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Title: |
Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen |
Author(s): |
Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. |
Year published: |
2000 |
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Pachyderm |
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28 |
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91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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According to Hubert Planton, who has been in Cameroon since 1987, one rhino was killed in Benoue National Park in 1996; the pair of horns weighing 5.5 kg was removed and brought to Garoua for sale. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
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The few rhino horns reaching Sanaa in the late 1990s have probably originated from rhinos that were poached in Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Garamba National Park (Martin and Hillman Smith, 1999). In June 1999, Sanaa traders mentioned for the first time U... |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
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Some of this horn probably originates from animals killed in Cameroon. From 1990 to 1998, on average three black rhinos have disappeared each year, presumably poached, from northern Cameroon (Planton, 1999). In 1998 there were at least four pairs of black rhino horns for sale in Garoua town in ... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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To Yemen via Sudan. Sanaa traders also report that rhino horn is reaching them from Sudan and Ethiopia. Some of this horn probably originates from animals killed in Cameroon. From 1990 to 1998, on average three black rhinos have disappeared each year, presumably poached, from northern Cameroon... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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Until 1970 only the privileged elite could afford jambiyas with rhino horn handles. Then, beginning in the early 1970s, many Yemenis worked in Saudi Arabia during the oil boom years, earning much money which permitted them to buy new daggers with the revered rhino horn handles. Prices for rhino... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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Due to the ongoing wars in the Horn of Africa and the migration of refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea to Yemen, it is likely that some rhino horn has also entered Sanaa with these refugees (Mohammed al Haymi, Deputy Minister of Industry, Yemen, pers. comm., 1999). |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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To Yemen. Yemen's long coastline extends from Saudi Arabia in the west to Oman in the east, making it difficult to control smuggling. The most popular route is via Djibouti and across the Red Sea by boat, usually a zarook (Photo 2).
These dhows carry many smuggled items from Djibouti to Yemen,... |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Value - Related to Horn
African Rhino Species
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Almost all the horn in Cameroon is exported because there is little demand for it within the country. Planton was told that occasionally it is used by traditional doctors when they pray. |
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Asia - West Asia - Yemen
Value - Related to Horn
All Rhino Species
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Yemen in 1999.
Table 1. Average retail prices of jambiyas in Sanaa in June 1999.
Handle type Price in rials Price in US dollars
Plastic 500 3
Wood 500 3
Water buffalo horn 2,000 12
Camel ho... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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To Yemen. In June 1999, Sanaa traders mentioned for the first time Uganda as a source for rhino horn, which probably links with the horn from nearby Garamba. In 1996 and 1997 a minimum of four white rhinos were poached in Garamba National Park. At least one of these horns is recorded to have b... |
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