 | Gough, D. 1999 Survival rests on a knife edge. Guardian, London 1999 April 6: 11, figs. 1-2 |
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| Rhino horns are used to make the handle of the Jambiya dagger traditionally carried by all Yemeni men. A dagger with a rhino horn handle is a prized accessory and daggers with antique rhino handles can fetch as much as $1 million. EB Martin: the demand remains high in Yemen and the trade contin... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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| Traditional medicine shops in the Khan al Khalili claim to sell rhino horn powder to Egyptians. They consume it with milk to cure blood poisoning and snakebites, as in Sudan. The shop assistants correctly did not mention the use of rhino horn as an aphrodisiac, but instead named crocodile penis... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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| Sudan, Prices for rhino horn. The asking price for the 450-gram horn seen in early 1997 was $1,960 per kilo. The prices quoted for the three horns seen in late 1997 (Table 1 ), and the two others offered but not seen, may imply some collusion among the traders at that time as their original pri... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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| In Omdurman in Sudan. some of the horns were crafted into items such as boxes, cups, walking stick handles and rings (lan Parker. pers. comm., 1997) and sold to Sudanese people.
Besides the three raw horns seen, two rhino horn by-products were offered for sale in Omdurman/ Khartoum in late 1997:... |
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| Thayer, S. 1998 America's second live rhinoceros. Bandwagon 1998 September-October: 30-31, fig. 1 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Andrew Davidson offered a young male and a subadult female to Marmaduke Burroughs in Calcutta for the price of 2000 rupees for the pair. |
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| Anonymous 1998 Directing the wildlife Traffic. Our Living World 1998 October: 10, figs. 1-2 |
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| Viagra as substitute. Media hupe over the past few months has speculated that Viagra, the new drug hailed as the 'Sexual holy Grail' could alleviate the demand for rhino horn as an aphrodisiac. Although this drug may well help impotent men, Traffic reports that it certainly will not help endang... |
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| Buissink, F. 1998 Een wankelende zwaargewicht. Panda 1998 Winter: 6-8 |
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| Mating can take well over an hour. That has given the rhino the name of being superpotent. For that reason, not only the horn but also the hide and the few hairs are given all kinds of magical powers. |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Illegale handel kent geen grenzen. Panda 1998 Winter: 9-11, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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| The trade routes of rhino horns to Yemen are many thousands of years old. The use of the horn for dagger handles is equally old. Formerly the right to carry a jambiya was restricted to men of high status, but now everybody is allowed. There is also more money than formerly. Due to rising oil p... |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Illegale handel kent geen grenzen. Panda 1998 Winter: 9-11, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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| There are two destinations for rhino products: the Middle East and Eastern asia. The horn is worth many thousands of dollars. Despite the price, there is a great demand. In Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates the people use a dagger with a handle made of rhino horn as status symbol. In C... |
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| Walt, P. van der 1998 Flack's remarkable rhino. Safari Times Africa 1 (2): 1, fig. 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Male shot by P.Flack in Loskop Dam, South Africa. He paid a Vat inclusive Rand 182,400 for the trophy. The previous highest proce had been R 105,000 paid for a female white rhino with a 623 mm long front horn. |
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