In the swamps of ulu Bernam, on the Perak-Selangor border, Jim Hislop found prints of an adult rhino and took plaster casts.
The man showed him tracks in rough hill country along the Kedah border. Prints were those of a young rhino.
A rhino was seen by members of a mountain climbing party in the Larut district of Perak.
Traces of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis were reported from the national park, towards the Gunong Padang plateau in 1940. Jim Hislop was able to confirm during this expedition to Gunong Padang that rhino still live in the eastern end of the national park.
1965, Malaya, $6 a pound
1935, Malaya, small horn fetched about ? 100
Horn is used as aphrodisiac
1965, Malaya, bone $3 a pound
Rhino parts are mixed with herbs to make medicine. Horn is used as aphrodisiac and as antidote against poisons.
1965, Malaya, fresh blood sells at $30 a pound, dried blood a little less
1960, Burma, rhino horn sold at US$200 per inch, a 7 inch horn sold at $1600
