At least 188 rhinos were killed in South Africa during the first quarter of 2013 Rhinos have been slaughtered to near extinction to fuel the insatiable demand for rhino horn products in China - and more recently Vietnam - all based on myths about the alleged medicinal properties of rhino horn. Besides the traditional uses of rhino horn, wildlife traffickers are promoting "non-traditional" uses, such as a cure for hangovers and a treatment for cancer. The newly wealthy in Vietnam also seek rhino horn to display as a status symbol In Addition Lions are also targeted for unfounded medicinal and traditional use in these countries. The black market price of rhino horn is an estimated $65 000/kg (about R655 000/kg).Obviously enriching the criminals involved in such trade. The international market value of lion bones range between $ 300 and $ 500 for every kilogram. The bones are used in China for traditional Chinese medicines. Lion bones are being used as substitutes for tiger bone potions, finds Empower Foundation, a Mumbai based NGO working on Sanjay Gandhi National Park's man-animal conflict. These monsters killing, selling and using these products should be named and shamed or better still they should be hunted down and released in the wild with the Lions and Rhinos.
