National Geographic: The Rhino War Page #2
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as the major exit point
So I believe a
very large proportion
must be going out from
this one country.
But we also know from
countries like Zimbabwe
and Tanzania
that a certain amount of rhino
horn has gone out in
diplomatic pouches.
international
illegal network, if you like,
involving corrupt
government officials,
corrupt businessmen,
and corrupt politicians,
and it's this sort of
triangular Mafia-like alliance
which has made it so powerful.
It's not only affected rhinos,
it's also affected elephants
and ivory-the two are very
closely linked.
Throughout history,
the port of Mombasa,
Rhino horn, leopard skins, gold,
ivory each dealer has
his specialty.
This pile of ivory,
taken from 500 elephants,
was hidden in falsely
labeled spice crates.
It was seized by
Kenyan customs officials
while awaiting shipment
to the Middle East.
The route is an old one,
for thousands of year,
Arab dhows have sailed these waters,
sometimes with valuable
contraband aboard.
In this way, the horn of
countless slaughtered
rhino have made
their way across the sea.
In recent years, the horn has
North Yemen.
It is here that one more
damaging twist to the
been added.
The oil boom of the early 70s
created lucrative work for
migrant Yemeni
laborers in Saudi Arabia
and other Gulf states.
For the first time, the workers
had ready cash to
spend on luxuries,
including the ultimate
symbol of virility,
or iambia.
The discovery of the new
threat to the rhino
was made by Kenyan-based
geographer Esmond
Bradley Martin.
in 1978 when
I was doing a general
sort of survey of the country
and discovered at that time
that perhaps 50% of all the
rhino horn in the world was
coming up here so Sanaa
for the making of
dagger handles.
The rhino horn handle,
once reserved for the
aristocracy,
is treasured far above
alternatives like cow or
water buffalo.
A fine antique may sell for
$15,000.
When polished, the horn takes
on an amber opalescence
greatly admired for
its subtle beauty.
Esmond Bradley Martin began an
international camping to stop
the rhino horn trade,
encouraging the use of
substitutes.
After some 10 years,
success.
International trade has slowed
in many eastern countries,
and since 1985,
has been enforcing a
ban on importation.
But it's not early enough.
Where there is profit,
men will trade.
The middleman, by transporting
the horn from the smuggler to
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