”highly valuable rhinoceros horn is simply made up of keratin, the same substance as human fingernails.”
“Large mammals are killed for their body parts and are used for medicine in Asia.”
“Elephants experienced a severe population decline in the late 1980s due to illegal killing (poaching) for their ivory tusks”(US Fish and Wildlife Service)
“The threat of extinction caused by poaching is real, and the losses are staggering. During the 1970s and 1980s, ivory poachers killed 93 percent of the elephants in Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park.”
“Birds, monkeys, and other animals are captured and sold as pets; predators that prey on livestock are killed for obeying their natural instincts; horned or antlered species are collected