This time…
well… rhinoceros horns… I am serious!
A record number of African rhinos were
illegally killed in South Africa this year, driven by the use of their horns in
Chinese medicine and a spreading belief in Southeast Asia, unfounded in science,
that they may cure cancer.
The street value of rhinoceros horns has
soared to about $65,000 a kilogramme, making it more expensive than gold.
South Africa, home to more than 20,000
rhinos, or about 90 percent of all the rhinos in Africa, lost 455 rhinos to
poachers, as of Tuesday, to eclipse the 448 killed in all of 2011, the
environment ministry said in a statement.
Around 15 animals a year were lost a decade
ago, showing the impact of rising demand from Asia.
I know that
people are very intelligent. And the following information just means only one
thing: the modern scientific anticancer medicine is not much better than
traditional rhinoceros horns. Sad but true!
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