I have a new design for my name card.

Wild rhinos are endangered because of poaching, for the horn that is used for Chinese medicine. “The demand in the Oriental market relates to poaching.” a guide in South Africa told me, who has been fighting against it and for the conservation of the species. In National Geographic, and this year’s (2012) World Press Photo series, there are photos of a rhino with it’s horn literally ripped off, (I can’t think of a word for such a cruel scene) cut by a chainsaw and amazingly still alive. Usually they are killed and I don’t think this one lived long afterwards, either. Those scenes really makes my heart ache. “They believe that the wild rhinos are better and they also believe that the base part of the horn is most efficient.” said the same guide. There should be scientific validation for the evidence of how much this Chinese medicine works, but it is also said that there are replacements for the horn of the rhinos and I believe it is not worth of killing that creature.