Medicinal purposes are as a pain reliever and a fever suppressant. There are no scientific studies, however, that show that rhino horn is affective for any of these purposes. Negative Rhinos have been know to injure crops by trampling and consumption. At one point, a government bounty was established to keep rhinos from ruining tea plantations. Rhinoceros unicornis is severely threated by hunting activities due to the huge economic value of the horn.
Current projects are underway to reintroduced populations in areas where they have been extirpated.
Efforts to control poaching and illegal wildlife trade will help in the recovery of the Indian rhino. One population in Nepal is protected with 700 armed troops and rangers, almost 2 guards per rhino. Other Comments Rhinos often wallow and bathe in the heat of the day. R.M. Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.