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Reference Base  Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horne... |
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Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India |
| Author(s): |
Menon, V. |
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1995 |
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Delhi, Traffic India |
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pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Ecology - Population
Indian Rhino
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| Population structure in Jaldapara, West Bengal, India
Adult Younger animals Total
1975 7/7/4 5 23
1978 5/7/4 3 19
1980 5/7/6 4 22
1988 9/11 4 24
1989 9/13 ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| During this study, several fakes were seen and photographed, mainly materials seized by law enforcement agencies. Baidya (1982) documents the manufacture of a rhinoceros horn from a cattle horn (either from domestic cow or Water Buffalo). He reports that a domestic cattle horn is mounted on a c... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Asian Rhino Species
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| India. The horn was also ground up into a powder and mixed with drinking potions for use as an aphrodisiac.
Although African rhinoceros hom is documented to have been used as an aphrodisiac in Gujarat (Martin, 1979), Indian rhinoceros hom quickly fell out of use owing to the fact that it quick... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value
Indian Rhino
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| India. reported that 2-3 rhinoceroses were captured and sold each year from Kaziranga National Park during the 1970s. He quoted the price for an Indian rhinoceros as about Rs 100 000 (US$12 345) each, for an Indian zoo. Price for a foreign zoo was about Rs. 200.000 ($ 24.690). |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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| From India. Moreover, in Singapore in 1985, a survey found that all respondents named India as the origin of rhinoceros horn in the medicinal trade, while only four out of seven even spoke of Africa. |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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| From India. Most of the Indian horn found its way, as far back as the early 1970s, to Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea. Later studies showed that demand for Asian horn in Taiwan and South Korea continued, 31% of shops selling rhinoceros horn in Taipei and Kaohsiung identifying their horn as Asi... |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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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,... |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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| Trade routes from India. There have been some significant changes. A tightening up of security and a greater understanding of urgency among law enforcement officers has resulted in the dealer becoming very wary. Also, Calcutta, having become a known trade centre, has begun to be circumvented ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| India. Another use of rhinoceros horn is its purported use by militants in preparing fake currency notes. This fact was repeatedly heard during this study from a large number of people in Assam but could not be verified in the field, obviously so because of the nature of use. According to some... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
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| India. In eastern India, small flakes of rhinoceros horn are worn in rings both by men and women. These flakes vary in colour from a dark yellow to a deep amber and after use may turn brownish. They are normally worn by Assamese, although their use in Bengal has also been historically recorded... |
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