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Lategan, P., 1994. The role of the Endangered Species Protection Unit (ESPU) of the South African Police in combating rhinoceros poaching and the smuggling of rhino horn: pp. 4-6
 | 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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Asia - East Asia - China |
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Value - Related to Horn |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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The retail price of rhino horn in Taipei, Republic of China, has nearly quadrupled over the past decade. The following table illustrates the investment value of rhino horn in Taiwan:
1979 R 4 000 per kilogram [in South African Rand]
1985 R 4 000 per kilogram
1988 R11 650 per kilogram
1992 R21 525 per kilogram
During visits to Taipei in Taiwan and Beijing and Guangzhou in the People's Republic of China, investigators of the Endangered Species Protection Unit (ESPU) found the wholesale price of African or water horn to average R 8 000,00 per kg. In South Africa the black-market price is between R 2 500,00 and R 8 000,00 per kg.
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