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There’s a country that will pay $300,000 per rhino horn to cure cancer and hangovers, and it’s wiping out rhinos – Quartz
qz.com/82302/theres-a-country-that-will-pay-300000-per-rhino-horn-to-cure-cancer-and-hangovers-and-its-wiping-out-rhinos/, posted 2013 by peter in asia business environment health scam
If you guessed “China,” you were wrong. The answer is Vietnam. The country’s appetite for rhino horn is so great that it now fetches up to $100,000/kg, making it worth more than its weight in gold. (Horns average around 1-3 kg each, depending on the species.)