 Reference Base  Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horne... |
|
Menon, V., 1995. Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114
|
|
|
|
| |
| Location: |
Asia - South Asia - India |
| Subject: |
Value |
| Species: |
Asian Rhino Species |
 |
|
India - Urine. Rhinoceros urine has long been considered in India to have medicinal properties, and as late as 1984 when the rhinoceros translocation programme in Dudhwa was being carried out, it was recorded that villagers in Dudhwa started asking for rhinoceros urine - a commodity that they would not have had access to for more than 100 years. From 1977-78, the Guwahati Zoo in Assam collected 240 bottles of rhinoceros urine, each bottle containing 750 ml, and sold for six rupees (US$0.75), thereby earning- a revenue of Rs. 1440 (US$ 177)
Zoo Prices for Rhino urine in India
1975 Calcutta Rs. 1.80 per litre legal
1976 Calcutta Rs. 3.20 per litre legal
1976 Bombay Rs. 67 per litre legal
1980 Calcutta Rs. 3.50 per litre legal
1980 Delhi Rs. 24.50 per litre illegal
1980 Guwahati Rs. 6.50 per litre legal
1980 Bombay Free on demand legal
End
|
|
|
File available
details
Original text on this topic: