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I am not medicine"At least one rhino is killed every day due to the mistaken belief that rhino horn can cure diseases. The main market is now in Vietnam where there is a newly emerged belief that rhino horn cures cancer. Rhino horn is also used in other traditional Asian medicine to treat a variety of ailments including fever and various blood disorders. It is also used by wealthy Asian as a cure for hangovers." (via worldwildlife.org) |
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| This is one of the world's "newest" rhinos, Andatu. He was born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia on Saturday, June 23, 2012. image/caption info via rhinos.irg |
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