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In Chinese medicine,
在中醫里
it's believed that rhino horn can reduce fever
犀牛角能減緩發熱癥狀
and some Vietnamese sell it as a cure for everything,
一些越南人則把它當做萬能藥在賣
from cancer to hangovers.
包治癌癥或宿醉
It's made of keratin,
犀牛角由角蛋白構成
the same substance as hair and nail,
與頭發 指甲的成分一致
and it has no clinically proven medicinal value.
尚未有臨床實驗能證明此物的藥用價值
But it has made every black rhino in Africa a target.
但那已使得非洲的黑犀牛成為偷獵目標
They've all been killed in Uganda and Rwanda,
烏干達和盧旺達的黑犀牛都被殺光了
and there are only around 600 left here in Kenya.
在肯尼亞也只有約600頭幸存
But these are not poachers.
但這些人不是偷獵者
These are protectors.
他們是保護者
And that protection is overseen
那種保護是在犀牛專家
by rhino expert Dr Matthew Mutinda,
馬修·穆廷達醫生的監管之下進行的
one of the Kenya Wildlife Services' top vets.
他是肯尼亞野生動物服務部門的最優秀獸醫之一
