Poached for it's Horn, this Bird Struggles to Survive

Helmeted horn bills are a poached species of bird that live in Africa and Asia, and they are hunted for there valuable horns that are softer than ivory, allowing more intricate patterns to be carved in them. Horn bills are vital to the rain forests in Africa as they spread the seeds of plants and trees through their feces in order to keep plants thriving in all areas of the forest. The reason the animals are in trouble is because after the male is killed by a poacher, the rest of the family won't leave the nest in a tree for 5 months and will most likely die. The birds also reproduce once a year with only one bird  being born at a time.
I think this article is really good for creating awareness about these birds. I can see how the horn bills would be hunted for there beaks because the art made with them is really cool, but the birds are just too slow to reproduce and because of it they are endangered.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/09/helmeted-hornbill-bird-ivory-illegal-wildlife-trade/

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