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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Asian Rhino Species
India. Horn were used to make cups for royalty and aristocracy which were used not only as a decorative objects but also to act as poison detectors - a belief that was widespread in those days.
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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Martin also documents the use of rhinoceros hom to cure lumbago, polio and arthritis, as well as haemorrhoids, in which case the smoke from a burning horn is directed towards the patient's underparts. He also describes rhinoceros blood being used as a tonic, rhinoceros meat as a cardiac stimulan...
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File AvailableBecker, M. 1995 Carl Georg Schillings - Jager und naturschutzer. Bongo, Berlin 26: 93-104, figs. 1-12
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Captive - Europe
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Black Rhino
Animal caught by Carl Georg Schillings (1865-1921). Schillings' fourth Africa journey, arrived 14.2.1903 in Tanga, Tanzania. A young black rhino was caught on 12 Sep 1903. The zoo pays 21.500 Goldmark for the rhinoceros.
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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
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Asian Rhino Species
Thailand, Trader's price for rhino horn, 1990, Bangkok, Rs. 373.524
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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Asia - South Asia - Bhutan
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Bhutan, Trader's price for rhino horn, 1993, Bhutan, Rs. 206.646
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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Asia - East Asia - China
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Taipei, Trader's price for rhino horn 1979, Taipei, Rs. 139.266 1985, Taipei, Rs. 295.092 1988, Taipei, Rs. 563.716 1990, Taipei, Rs. 945.268 1993, Taipei, Rs. 961.563 (powder) 1993, TaipeiRs. 1.282.188 (powder) 1993, Taipei, Rs. 1.602.500 (powder)
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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Taiwan, Trader's price for rhino horn 1985, Taiwan, Rs. 263.472 1988, Taiwan, Rs. 595.989 1990, Taiwan, Rs. 706.747 1990, Taiwan, Rs. 349.840
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File AvailableMenon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
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Asian Rhino Species
Export trade in rhinoceros horn was illegal in India from 1972, but between 1965 and 1980 the State of Assam put up rhinoceros homs (from animals killed by poachers or by natural causes) for legal tender on the domestic market, and these auctions are said to have been the largest source of smuggl...
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File AvailableAdcock, K.; Emslie, R.H. 1994 The role of trophy hunting in white rhino conservation, with special reference to BOP parks: pp. 35-41, fig. 1, tables 1-4

In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
Out of private-owned animals prior to 1988 (see table 3), hunting rates were ca 10,5% per year however, rhino numbers in private hands were mainly being bought from the much larger pool of Natal Parks Board (NPB) animals at low, fixed prices. In 1989 rhino prices throughout SA reached a realisti...
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File AvailableMeiklejohn, K. 1994 Game auction an outstanding success. SA Game and Hunt 1 (1): 9, table 1
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
Fifth annual Natal game auction of 20 June 1994. Black rhino, 5 sold, average R 150 000, highest R 150.000, total turnover R 750 000.
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