Scientists have developed a technique for making fake rhino horn, which they hope will undermine the illegal market in the genuine article. Researchers at the University of Oxford and Fudan University in China have found a way of making fake rhino horn cheaply from horse hair.
This joint UK and Chinese project is the latest attempt to find a way of making artificial horn that is realistic enough to be convincing, with the aim of flooding the market with fakes and undermining the financial incentives for poachers and smugglers.
We sincerely hope that this development will help in saving the rhinos.
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