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Re:The Mammoth Pirates by mc32 on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:50PM (#14581535)
The rancher believes economics are on his side (why else would he be raising a 1000+ heads of rhino cattle).

The price for a poacher is not zero. They risk life, limb and prison (not that I feel sorry for them) but it's not risk free.

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Re:The Mammoth Pirates by adamnemecek on Sunday June 18, 2017 @01:05PM (#14581627)
> The rancher believes economics are on his side (why else would he be raising a 1000+ heads of rhino cattle).

Yeah, I remain unconvinced based on this.

> The price for a poacher is not zero.

The price of life in these areas is effectively zero. It's not the higher ups who do the killing, they get some locals to do it.

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