The two regions with the biggest demand for rhino horn are Asia and specifically countries like Vietnam and China. In these countries, rhino horn is highly valued for its perceived medicinal properties and status symbol. Despite international bans on trade, the demand continues to pose significant threats to rhino populations. Conservation efforts focus on education and law enforcement to combat poaching and illegal trafficking.
it is valuable so poachers will kill the rhino just for the horn
$60,000 per kilogram of rhino horn which calculates to $1,610 per ounce.
A rhinoceros.
with a horn
$60,000 per kilogram of rhino horn which calculates to $1,610 per ounce.
Part of the reason is the demand in Asia, where the horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine. A kilogram of rhino horn now goes for $60,000 on the black market. That's $1610 an ounce for the rhino horn. The rate of their decline is truly astounding: in the decade of the 1970s alone, half the world's rhino population disappeared. Today, less than 15 per cent of the 1970 population remains an estimated 10,000 to 11,000 worldwide.
Rhino horn is made of keratin, the same as our hair and fingernails.
Rhinoceros poaching is the illegal hunting of rhinos. Because rhino populations are declining rapidly, they are protected by law and it is illegal to hunt them. However, demand for rhino horn in parts of Asia is so high that the price of a rhino's horn is worth more than its weight in gold. Hence, some people illegally hunt, or poach, rhinos to sell their horns to Asia and make lots of money. This is a major reason rhino populations are dwindling.
THE RHINO BEETLE
Rhino.
The main part of a rhino is it's horn