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File AvailableDammerman, K.W. 1929 Preservation of wild life and nature reserves in the Netherlands Indies. Proceedings of the 4th Pacific Science Congress, Java 1929: 1-91, pls. 1-20
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Asian Rhino Species
1929, Java, between 200 and 400 guilders per kg
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File AvailableDammerman, K.W. 1929 Preservation of wild life and nature reserves in the Netherlands Indies. Proceedings of the 4th Pacific Science Congress, Java 1929: 1-91, pls. 1-20
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
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Asian Rhino Species
Horns are highly valued by the Chinese and are used for a secret medicine.
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File AvailableGimlette, J.D. 1929 Malay poisons and charm cures. London, J. and A. Churchill, pp. i-xiv, 1-301
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Asian Rhino Species
Rhinoceros horn is used against poisoning with 'rengut', in a mixture together with bones of a whale, solid casque of a rare hornbill, a sea-porcupine and stag's water, mixed in water.
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File AvailableUganda Game Department 1928 Uganda protectorate Extracts from the Annual report of the Game Department for the year ended 31st December, 1926. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 8: 83-87
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
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African Rhino Species
1926, Uganda, Rhino horn sold at Shs. 17/60 per lb. The value soared at the end of the year, Mombasa prices having reached Shs 36/- per lb.
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File AvailableRitchie, A.T.A. 1928 Kenya Colony Extracts from Game Department Annual Report 1926. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 8: 67-74
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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African Rhino Species
1928, Central African Rep., 800 francs per kilogram horn.
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File AvailableRitchie, A.T.A. 1928 Kenya Colony Extracts from Game Department Annual Report 1926. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 8: 67-74
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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African Rhino Species
1928, Kenya, Risen from Shs 12 a couple of years ago to Shs 36 now
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Coomans de Ruiter, L. 1928 Wildreservaten in Zuid-Sumatra en in de Minahasa. Mededelingen van de Nederlandse Commissie voor Internationale Natuurbescherming 4: 32-39
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Asian Rhino Species
1928, Sumatra, one horn f 1200-1600
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File AvailableHaywood, C.W. 1927 To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous journey of exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. 1-275
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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African Rhino Species
At one time the Meru used to trap rhino in gamepits and sell the horns to Swahili traders, apparently for making some sort of medicine;
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
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Asian Rhino Species
There is demand for their flesh, and on the part of the Chinese, particularly for their horns, which Mr Douglas burden tells me are also in demand in French Indo-China.
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
There is demand for their flesh, and on the part of the Chinese, particularly for their horns, which Mr Douglas burden tells me are also in demand in French Indo-China.
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