Rhino Horn Consumers, Who are they?
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Demand for rhino horn as a luxury purchase by upper-middle class citizens in Viet Nam, including professional businessmen, celebrities and Government officials, has been identified as the strongest driver of the current rhino poaching crisis. More than 500 rhinos have been killed in South Africa alone within the first half of 2013. A consumer research study, conducted in 2013, surveyed 720 individuals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and discovered that rhino horn users value this item because of its significance from a social point of view.
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Radioactive rhino horns to deter poachers
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New Study Profiles Rhino Horn Buyers
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Rhino Ranching: Practical Conservation, by Strata Policy
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Will legal international rhino horn trade save wild rhino populations? - ScienceDirect
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Rhino poaching decreases as South Africa tackles threat
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All Vietnam Airlines Passengers Must Now Watch a Video About Rhino Horn
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Scientists create horse hair horn in bid to save rhino