Dye and Poison Stop Rhino Poachers

[caption id="attachment_6985" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A conservationist is screwing a dye connector into a white rhino's horn using an ordinary wrench."] [/caption]What do gold, platinum and rhino horn have in common? They are among the most expensive materials in the world - with rhino horn being the leader of this group. In late 2011, according to National Geographic Magazine , its Vietnam street price was between $33 and $133 per gram. In South Africa, it currently costs around $65 per gram - this is three times as much as a whole South African white rhino. No wonder rhino horn poaching is continuously increasing, with 333 poached South African rhino in 2010, 448 in 2011 and a total of 668 in 2012. The South African government's latest statistics show that alone this year until March 15, 158 white rhinos have already been poached. [More]