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You raise an interesting point. I've thought about this with respect to the Oryx, which has been extinct in the wild since the ~1920s, but found a niche on gam
by fixxer 11y ago
You raise an interesting point.
I've thought about this with respect to the Oryx, which has been extinct in the wild since the ~1920s, but found a niche on game farms in Texas and Argentina. Now, hunting the Oryx is illegal in the United States and I've wondered how long until the animal goes extinct. At $4000 to $7000 to hunt, it was a lucrative trade.
I would guess that the issue with rhino/elephant would be resource management of a herd that does not hit breeding age for quite a few years. Of course, at these prices, that could work out.
Personally, I think the Asian horn powder market is barbaric.
- Someone 11y agoIt looks like the oryx will not go extinct at all. It has been reintroduced in the wild, and isn't even called a endangered species anymore, 'just' vulnerable (https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/arabian_oryx_factsheet.pdf https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/arabian_oryx_factsheet.pd..., http://discover.iucnredlist.org/species/15569 http://discover.iucnredlist.org/species/15569)
- fixxer 11y agothere are a couple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scimitar_oryx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scimitar_oryx