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Except that farming ivory is no where near to being economically or environmentally viable. It's not even within the realm of possibility. If you've got eviden
by mthoms 10y ago
Except that farming ivory is no where near to being economically or environmentally viable. It's not even within the realm of possibility.
If you've got evidence to the contrary I'd love to see it.
- soyiuz 10y agoWe could imagine a dehorning program that is run by the government to stem poaching.
- mthoms 10y agoYou mean a government run program to remove the horns of all wild animals subseptible to poaching? Interesting thought… but it doesn't sound viable to me based on logistics alone. Are there any documented cases of this working?
- soyiuz 10y agoYes exactly. Dehorning has been tried with various levels of success in India, Namibia, and elsewhere. See for example http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/132/1328569146.pdf http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/132/1328569146..... Another viable idea would be to genetically edit the horns out.