Five years ago, CITES took the unprecedented step of demanding that every country destroy any and all stocks of rhino horns within its borders. It hoped in that way to prevent the people of the world from using any rhino-related products and thereby help maintain the continuation of the species.
五年前，華盛頓公約組織遂採取在動物保育上，史無前例的作法，要求各國銷毀國內所有犀角存量，希望能因此完全禁止世人使用犀牛相關產品，以維持犀牛族群的延續。