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Farming rhinos sounds great but this is one of those ideas with a maybe an unobtanium answer. I'd like to see a "farm" strong enough to contain a single rhino l

by bdamm 6y ago

Farming rhinos sounds great but this is one of those ideas with a maybe an unobtanium answer. I'd like to see a "farm" strong enough to contain a single rhino let alone an entire herd, and one that is profitable. The answer is to go after poaching at all angles possible; supply, demand, funding, trade, advertising, etc. Also illegal is elephant poaching, and we're not about to start farming elephants.

true_religion 6y ago
Dig a pit and place the Rhino inside. Rhinos are strong, but they are terrible climbers.
nfriedly 6y ago
That's a fair point, but it brings a few thoughts to mind: 1. What about putting a GPS tracker or similar on each animal and just let it roam. I'm not sure, but maybe it could work. 2. Zoo's can profitably contain Rhino's and Elephants. My local zoo lets people pay the zoo to feed some of the animals! So maybe a tourism angle could help move the needle on profitability. 3. What if it was a government-run operation with out the need to be profitable? Current anti-poaching operations don't bring in any profit, so maybe this angle of attack doesn't need to either.
adrianmonk 6y ago
> "farm" strong enough to contain a single rhino let alone an entire herd One thought is to use a cattle grid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid These are very common for regular livestock when there needs to be a gap in the fence for a road. But if a fence can't contain rhinos, it might be possible to use cattle grid for the entire perimeter. Do cattle grids work for rhinos? According to "The Cattle Grid Guru" (which bills itself as "The most extensive cattle grid guide on the web"), the answer is yes: https://www.cattlegridguru.co.uk/can-cattle-grids-be-used-with-animals-other-than-cattle/ https://www.cattlegridguru.co.uk/can-cattle-grids-be-used-wi...

by bdamm 6y ago

true_religion 6y ago

Dig a pit and place the Rhino inside. Rhinos are strong, but they are terrible climbers.

nfriedly 6y ago

That's a fair point, but it brings a few thoughts to mind: 1. What about putting a GPS tracker or similar on each animal and just let it roam. I'm not sure, but maybe it could work. 2. Zoo's can profitably contain Rhino's and Elephants. My local zoo lets people pay the zoo to feed some of the animals! So maybe a tourism angle could help move the needle on profitability. 3. What if it was a government-run operation with out the need to be profitable? Current anti-poaching operations don't bring in any profit, so maybe this angle of attack doesn't need to either.

adrianmonk 6y ago

> "farm" strong enough to contain a single rhino let alone an entire herd One thought is to use a cattle grid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid These are very common for regular livestock when there needs to be a gap in the fence for a road. But if a fence can't contain rhinos, it might be possible to use cattle grid for the entire perimeter. Do cattle grids work for rhinos? According to "The Cattle Grid Guru" (which bills itself as "The most extensive cattle grid guide on the web"), the answer is yes: https://www.cattlegridguru.co.uk/can-cattle-grids-be-used-with-animals-other-than-cattle/ https://www.cattlegridguru.co.uk/can-cattle-grids-be-used-wi...