article_snippet.sent: Threatened: Sudan is the target of poachers looking to sell rhino horn which can make up to £47,000 a kilo .
article_snippet.sent: You probably wouldn’t find many takers, but it’s no more absurd than selling rhino horn for the same purposes and price.
article_snippet.sent: People will pay an absurd amount for an absurd product because of an absurd belief: that rhino horn is the most wonderful kind of medicine.
article_snippet.sent: Today, the wildlife business — including the sale of rhino horn — represents the third-largest illegal trade in the world, after arms and drugs.
article_snippet.sent: Prestige, status, vanity and belief in magic drive the trade in rhino horn.
article_snippet.sent: China new wealth has kick-started a craze for rhino horn.
article_snippet.sent: a non-governmental organisation has plenty of young volunteers and a good deal of young volunteers work is making rhino horn unthinkable for the next generation.
highlights_snippet.sent: Rhino horn fetching as much as £47,000 per kilo as demand grows .