News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total ban on ivory trade. Parent comment

Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by chrischen on Friday July 08, 2016 @01:36PM (#12057256)
The arguments I have heard for a legal market is that the rhino horns can be harvested without killing them, and that the black market trade encourages poachers to simply kill the rhinos to harvest.

Your turn.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by zymhan on Friday July 08, 2016 @01:41PM (#12057305)
What do you do with a Rhino that has no horn? It can't survive in the wild, and it has no economic value to justify keeping it on a farm.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by chrischen on Friday July 08, 2016 @01:49PM (#12057364)
People can come see the Rhinos, like a zoo, while their horns grow back.

http://www.bisbeesconservationfund.org/conservation/savether...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by adamnemecek on Friday July 08, 2016 @01:53PM (#12057391)
That doesn't stop poaching. It would only make rhinos extinct in the wild.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by chrischen on Friday July 08, 2016 @01:56PM (#12057409)
The goal is to have farmed rhinos out price killing wild rhinos, and you continue making killing wild rhinos illegal.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by adamnemecek on Friday July 08, 2016 @03:13PM (#12057941)
How do you outprice poachers when raising a rhino costs more than zero but poaching them costs effectively zero?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total... by akiselev on Friday July 08, 2016 @03:50PM (#12058175)
Poaching isn't effectively free, like many other illegal activities it carries risk of death or capture and imprisonment. By investing in enforcement you can drive up the risk and thus the price.
[ Parent | on HN ]