A helmeted hornbill head on sale for US$3,700 in Vientiane, Laos, in April 2016. Picture: Kanitha Krishnasamy, Traffic A helmeted hornbill head on sale for US$3,700 in Vientiane, Laos, in April 2016. Picture: Kanitha Krishnasamy, Traffic
A helmeted hornbill head on sale for US$3,700 in Vientiane, Laos, in April 2016. Picture: Kanitha Krishnasamy, Traffic
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Why Chinese demand for ‘red ivory’ dooms helmeted hornbill bird to extinction unless poaching can be stopped

Sought after on the black market for their casques, these strange-looking birds - native to Southeast Asia - are close to being wiped out to satisfy human greed

Topic |   Conservation
Sarah Lazarus
Sarah Lazarus

Updated: 8:48am, 15 Jan, 2018

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A helmeted hornbill head on sale for US$3,700 in Vientiane, Laos, in April 2016. Picture: Kanitha Krishnasamy, Traffic A helmeted hornbill head on sale for US$3,700 in Vientiane, Laos, in April 2016. Picture: Kanitha Krishnasamy, Traffic
A helmeted hornbill head on sale for US$3,700 in Vientiane, Laos, in April 2016. Picture: Kanitha Krishnasamy, Traffic
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