SAY 'NO' TO THE HORN OF RHINOS

Rhino horn poaching threatens the whole species according to a recent article in New Scientist which can be accessed below

Rhino horn is, in fact, principally Keratin which is a key component of toenails, fingernails and human hair. Traditionally used in Chinese/ Asian medicine as a cure for fevers or convulsions, its effectiveness is not supported by evidence-based medical research and it has now been removed from the Chinese Medicine Pharmacopeia.

So here’s a short rhyme which makes that point.  If an ecologically minded pop group took the words, gave them a strong beat and a catchy tune and posted it on the web, who knows, it could prove a way of helping to reduce the market… then, of course, someone might like to translate it for the Chinese pop world! As I’ve no links into pop culture, if any reader who has would pass it on or tweet it, that would be great.

SAY 'NO' TO THE HORN OF RHINOS

for you might as well chew your toenails

or swallow your hair as a cure

than pay through the nose

for a black-market dose

of  rhino-horn  - pointless for sure.

The New Scientist article can be accessed HERE

This image horrendously makes the point: it comes from the Pro Track Anti-poaching Unit, South Africa via 'Wildlife Extra'.