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Rhinos are endangered and hunted by poachers nearly to extinction because they aren't allowed to be domesticated and "farmed" for ivory. The best way animals ca
by FussyZeus 9y ago
Rhinos are endangered and hunted by poachers nearly to extinction because they aren't allowed to be domesticated and "farmed" for ivory. The best way animals can ensure long term survival is to be useful to man, not only because farm animals are in much greater numbers and protected as property is in our society, but also because we are rapidly running out of "wild" area for them to exist in.
I shudder to think how many species are going to go extinct once we can grow meat directly in labs.
- djrogers 9y agoRhino horns don't contain ivory - that comes from elephant tusks.
- mattkrause 9y agoYou really think that regulations(!) are the major obstacle to domesticating a enormous (5000+ lb), ill-tempered animal?!
- ceejayoz 9y ago> I shudder to think how many species are going to go extinct once we can grow meat directly in labs. Cows, chickens, turkey (although they've got a wild variant), sheep and pigs. Add in a few less common meats and you're up to about a dozen? Not even a drop in the bucket for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction.