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Martin, E.B., 1993. Rhino poaching in Namibia from 1980 to 1990 and the illegal trade in the horn. Pachyderm 17: 39-51, figs. 1-5, tables 1-5
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Although traders attempted to export most of these horns from southern Africa to Taiwan, a few were smuggled into Hong Kong. It was, however, becoming increasingly difficult to smuggle rhino horn from South Africa into Asian countries. Therefore, in 1990, traders In Taiwan started to organize shipments directly from Zambia. In July 1990, Taiwanese customs officials confiscated nine rhino horns which probably came from Zambia. Later, in December 1990, 28 kilos of rhino horn were found by Taiwanese customs in a crate which had been also shipped from Zambia.
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