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| November 21, 2009 | Rhino horn has become costlier than gold! | | London: The cost of rhino horn, which has medicinal value, has left gold prices behind for the first time in ten years, now standing at 36,300 pounds a kilo, while gold is 24,600 pounds in the markets of South Asia.
An average horn weighs 7 kg. Killing of Rhinos has also peaked to a new high in
15 years. Two years ago 13 rhinos were killed in South Africa compared to 84 this
year. Zimbabwe, India and Nepal have also witnessed a rise in rhino poaching.
A Vietnamese minister's claim that powdered horn could help cancer patients has
only increased its demand further. "This latest onslaught shows that we'll never
be able to declare rhinos safe," the Sun quoted expert Mark Cawardine, as saying. | |
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