[Buddha-l] Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine

[Jo]

Well, Buddhists, Daoists, and Confucianists never held back when it came to getting it up. Result—the end of the world's rhinos.
Joanna K.
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Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine 

Experts say Vietnam's surging demand is threatening to wipe out the world's remaining rhinoceros populations, which recovered from the brink of extinction after the 1970s thanks to conservation campaigns. Illegal killings in Africa hit the highest recorded level in 2011 and are expected to worsen this year. 
http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/society/111361947.shtml