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| William feeds a 5-year-old black rhino called Zawadi at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent on June 6 (AFP/POOL/File, Chris Jackson) |
Prince William has called people involved in the illegal trade of rhino horn "extremely ignorant, selfish and utterly wrong". Black rhinos are critically endangered in the wild because of the soaring price of rhino horn, which is worth more than gold due to demand in some countries, like China. Rhino horn is perceived to possess medicinal properties and in some Asian countries it is thought to act as a cure for cancer and as an aphrodisiac.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18501368
http://www.savetherhino.org/
"These guys are prehistoric looking. They are the most incredible things and do we really want to live in a world 20, 30 years down the line where there's no such thing as a 'big five' [elephants, lions, rhino, cape buffalo and leopard]? It'll be the big four, then possibly the big three and then where do we go after that?" ~ Prince William
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