Wildlife officials have observed a recent surge in trafficking of infant gorillas. They are also occasionally used for meat or medicine. Illegal ivory can fetch a high price on the black market and can make a quick profit if the products can be traded in volume. Ivory is carved into: jewlery, utensils, religious figurines, trinkets. The demand for rhino horn is exceedingly high on the black market and is even valued more than gold. RHINO HORN is believed to treat: hangovers, ipotence, fever, cancer GREVY'S ZEBRA: APPROXIMATELY 2,000 REMAINĮndangered animals are slaughtered so that a single body part – like tusks, pelt, or bones – can be illegally sold for huge sums of money. But illegal poaching might destroy it forever.īLACK RHINO: POPULATION DOWN 97.6% SINCE 1960ĪFRICAN ELEPHANT: UP TO 35,000 KILLED LAST YEAR
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