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Rhino poaching hits record as horns worth more than gold
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Site Admin  Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:59 am Posts: 6532 Location: Friendswood, TX 
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 Rhino poaching hits record as horns worth more than goldJOHANNESBURG — A record number of rhinos were poached this year in South Africa, home to the greatest number of the animals, as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to increased killings of the threatened species.
 At least 443 rhinos have been killed in South Africa in 2011, up from 333 last year, according to National Geographic News Watch. The street value of rhinoceros horns has soared to about $65,000 a kilogram (2.2 pounds), making it more expensive than gold, platinum and in many cases cocaine, as a belief — with no basis in science — has taken hold in recent years in parts of Asia that ingesting it can cure or prevent cancer.  South Africa, home to more than 20,000 rhinos, was losing about 15 animals a year a decade ago. But poaching increased dramatically from about 2007 as a growing affluent class in places such as Vietnam and Thailand began spending more on rhino horn for traditional medicine. The number of rhinoceroses dying unnatural deaths in South Africa, either through illegal poaching or legal hunts, has reached a level likely to lead to population decline, according to a study by Richard Emslie, an expert in the field.   Read more here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45823839/ns/world_news-africa/ _________________ The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. - FDR |
| Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:46 am |
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Moderator  Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:55 am Posts: 3770 Location: 30 clicks N of 3030
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Re: Rhino poaching hits record as horns worth more than gold And that is due to the needs of horny men!!
It is such a heart breaking issue here. We lost 120 rhino's in the last two months. I have said elsewhere that the keeps should start poisoning the horns! A couple of deaths will soon solve the burning desire to kill for pleasure! Our jails are so full over here that the perpotrators only get a fine and or bail and a few months jail. Frigging Crazy!!!  _________________ We all have the choice to exercise Free Will. amor vincit omnia "Ignis Natura Renovatur Integram" |
| Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:15 am |
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GT Truther  Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:31 pm Posts: 2831 Location: Fennell bay N.S.W. (AUS)
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Re: Rhino poaching hits record as horns worth more than gold Can't they just Tranquilize the rhinos instead, do they Eat the rhinos or leave them to decompose in the desert ?!? cant they grow artificial rhino horns?
Read this!!! IT SERVES POACHERS RIGHT! AGH HAHAHAHAHAHA! _________________ I am a HIGHLY STRUNG PRIMA DONNA (atari) |
| Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:09 am |
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Moderator Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:55 am Posts: 3770 Location: 30 clicks N of 3030
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Re: Rhino poaching hits record as horns worth more than gold They just shoot them - hack the horn off with an axe, and leave. The carcass is left to rot, which is how they are found. Birds of prey come in and the site is located. Now the poachers are poisoning birds to stop this auto location sequence!!!!
Nice article fr33k - I trust this solution is implemented asap. _________________ We all have the choice to exercise Free Will. amor vincit omnia "Ignis Natura Renovatur Integram" |
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