Yes, it is a possible model, but I don't know of anywhere where it is actually shown to work. And yes, there are lion farms that are really sad examples where

Yes, it is a possible model, but I don't know of anywhere where it is actually shown to work. And yes, there are lion farms that are really sad examples where they are bread to be hunted, and they are not living in natural conditions. Part of the problem is that the [-1 rhino] is a guaranteed figure, and may increase, but [+3 rhino] is speculative, requiring many steps that may go wrong, from mating, fertilization, gestation, birthing, survival to adulthood; bird in the hand vs bird in the bush. It may turn out that the number is more like $1.5 million for a license than $50k, which already seems outrageous. I also have close family who work directly with African wildlife foundations and although I've heard much discussion of solutions, I've never heard any mention of this as being viable.