Brief Summary
The video explores the illegal trade of endangered animal parts in Nepal, revealing the massive scale of the problem and its devastating impact on wildlife. It highlights the role of ignorance and deeply rooted beliefs in driving the demand for these products, particularly rhino horn, and showcases the efforts of government agents to combat this illicit trade. The journey through warehouses filled with seized contraband and open-air pens containing remains of slaughtered animals exposes the brutal reality of wildlife crime and its emotional toll.
- The illegal trade of endangered animal parts is a multi-billion dollar industry, rivaling narcotics and illegal firearms.
- Government agents in Nepal warehouse seized contraband, including hides, skulls, and horns, worth millions of dollars.
- The demand for rhino horn, driven by unfounded beliefs in its medicinal properties, fuels the slaughter of these animals.
The presenter is taken by Sabita to witness the scale of the illegal trade of endangered animal parts. They are going to a warehouse outside of Chitwan where seized contraband is stored under armed guard. Cameras are rarely allowed inside.
The presenter is taken to a locked room filled with seized animal parts, including leopard hides, deer skulls, forehorn antelope skulls, royal Bengal tiger remains, black bear parts, and rhino hooves. The estimated value of these items on the black market is millions of dollars. Another room contains even more stock, including Tibetan antelope wool, known as shatush, which is obtained by killing the antelopes. A single shatush shawl can sell for over $6,000. Smugglers of endangered animal parts face up to 15 years in prison if caught. The presenter examines a rhino skin, noting its thickness and armor-like quality.
The presenter visits an open-air pen containing the remains of slaughtered animals, describing it as a jarring and sickening experience. Even baby animals are not spared. The bones and pelts still have flesh on them, and the smell of rot is overwhelming.
The greatest threat to conservation is people's ignorance and the deeply rooted belief that rhino horn has medicinal properties, such as curing cancer and rheumatism. This belief drives the demand for rhino horn, leading to the destruction of entire animals for a small part. The presenter expresses the emotional impact of witnessing such wanton destruction.
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Full transcript of “가죽과 뼈, 뿔을 위해 희생되는 멸종 위기 동물들 | 코뿔소를 찾아서”. Click a timestamp to open the video at that moment. Need another video? Use the YouTube transcript generator.
0:00 sabita wants to show me the enormity of what we're really up against i agree under one condition she lets me drive like a band of gypsies we go down the highway we're the best of friends she tells me that estimated sales and endangered animal parts are in the billions just behind narcotics and illegal firearms i had no idea so when government agents catch a crook and seize the contraband they warehouse it under armed guard outside of chitwan we are going to take a look at this cameras are rarely allowed inside
0:48 so we are at decolle museum [Music] hi hi hi this is madame madoff hi i'm billy and then i'm leopard tamar lieutenant nice to meet you let's go where are we uh where are we going in here they take me to this locked room i'm not sure what i'm gonna see inside [Applause] holy sh ones incredible leopard hides skulls of deer and endangered forehorn antelope royal bengal tigers yes that black bear scandalous rhino hoof
1:33 here how many are in here the number okay due to the security problem we can't disclose all these things how much money would all of these you know fetch on the black market and it's millions of dollars unbelievable millions of dollars in here this is the rhino skull on the black market nearly every part of the animal has value we have another room also and there's a too much stock you can see tibetan antelope wool yes this very fine wool is called shatush the antelopes have to be killed in order to get the delicate wool from their underbelly a single shawl can sell for upwards of six thousand dollars
2:21 sad madoff tells me the government is doing its best to fight back anyone caught smuggling endangered animal parts can be sentenced up to 15 years in prison this is the i know skin this is like an armored plate is right they say that that skin is unbelievable it's so thick i mean it's like a rock you can't even bend it to cauli is like a genocide museum for endangered wildlife this open-air pen contains the worst kind of horror show
3:07 without question that is the most jarring and gut-wrenching and sickening place i've had to visit in beautiful nepal a baby yes not even the smallest are spared these bones and pelts still have flesh on them the smell of rot hangs heavy in the air [Music] the greatest threat in the war for conservation is people's ignorance oh my god the belief that rhino horn cures all kinds of things like cancer and rheumatism you know is very deep rooted deep rooted they believe it with a hundred percent of themselves
3:52 so that is a huge huge problem and yet nothing backs up the fact that it has any effect on anything they'll kill the whole thing they'll destroy the whole giant beast one little it just hits you so hard in the heart i mean this kind of wanton human destruction is is just awful it's it when you see it and if you smell it uh believe me
4:38 you won't be the same [Music]
