because it is illegal
duuuuh
To sell or to buy a rhino horn is a crime. Poaching of rhino, to supply their horn to the black market, has recently wiped out the last few Javan rhinos living on mainland asia (before this javan rhinos were not restricted to java). Black rhinos are being wiped out by the trade in rhino horn. You can get very heavy penalties for trying to buy rhino horns
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species made trading ivory illegal in 1989. Because both male and female African Elephants have ivory tusks, they are often the unfortunate subject of poaching.
unicorn, rhino, single horned goats, horned toads, some reptiles...
it is valuable so poachers will kill the rhino just for the horn
Asia and Africa are the continents with the highest demand for rhino 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.
Rhino horn is made of keratin, the same as our hair and fingernails.
THE RHINO BEETLE
Rhino.