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Incredibly sad. Rhinos are real-life unicorns. Farm them for horns (removing the horn is painless [0], once the horn is removed release into the wild), tax the
by steve19 9y ago
Incredibly sad. Rhinos are real-life unicorns.
Farm them for horns (removing the horn is painless [0], once the horn is removed release into the wild), tax the production of horns, use the tax money to find conservation and security.
The increased supply will decrease prices, making the hunting of rhino less profitable.
The argument against this is that increased supply will increase demand. Also, its not hard to see corruption eating away the profits, and therefore investment into conservation.
[0] http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/does-it-hurt-a-rhino-when-it-gets-dehorned-20160907 http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/does-it-hurt-a-rhino-w...
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoWhy they don't just remove (and destroy) the horns from baby rhinos, and then again periodically throughout the rhinos' lives?
- vacri 9y agoBaby rhinos don't have horns (they grow a bit like hair), and these are not domestic animals. It's like saying "why not tag all the mountain lions in the US, then you know where they all are".
- rurounijones 9y agoPoachers kill de-horned rhinos. If you (as a poacher) spend a day tracking down a rhino only to find out it has already been de-horned then you shoot it so that you reduce the chances of the next hunt ending up with another de-horned rhino and a higher chance of it ending with a horned rhino.