rhino horn
Illegal wildlife contraband
Rhino horn is the pointed projection growing from a rhinoceros's snout, composed of compressed keratin rather than bone.
Prized in traditional Asian medicine and as a status symbol, rhino horn drives extensive poaching despite bans on its trade.
The horn has no proven medicinal value—it's chemically similar to human fingernails.
- keratinStructural hair protein
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- thickHaving great depth
- ivory tradeCommerce in elephant tusks
- black marketIllicit trading system
traditional medicine · Chinese medicine · endangered species · forensic science · aphrodisiac · dehorning · superstition · folk remedies · Yemen · biodiversity · genetic markers · wildlife trafficking · Vietnam · extinction risk · conservation efforts · luxury goods · tusk · status symbol
- hornsbugle, alphorn, alpenhorn, shofar, cornetto
- black marketblack market, illegal trade, smugglers, contraband, traffickers
- contrabandheroin, cocaine, narcotics, illegal drugs, illicit drugs
- Poachingpoacher, poaching, ivory, tusks, snare
- wildlife tradewildlife trafficking, illegal trade, poaching, ivory trade, shark fins
- aphrodisiacsoysters, ginseng, maca, chocolate, love potion
rhino hornivory
Tusk-derived material
elephant tusk · walrus tusk · narwhal tusk · bone · tortoiseshell
horn, unicorn, rhino, rhinoceros, cornet