YRE Photo 11–25 years old: 2nd Place (as a Reportage)

DEADLY DEMAND (Singapore)

Each of these horns belongs to a critically-endangered saiga antelope. Such large stockpiles are a common sight in Singapore’s Chinatown area where they are sold for around 130SGD. Singapore is one of the world’s largest markets for the horn and around 19% of Chinese Singaporeans actively use antelope horn products. Called ‘lin yang’, it is more often sold in the form of a cooling drink to cure fevers and sore throats. Funnily enough, the horns are made of keratin, the same material that make up your fingernails and have no medicinal properties. Awareness needs to be raised to promote available alternatives to this product and save the saiga antelope from extinction.