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If the demand is so high, how about farming? Or are there restrictions on the kind of animals may be breed in farms? Also, poaching can (and should, if you ask

If the demand is so high, how about farming? Or are there restrictions on the kind of animals may be breed in farms? Also, poaching can (and should, if you ask me) be addressed in a more serious manner. How about starting at the buyer's market with enticing cash offers and then hunt up the source of the illegal merchandise?

rtkwe 10y ago
> How about starting at the buyer's market with enticing cash offers and then hunt up the source of the illegal merchandise? You're describing a basic sting which is far from a new idea and the poachers aren't idiots when it comes to avoiding them.
chaostheory 10y ago
https://www.thedodo.com/people-are-farming-rhinos-1592752412.html https://www.thedodo.com/people-are-farming-rhinos-1592752412... > Hume is also one of the people who sued the South African government so the domestic rhino horn trade could be made legal again. Why? It isn't quite clear, since people in South Africa don't really care to buy rhino horn — that market is in Asia.
twright 10y ago
> If the demand is so high, how about farming? Or are there restrictions on the kind of animals may be breed in farms? Ethics of keeping large plains grazing mammals aside, farming large mammals like rhinos would be very expensive and costly. It would also take quite a while to get up and running. Gestation period for larger mammals is very long. Cows about 9 months reaching maturity within 3 years; Rhinos are 16-18 months, 6-7 years to maturity (for females, males do in 10-12 years); and even longer time ranges for elephants. They also consume a much more food, cows 24/lbs of hay per day and rhino's 120 lbs/day.
captainmuon 10y ago
Rhinos are notoriously hard to breed. And I guess you could set up a farm: Build a fence, put Rhinos there, provide food and water. But that's very similar to the reservations that already exist. And those are already hard to defend against poachers, but how would you defend your farm?

rtkwe 10y ago

> How about starting at the buyer's market with enticing cash offers and then hunt up the source of the illegal merchandise? You're describing a basic sting which is far from a new idea and the poachers aren't idiots when it comes to avoiding them.

chaostheory 10y ago

https://www.thedodo.com/people-are-farming-rhinos-1592752412.html https://www.thedodo.com/people-are-farming-rhinos-1592752412... > Hume is also one of the people who sued the South African government so the domestic rhino horn trade could be made legal again. Why? It isn't quite clear, since people in South Africa don't really care to buy rhino horn — that market is in Asia.

twright 10y ago

> If the demand is so high, how about farming? Or are there restrictions on the kind of animals may be breed in farms? Ethics of keeping large plains grazing mammals aside, farming large mammals like rhinos would be very expensive and costly. It would also take quite a while to get up and running. Gestation period for larger mammals is very long. Cows about 9 months reaching maturity within 3 years; Rhinos are 16-18 months, 6-7 years to maturity (for females, males do in 10-12 years); and even longer time ranges for elephants. They also consume a much more food, cows 24/lbs of hay per day and rhino's 120 lbs/day.

captainmuon 10y ago

Rhinos are notoriously hard to breed. And I guess you could set up a farm: Build a fence, put Rhinos there, provide food and water. But that's very similar to the reservations that already exist. And those are already hard to defend against poachers, but how would you defend your farm?