Rhino poaching

South Africa has the largest population of rhino’s in Africa. In large parts of Africa rhino’s are extinct already. The reason for this is poaching. In Asian countries, especially China and Vietnam, people believe that the horn of the rhino has medicinal value and they are willing to pay a lot for that. In Yemen they want the horn to use as the handle of their ritual dagger. Until a few years back South Africa managed to protect its rhino population very well