Christine Animal Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 A rhino horn has been stolen from the Musée Africain at l'Ile d'Aix, the fourth of similar recent thefts in France.http://www.charentelibre.fr/2011/07/27/une-corne-de-rhinoceros-volee-a-l-ile-d-aix,1047568.php And in South Africa armed soldiers are trying to defend the rhinos against poachers.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/27/well-equipped-rhino-poachers-elude-south-african-t/"Since more than 140 troops were deployed in April, the number of rhinos killed in Kruger has dropped from 40 in March and 30 in April to 15 in May and just two in June. Fifteen alleged poachers also have been killed this year, and nine suspects wounded in gunfights.The hacked-off horns are destined to be smuggled to China and Vietnam, where traditional medicine practitioners grind them up for sale as alleged cures for everything from fevers to arthritis and cancer.The horns have become so valuable that thieves this year started stealing rhino exhibits in European museums. The going rate is up to $44,000 a pound according to the London Metropolitan Police department." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 And thus did Man's greed exterminate the rhino and the elephant! The Earth did finish not with a bang but with a whimper.I should be so sad to see them go, having been chased by the 'uggers as a kid in Hulhluwe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Sad times for wild animals. About forty have starved to death in the Abidjan zoo.http://www.imageglobe.be/editorial/image/28473646 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 It is just so sad. You'd think that with China becoming more westernised that they would realise that there is no magic cure in a rhino horn, but superstitions never seem to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 If only Pfizers had marketed their product as powdered rhino horn in tablet form maybe some Rhino could have lived a little longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I thought exactly the same thing when the little blue Pfizer Risers hit the market.I assumed the market in rhino horn, tiger paws and such would collapse (pardon the pun) but it seems that there is so much snake oil about that many people put their trust in mumbo-jumbo rather than proven facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 "Robberies have been reported by museums in Portugal, France, Germany, Britain, the Czech Republic and as far north as Sweden. According to Scotland Yard, 20 thefts have taken place across Europe in just the past six months."http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Rhino-head-stolen-from-museum-20110731 Rhino horn is not medicine http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2011/03/29/busting-the-rhino-horn-medicine-myth-with-science/ Ingesting antique rhino horn could be deadly http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2011/07/31/rhino-horn-stolen-from-uk-museum-could-contain-arsenic/"Museum manager Peter Berridge explained that the exhibit was preserved with a “cocktail of chemicals”. We don’t know for certain what was used, but it may well have included large amounts of arsenic. The alleged powers of rhino horn are completely mythical and this one is likely to do much more harm than good to anyone who tries taking it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 [quote user="Pommier"] You'd think that with China becoming more westernised that they would realise that there is no magic cure in a rhino horn[/quote]I cannot imagine why. I know loads of apparently sane and westernised human beings who swear by all kinds of unproven, untested and unsubstantiated snake oil "cures". People will believe all kinds of things for which there is little evidence, no matter where they come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 That's true - such as expensive moisturiser that makes you look 10 years younger!As I said, superstitions never seem to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 With any luck, Pommier, these idiots will have already consumed this stuff, along with its arsenic sauce and now have severe tummy ache.[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I can't quite see why it's better to have a rhino horn in a museum than in some chinaman's stomach [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Especially if it's got some arsenic in it. That should cure about everything! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Made the little caporals hair grow.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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