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Menon, 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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On 17 September 1993, Ms. Deiky Wangchuk, the aunt of the present king of Bhutan, Jiame Wangchuk, was held on entry to Taiwan with a consignment of nine bear gall bladders and 22 rhinoceros horns worth NT$20 million (US$769 000), which upon interrogation were indicated to be of Manas origin (Loh, pers.comm., 1993). All the horns had been collected at a bottling plant owned by the royal family in Bhutan and from there conveyed on to Ms. Wangchuk. The King of Bhutan dissassociated himself with such illegal activities and Ms Wangchuk was held in a Taiwanese prison until she was bailed out and returned to Bhutan.
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