poaching, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, World Rhino Day
24 Oct 11
Tragic news: The extinction of the Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) in Vietnam is now confirmed, according to WWF and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF).
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Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, illegal trade in rhino horn, Javan Rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Cat Tien National Park, conservation failure, critically endangered species, illegal rhino horn trade, Javan Rhino, javan rhino extinct, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, Vietnamese
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Cat Tien National Park, conservation failure, critically endangered species, illegal rhino horn trade, Javan Rhino, javan rhino extinct, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, Vietnamese
9 Sep 11
The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM) in the UK has issued a statement condemning the use of rhino horn in Chinese medicine.
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Posted in African Rhinos, Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged China, Public Awareness, RCHM, Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Rhino Horn, rhino horn medicine myth, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, UK, World Rhino Day
Tagged China, Public Awareness, RCHM, Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Rhino Horn, rhino horn medicine myth, Rhino Poaching, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, UK, World Rhino Day
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BTS Podcast- Rhino Horn Trafficking in India March 29, 2013This week, we are talking with Dr. Bibhab Talukdar, Chair of the IUCN Asian Rhino Specialist Group. […]
- South Africa's Rhino Horn Dealers February 27, 2013This week, we are talking with Julian Rademeyer, author of Killing for Proft: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade. […]
- Big Carnivores in Big Trouble: Polar Bears and African Lions February 22, 2013This week, we are talking with Dr. Pieter Kat and Chris MacSween from Lion Aid about trade in African lions, and the upcoming CITES polar bear decision. […]
- Rhino Horn Trafficking in India March 29, 2013
