European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday january 25. 19b6 poachers threaten Rhino population United press International machine gun carrying poachers in search of Black Rhinoceros Hof is that fetch up to sl.900 each Are killing Alt the beasts before he animate have a Chance to mate causing a Sharp drop in Herd populations and endangering the species. Leading conservationists say Well organized poacher gangs have virtually wiped out Rhino populations in Sudan. Centra african Republic. Chad Ethiopia we Uganda. Despite those warnings devastation of the world s Black Rhino population has continued unabated. In the last five years the number of rhinos has Doln died from 15,00010 7,000. The 3,5-Lon animal is being slaughtered Lor ils6 to unit Horn which fetches up to $1,900 on the world Market $320 per Pound according to Esmond Bradley Martin vice chairman of the african elephant and Rhino specialist group a Nairobi conservation group. The Rhino Horn primarily is used to make ornamental Dagger handles in the Middle East especially North Yemen. Evert though North Yemen formally banned imports of Rhino Horn in 1983, illegal Trade thrives. Bradley Mariin says a naw Rhino Horn Dagger Sells there Lor $b75. Antique ones can sea for As much As 521,000. In Asia the Horn is used in Ever reducing traditional medicines. Bradley Martin said ii is believed the Horn is an aphrodisiac. The High Price end relatively Low risk makes poaching a Prol Tawe business. Antl poaching units Are Loo understated and under equipped to Cope. Poacher armed with automatic weapons not Only Slaughter Black rhinos but Atso Are causing the animals to alter their Breeding patterns. As their numbers decline the anal Lei herds fragment leaving Individuate to wander and Graze for Good on their own. Fewer of these solitary rhinos Are Likely to meal and  said Lucy Vigne a kenyan wildlife writer and expert most rhinos now exist in isolated populations of less than so and these populations continue to decline and break  despite the Slaughter warnings that Africa s Black rhinos will go the Way of the extinct Dodo Are finally bringing Tesu is. Kenya where the Rhino pop Lailon has declined from 1,500 in 19so to in estimated 550 in 19s5, has just declared the Rhino a protected species As Par of a special save the Rhino Campaign. In 1985 the government supported by donations from the private sector opened the first of four planned Rhino sanctuaries. One Lake Nauru Park 100 mites North of Nairobi will House 40 relocated Black rhinos in a 33-Square-mlle protected area to encourage mating the Lour sanctuaries Are expected to Cost Teboul $1.8 Myton a lot of Money Pul against the shortcomings of social services like education and health Lor humans. Bui conservationists Call it a Long term investment to protect Kenya s tourist Industry which brings in an estimated $200 million in Orelyn Exchange per year. In terms of Tia current need for funds in All sectors of the Economy the project is ambitious said David san Dino director of government s wildlife conservation and management department. However it has been designed with the conviction thai the Lime Lor action is  neighbouring Tanzania which has lost an estimated 90 percent of its 3.000 rhinos since 1981. Joined Kenya Inho save the Rhino Campaign. The Campaign include Reward Money Lor information about poachers but Bradley Martin says she Best Way to save the Rhino is to eliminate Trade in Rhino horns. With that gone the poachers would go Loo. In july the world wildlife fund launched a Lour pronged Campaign to end demand for Rhino he Bradley Martin said its first priority is to persuade government that silly legally import Rhino horns to Stop. Those countries Are Singapore Softli Korea Macao and Brunei in August Taiwan banned the imports. The Campaign also will put pressure on countries with Rhino Horn import bans which Art not adequately enforced. In additon importers wholesalers. Traditional doctors and pharmacists in Asia will be urged to substitute Saiga Antelope Horn Tor Rhino Horn in the lever reducing medicines. 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