http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/23/rhino-bodyguards-making-a-difference-in-nepal/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/23/rhino-bodyguards-making-a-difference-in-nepal/comment-page-1/#comment-62755 TimelessEarth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:53:22 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=4943#comment-62755 There are only about 60 Javan rhinos left in the world and the black rhinoceros is disappearing faster than any other mammal. Rhino horn is used in China as a drug, in the Middle East horns are carved to make dagger handles. Some conservationists cut off rhinos' horns to make the animals worthless to poachers. There are only about 60 Javan rhinos left in the world and the black rhinoceros is disappearing faster than any other mammal. Rhino horn is used in China as a drug, in the Middle East horns are carved to make dagger handles. Some conservationists cut off rhinos’ horns to make the animals worthless to poachers.

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