Title: One Example of Many
Keywords: quackery
Caption: A century ago, there were hundreds of thousands of black rhinos in the world.
Caption: But now, fewer than 4,000 remain...
Caption ...driven to the brink of extinction by the destruction of their habitat, and indiscriminate poachers.
Caption: Their poor eyesight served them well enough in the days of spears and arrows...
Caption: ...But man's weapons have improved, and the rhino's defenses have not.
Caption: Highly valued by practitioners of traditional medicine in Asia, ground rhino horn is used to treat a number of ailments...
Caption: ...though modern science has proved it completely ineffective.
Woo: Who cares if it's just placebo? What harm is there in letting them have their beliefs?
[Mother and calf lay dead and dehorned, corpses rotting under the African sun.]
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