![]() ![]() To see an adder, for instance, is said to bring bad luck to a person, but to kill one is believed to bring good luck. These beliefs are so deep-rooted that people go to the extent of doing whatever possible to reverse the bad luck. There is no dearth of animal superstitions out there, but what when these superstitions turn ugly? Hundreds of animals are killed either because of the irrational fear that is associated with them, or because of some underlying belief, which is equally irrational … outright foolish at times. When we see a dog eating grass, or cat washing behind its ears, we believe it would bring rains. We carry a rabbit’s foot and badger’s tooth assuming it would bring us good luck. Strange are the ways of nature while that’s something we often hear, a closer look and one would realize that even more strange is our behavior. And the rhino, mind you, is just one of the 36 animals that are affected by the recent boom in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Over the last 40 years, the world rhino population has declined by a whopping 90 percent – courtesy, illegal rhino horn trade. ![]()
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