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This shifts the issue from elephants being killed indiscriminately for their tusks to an issue of state collected taxes and fees. In the long term it's much bet
by matt_wulfeck 10y ago
This shifts the issue from elephants being killed indiscriminately for their tusks to an issue of state collected taxes and fees. In the long term it's much better to have the latter.
You determine the origin by creating a system that leaves paper trails everywhere, from those that collect to those that sell, to exporters. The beauty of a legal system is that everything is recorded and on the books.
Enforcement is easy when your project is self-funded through the internal and legal trade of ivory.
- adamnemecek 10y agoYou didn't answer the question where the legal ivory comes from.
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoDid you know that a Rhino's horn and an elephant's tusk can be safely removed by trained zoologist without harming the animal? In fact they do it to elephants in captivity that destroy fences[0]. [0] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24614538 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24614538
- adamnemecek 10y agoAFAIK, they can't remove the whole tusk. For one thing and for another, even if we ignore the morality of this, how do you ensure who removed the tusk?
- kazinator 10y agoElephants will continue to be poached, as long as the demand for ivory exceeds the supply generated by the licensed channels. Those channels will also need to harvest tusks from elephants. (Maybe not by killing them, but leaving them without tusks, which is still cruel and ecologically damaging.)