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| Title: |
African and Asian rhino products for sale in Bangkok |
| Author(s): |
Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. |
| Year published: |
1991 |
| Journal: |
Pachyderm |
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14 |
| Pages: |
39-41, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Medicines in Bangkok. The main trader we interviewed said that he buys from Thai dealers, who come to sell Sumatran rhino products, whenever he can but sometimes obtains products directly from poachers. The last occasion for this was in 1988 when he travelled deep into the forest of Kanchanabur... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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| 1980-1984, average import 1500 kg per year |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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| 1970-1979, average import 3000 kg per year |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Thailand - penis. Similarly, he had not had a chance to buy recently any new rhino penises, but said he would willingly pay up to US$ 400 for one. If it is fresh, he first dries it out and then sells it by weight. A complete penis weighs about 150 grammes when dry. In the last two years, he h... |
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| Thailand continues to display a greater variety of rhino products on retail sale in its capital city, Bangkok, than are to he found any where else in the world. These products are from both the African and Asian rhino species. There is an urgent need to stop this trade once and for all.
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African and Asian rhino products for sale in Bangkok
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