Rhino horn
distinctive characteristic of large horned rhino is on the nose. Rhino horn is used in traditional medicine in Asia (China and Vietnam), and used as jewelry (ie rolling dagger) in Yemen and Oman. Rhino horn has the composition similar fundamental human hair and nails, absolutely no medical value and has never been shown to be curative. However, due to traditional perceptions and rumor, rhino horn accidentally mistaken for possible panacea panaceas, leading to the frantic hunt rhino make Java completely extinct in Vietnam. Vietnam is also a consumer of illegal horn world's largest. All 5 species of rhino are no safe future: white rhino is probably the most endangered small, Java rhinos currently only a very small amount (approximately 60 individuals in 2002) and is one of two or three large mammal species are endangered in the world. The rhino protection campaign was launched in the late 1970s, but rhino populations continued serious decline. The sale of organs is banned under the Rhinos CITES agreements, but poaching remains the most dangerous threat to all rhinoceros species
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