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This already happens, per https://www.savetherhino.org/rhino_info/thorny_issues/synthetic_rhino_horn_will_it_save_the_rhino https://www.savetherhino.org/rhino_i
by davidgerard 9y ago
This already happens, per https://www.savetherhino.org/rhino_info/thorny_issues/synthetic_rhino_horn_will_it_save_the_rhino https://www.savetherhino.org/rhino_info/thorny_issues/synthe... -
"* More than 90% of “rhino horns” in circulation are fake (mostly carved from buffalo horn or wood), but poaching rates continue to rise annually"
I urge you to read that in detail, it's a comprehensive response as to why Pembient are likely barking up completely the wrong tree, and variants on the idea are probably not good either.
- DennisP 9y agoHmm I guess your quote might disprove my hypothesis. In any case I completely agree that Pembient's idea is terrible, and we should not have any sort of legal variant of rhino horn on the market. My proposal was to produce illegal rhino horn powder that didn't happen to come from rhinos, while being much cheaper (assuming that's possible). It's academic anyway because it'd have to be a CIA operation or something similar, and it seems unlikely that the CIA would care about saving rhinos.
- davidgerard 9y agoI should note that Pembient have commented on the post making their case with several cites. (I still think the environmentalists' points are stronger, fwiw.)