Rhino horn could prove fatal, thieves warned

A 120-year-old stuffed rhinoceros was back on display in South Africa today minus its horn which was stolen during a night-time robbery, possibly by an organised gang seeking to sell it on the Asian black market.

Museum authorities have warned that if the powdered horn is used as an aphrodisiac or other traditional medicine, it could have lethal consequences because it was preserved by the use of deadly arsenic and DDT.