Thomas Aiken got a horn of a different kind at the 2012 Volvo Golf Champions event at the Links at Fancourt, by wearing a rhino horn on his hat. The South African is trying to raise awareness of rhino hunting in his country which is threatening to drive the adorable animals into extinction.
Rhino’s apparently have very big horns which are supposedly worth a million dollars and have loads of handy uses. The horns have been prized for centuries for their beautiful translucent colour when carved, and their fake medicinal properties. There’s also a pretty good market for rhino horn used in dagger handles in Yemen.
Thomas Aiken however would prefer to see rhinos with their horns still attached. “I’m appealing to interior designers, witchdoctors and Yemen warriors to lay off the Rhino horns. I want Yemeni warriors to use other stuff like plastic and wood” Aiken said yesterday. “Have you ever tried dagger handles made out of plastic, they are awesome!”
Meanwhile fellow countryman Charl Schwartzel, a keen collector of extremely heavy grey animals was unavailable for comment yesterday as he out hunting.
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