In South Africa, the Black Rhino is critically endangered and the White Rhino is near threatened. This is largely due to the popular myth in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese culture tied around the belief that Rhino horn powder is powerful medicine which helps to treat everything from cancer to gout. This is FALSE. The belief was followed up by researches at the Chinese University in Hong Kong and all their research reported negative results. Rhino horns have no proven benefits to humans and yet they are killed because of this.
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