Mostly because some groups believe that by consuming the rhinos horn in some form or another, that it will keep their pecker hard. Sort of like viagra.
Because it's believed that the horn has aphrodisiac powers in some parts of the world, and due to this, there is a huge black market for rhino horn. The animals are killed only for the horn, and not for any other reason. And sadly, there are at least two species of rhino that have already become extinct in the wild, due to illegal poaching. Most of the world's elephants are also under threat from this, but in their case, it's the illegal ivory trade that puts them at risk. Elephant husks command hundreds of thousands of dollars in China, which is the world's biggest importer and consumer of illegal ivory.
Money. Very impoverished people can make $20,000 for a rhino horn. Crops are failing, family might starve, but then you've got these Chinese people willing to give thousands of dollars if you just kill one animal.
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Payback for Moors invading,enslaving, raping and terrorizing white people
Mostly because some groups believe that by consuming the rhinos horn in some form or another, that it will keep their pecker hard. Sort of like viagra.
Because it's believed that the horn has aphrodisiac powers in some parts of the world, and due to this, there is a huge black market for rhino horn. The animals are killed only for the horn, and not for any other reason. And sadly, there are at least two species of rhino that have already become extinct in the wild, due to illegal poaching. Most of the world's elephants are also under threat from this, but in their case, it's the illegal ivory trade that puts them at risk. Elephant husks command hundreds of thousands of dollars in China, which is the world's biggest importer and consumer of illegal ivory.
Money. Very impoverished people can make $20,000 for a rhino horn. Crops are failing, family might starve, but then you've got these Chinese people willing to give thousands of dollars if you just kill one animal.
Their horns are an aphrodisiac.
There's a huge demand for rhino horn in Asian countries, particularly China and Vietnam where rhino horn is worth more than it's weight in gold.
I heard that Hillary is blaming the hunting on Russians
money and beliefs/religion. Pretty much the same reasons that we have done anything.
Coloreds think their horn has penis power. Go figure.
heartbreaking isn't it?