Save The Rhinos Mug Collection from Smiling Wombat

Save the Rhinos - "The Horn Belongs on the Rhinoceros"

Rhinoceros are killed by poachers for their horns, which are bought and sold on the black market for high prices, leading to most living rhinoceros species being considered endangered. The contemporary market for rhino horn is overwhelmingly driven by China and Vietnam, where it is bought by wealthy consumers to use in traditional Chinese medicine, among other uses. Rhino horns are made of keratin, the same material as hair and fingernails, and there is no good evidence of any health benefits. A market also exists for rhino horn dagger handles in Yemen, which was the major source of demand for rhino horns in the 1970s and 1980s.

We here at "Smiling Wombat" believe these mugs show our strong support for stopping the poaching of beautiful animals such as the Rhinoceros. We believe there is no good reason to kill this animal. They deserve to live their lives as nature intended. Rhinos are herbivores eating grasses, leaves, and other vegetation

There are legends about rhinoceroses stamping out fires in Burma India, and Malaysia. The animal would come when a fire was lit in the forest and stamp it out. There are no recent confirmations of this phenomenon. This legend was depicted in the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy" (1980), which shows an African rhinoceros putting out two campfires.