A 120-year-old stuffed rhinoceros was back on display Saturday minus its horn which was stolen during a nighttime robbery, possibly by an organized gang seeking to sell it on the Asian black market.
Museum authorities have warned that if the powdered horn is used as an aphrodisiac or other traditional medicine, it could have lethal consequences because it was preserved by the use of deadly arsenic and DDT.
Cape Town museum officials decided on Friday to reopen the mammal gallery including the white rhino, looking tatty and disheveled without its horn. A black rhino mount, which was damaged as thieves tried and failed to hack off its horns, was removed from …
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий