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Fraisse, J., 1955. Coups de feu dans la jungle: chasses indochinoises. Paris, La Toison d'Or, pp. 1-219
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Asia - East Asia - Laos |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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In the roof of the communal house of the village Dak Rao, I had noticed a small wooden casque. After several visits to the village, the people at last told me that it contained the skull of a rhinoceros. That was correct. the animal had been killed in 1933 by a villager. Only the skull remained, because the elders had given a sacrifice to appease the geniuses and after the sacrifice the skull must remain on the spot. The young hunter received a nice bull buffalo instead. But the sale of the horn, hide and bones bring at least six times as much to the people in Laos.
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Coups de feu dans la jungle: chasses indochinoises
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