When the EIA set off the controversy with its radical action, the Council of Agriculture promptly announced that the use of rhinoceros horns and related products would be completely banned rather than allowed on the basis of a prior application, as previously.
也因此，當環境調查組織以激進的手段，掀起犀角事件之後，農委會即刻宣佈，犀角及其相關產品，由過去的管制使用（必須向農委會申請許可），進而為完全禁止使用。