 | Anonymous 1969 Love may be the death of the Indian rhino. Life Magazine 66 (5), 7 February 1969: 66-69, figs. 1-5 |
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| 1969, India, Poachers can get $1200 or more for a single horn |
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| Medway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466
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| Both species of rhinoceros are believed by both the Malays and Chinese to be a 'miracle animal' and that all parts of the animals have some medicinal value to cure all kinds of illness. It is believed that scrapings made into a brew and taken will cure cancer and other diseases. |
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| Medway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466
| In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| 1968, Malaysia, M$ 350 per ounce |
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| MacKie, R. 1965 The company of animals. Sydney, London, Melbourne, Angus and Robertson, pp. i-ix, 1-225 |
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| 1935, Malaya, small horn fetched about ? 100 |
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| MacKie, R. 1965 The company of animals. Sydney, London, Melbourne, Angus and Robertson, pp. i-ix, 1-225 |
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| Rhino parts are mixed with herbs to make medicine. Horn is used as aphrodisiac and as antidote against poisons. |
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| MacKie, R. 1965 The company of animals. Sydney, London, Melbourne, Angus and Robertson, pp. i-ix, 1-225 |
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| 1960, Burma, rhino horn sold at US$200 per inch, a 7 inch horn sold at $1600 |
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| Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 |
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| Today the rhino horn and many other parts of the body, including the feces and urine, are sold at extremely high prices as cures for various ailments. The powdered rhino horn is especially prized as a care for male sterility and for rejuvenation. There is no doubt that these superstitions are e... |
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| Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 |
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| In Asia today, the parts of the rhino are used mainly for 'medical' purposes, though in India there seems to be some spiritual significance. |
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| Davis, D.D. 1962 Mammals of the lowland rain-forest of North Borneo. Bulletin of the Singapore National Museum 31: 1-129, pls. 1-23, figs. 1-20 |
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| Borneo. The horns of this animal are greatly prized by the Chinese for medicinal purposes, and the rhino has been greatly persecuted to supply the market with these. |
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| Alfred, E.R. 1961 Imitation rhino horns. Malayan Nature Journal 15 (1/2): 39-40, pls. 18-19 |
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| Working in Raffles Museum, Singapore - fake horn cups. The existence of faked rhinoceros horns which have been confused as genuine ones, has been pointed out by Hooijer (1959) who described a specimen from Djakarta that was made from the horn of an ordinary water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis (Linn.)... |
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