 | Martin, E.B. 1993 Rhino poaching in Namibia from 1980 to 1990 and the illegal trade in the horn. Pachyderm 17: 39-51, figs. 1-5, tables 1-5 |
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| Beginning in October 1988, government officials from Botswana, Namibia and especially South Africa started to produce revealing results. In October, the Botswana Customs and Excise examined a false compartment in a lorry at the Kazungula Ferry at Botswana's border with Zambia. This lorry was de... |
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| After the horns leave Namibia, almost all of them are sent to traders in South Africa, although small quantities are transported directly to Taiwan (Republic of China) and perhaps Hong Kong. South Africa is not only an entrepot for horns from Namibia, but also from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Moza... |
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| Although traders attempted to export most of these horns from southern Africa to Taiwan, a few were smuggled into Hong Kong. It was, however, becoming increasingly difficult to smuggle rhino horn from South Africa into Asian countries. Therefore, in 1990, traders In Taiwan started to organize s... |
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| Up to late 1987, most of the horns taken from poached rhinos in eastern Africa, over 90% originating in Tanzania, were sent to Burundi from where they were exported to Arabia, especially Dubai. From there, these horns were sent either to Sanaa in Yemen, or to eastern Asia (which will be describe... |
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| But from late 1987, with the closure of Burundi for wildlife trade, this horn went in the reverse direction: from Lusaka to destinations in South Africa. Throughout 1988, considerable quantities of rhino horn were exported by Taiwanese, South Africans and some other nationals to Taiwan by ship a... |
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| Unfortunately, one cannot state the same for China where pharmaceutical factories are manufacturing more medicines containing rhino horn than in any other country. At the end of 1989, the first official stock-take of rhino horn in China was carried out. Not all factories and import/export corpo... |
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| Kumar, S. 1993 Taiwan accuses princess of smuggling rhino horn. New Scientist 140, 1993 October 16: 11 |
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| Police in Taiwan have arested a Bhutanese princess at Chiang Kai-shek Intern. Airport at Taipei for allegedly trying to smuggle 22 Asian rhino horns into the country. Dekiy Wang-chuck has been charged with violating Taiwan's conservation laws. Wang-chuck admitted that she expected to sell the 1... |
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| In February 1990, I saw eight horns for sale in Vientiane's jewellery and antique shops. I was told that most horns come from Laotian animals and that some pieces were quite old. The average retail price per kilo was $16,594. Almost all the buyers of rhino products in Vientiane are Thai busines... |
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| But from late 1987, with the closure of Burundi for wildlife trade, this horn went in the reverse direction: from Lusaka to destinations in South Africa. Throughout 1988, considerable quantities of rhino horn were exported by Taiwanese, South Africans and some other nationals to Taiwan by ship a... |
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| On the other hand, Taiwan, which was the largest importer of rhino horn in the late 1980s, is now moving ahead with a government plan to shut down the internal sales of rhino products. In June 1989, new legislation was introduced which made it compulsory to register all protected species and the... |
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