Thai customs find great party horns

bangkok - Thai Customs has 21 horns of the endangered rhino confiscated. Together weighed the discovery, the biggest in years, almost 50 kilos. The value is estimated at over 4.5 million. In Asia, the belief in the healing powers large. The plea would help against anything and everything, from fever to cancer.

The contraband was in suitcases that were sent to Bangkok by plane from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Two Thai women, who arrived independently from Vietnam and Cambodia came to pick up the luggage. During a routine check of the precious contents were discovered. The mistresses were arrested.

In the wild, an estimated 29 000 rhinos, 80 percent of them in Africa. were at the beginning of the 20th century, according to International Rhino Foundation, another half million. Animal welfare advocate the animals, which are now being killed by poachers to dispose under anesthesia part of their horns. This incidentally grow, like nails on itself again.