![]() Only 9% of survey respondents in Vietnam now believe that rhino horn can cure cancer, a 73% decrease since our campaign began in 2014. ![]() ![]() WildAid works to raise awareness in Vietnam and China of the rhino poaching crisis, support the strengthening of enforcement efforts, and to reduce demand for rhino horn. Primarily composed of keratin, the same protein found in human hair and fingernails, rhino horn has no unique medicinal properties. South Africa lost 1,028 rhinos to poachers in 2017Īlthough rhino horn has been banned for 25 years as a traditional medicine in China, consumption has surged recently there and in Vietnam, where it is promoted as a purported cancer cure, general health tonic and hangover cure.
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