Rhino horns have healing effects not as rumored

The workshop is CITES (the representative body for the Government of Vietnam implement rights and obligations with respect to the Convention on the international trade in wildlife, endangered wild plants) and the Humane Society International (animal conservation organization in the world), in collaboration with Hanoi's women organization.

From the beginning of the year, there were more than 746 individuals dead Rhino under the hand of the poaching in South Africa, where a large rhinoceros populations in the world. Literally every day there are more than 2 individuals Rhino was killed for horns. Many of the horns have been brought to Asia, including Vietnam.

Recurrence Rhino poaching is ravaging wild rhinoceros populations in Asia and Africa do not have signs of decline. Moreover, in the past few years, hundreds of the Horn of a rhinoceros was hunted legally by Vietnam, Thailand and China in the form of the specimen Hunter took advantage of the loose control of the South African authorities for hunting specimens are to be brought into the market illegally are strong development in Asia.

South Africa has spent many millions of dollars every year to terminate unauthorized hunting accident. However, poaching still occurs due to strong demand in Asia and rhino horns price increase again. Conservationists warned that in southern Africa both black and white rhino can naturally be extinct before the year 2026.

In addition to South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe and India also reported suffering from a large number of poaching Rhino. Within three years, both in Mozambique and Vietnam are witnessing the extinction of rhinoceros populations.

Poaching of rhinoceros horns. Photo: Informafrica.com

The spin on the healing of rhino horn makes some people believe that this is a type of drug reduces fever, cure disease encyclopedia, some people used to alcohol. Therefore, many people use rhino horn as gifts, or instance level.

However, at the workshop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen-Dean of the Institute of medicinal medicinal resources said: "the fact does not yet have scientific studies published on the effect of the rhino horns in an Orthodox way, thus should not use rhino horn for the purpose of healing".

Ms. Huyen adds: "Vietnam has rich medicinal resources, diversity, with more than 4000 species of medicinal plants. We have implemented the 10 census province, city with many objects and synthesis are 46 drug crops have effects on health care is good for people to replace the rhino horn, bear bile ... in order to minimize the demand for rhino horns, which contributes to the conservation of this species so rare ".=