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At $50,000 per pound for rhino horn, it seems profitable to just farm them locally. | |
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Shiva ascendant  User ID: 77281631  France05/15/2019 12:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not nearly as profitable as poaching them and a rifle is a much less expensive investment than the acreage, infrastructure, and personal time required to raise a rhino considering you can only harvest the horn once. I am surprised though that we never hear of poachers using tranquilzer darts and simply cutting off the horn. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| Yew User ID: 75758325 United States05/15/2019 12:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | yep test tube those baby rhinos til you got a click going and breed extinct rhino dna w/ alive ones until you get a species pretty close to the original then sell them so others can farm them until horns are too common for the price ot be so high [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] Satire is one of the few forms of protected speech we can use to, well, speak. Everything i say is satire and intended for entertainment purposes only. Not a single communication to, from, associated with, or connected to this IP address in any fashion whatsoever, at any point in time (past, present and future), is intended to convey fact. This disclaimer proves everything I type is satire and meant to entertain other people ONLY. Any data which appears to convey a fact or truth is 100% purely unintentional and should only be construed as a playful attempt to joke, provide satire, or entertain. I am not liable for any information that has been, in any way, connected to this computer, IP address, network or person. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77586719 United States05/15/2019 01:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not nearly as profitable as poaching them and a rifle is a much less expensive investment than the acreage, infrastructure, and personal time required to raise a rhino considering you can only harvest the horn once. Quoting: Shiva ascendant I am surprised though that we never hear of poachers using tranquiler darts and simply cutting off the horn. The horns regrow. Saw a nature show where the park rangers said that they have to tranquilize them every six months to trim the horns to make them less attractive to poachers. It is the tropical asian countries that want rhino horns so they have plenty of scrap vegetation to feed a few rhinos in a pen. |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77586719 United States05/15/2019 01:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Q: How long does it take for a rhino horn to grow back? A: If a Rhino is dehorned without cutting into the skull, it can grow back to almost full size after three years. However, if the rhinos skull is cut into while being dehorned, it could complicate or completely compromise the re-growth of the horn. [link to www.bisbeesconservationfund.org (secure)] |
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| Shiva ascendant User ID: 77281631 France05/15/2019 01:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not nearly as profitable as poaching them and a rifle is a much less expensive investment than the acreage, infrastructure, and personal time required to raise a rhino considering you can only harvest the horn once. Quoting: Shiva ascendant I am surprised though that we never hear of poachers using tranquiler darts and simply cutting off the horn. The horns regrow. Saw a nature show where the park rangers said that they have to tranquilize them every six months to trim the horns to make them less attractive to poachers. It is the tropical asian countries that want rhino horns so they have plenty of scrap vegetation to feed a few rhinos in a pen. Yes, they regrow but as inferred above in bold there is a form factor that makes them desirable too- the rangers could simply remove the horn every few years instead of trimming it every few months to manage its shape and size but park visitors and licensed hunters like their rhinos 'pretty' even though it puts the animals at risk. Rhino refuges exist for those interested in preserving the species, but it takes far too long for the animal to develop a mature desirable horn let alone a regrowth to second harvest size for that to be a viable solution for the horn trade. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77586719 United States05/15/2019 01:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not nearly as profitable as poaching them and a rifle is a much less expensive investment than the acreage, infrastructure, and personal time required to raise a rhino considering you can only harvest the horn once. Quoting: Shiva ascendant I am surprised though that we never hear of poachers using tranquiler darts and simply cutting off the horn. The horns regrow. Saw a nature show where the park rangers said that they have to tranquilize them every six months to trim the horns to make them less attractive to poachers. It is the tropical asian countries that want rhino horns so they have plenty of scrap vegetation to feed a few rhinos in a pen. Yes, they regrow but as inferred above in bold there is a form factor that makes them desirable too- the rangers could simply remove the horn every few years instead of trimming it every few months to manage its shape and size but park visitors and licensed hunters like their rhinos 'pretty' even though it puts the animals at risk. Rhino refuges exist for those interested in preserving the species, but it takes far too long for the animal to develop a mature desirable horn let alone a regrowth to second harvest size for that to be a viable solution for the horn trade. Asia is buying it "per pound" not for the looks. They dont want heads hanging on the wall. 3 years to "fully" regrow which means you could clip off a few pounds every year. That is a lot of cash for just penning up a few rhinos and chopping some jungle vegetation everyday for them to eat. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77004814 United States05/15/2019 01:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not nearly as profitable as poaching them and a rifle is a much less expensive investment than the acreage, infrastructure, and personal time required to raise a rhino considering you can only harvest the horn once. Quoting: Shiva ascendant I am surprised though that we never hear of poachers using tranquiler darts and simply cutting off the horn. The horns regrow. Saw a nature show where the park rangers said that they have to tranquilize them every six months to trim the horns to make them less attractive to poachers. It is the tropical asian countries that want rhino horns so they have plenty of scrap vegetation to feed a few rhinos in a pen. Yes, they regrow but as inferred above in bold there is a form factor that makes them desirable too- the rangers could simply remove the horn every few years instead of trimming it every few months to manage its shape and size but park visitors and licensed hunters like their rhinos 'pretty' even though it puts the animals at risk. Rhino refuges exist for those interested in preserving the species, but it takes far too long for the animal to develop a mature desirable horn let alone a regrowth to second harvest size for that to be a viable solution for the horn trade. Asia is buying it "per pound" not for the looks. They dont want heads hanging on the wall. 3 years to "fully" regrow which means you could clip off a few pounds every year. That is a lot of cash for just penning up a few rhinos and chopping some jungle vegetation everyday for them to eat. Not nearly as profitable as poaching them and a rifle is a much less expensive investment than the acreage, infrastructure, and personal time required to raise a rhino considering you can only harvest the horn once. Quoting: Shiva ascendant I am surprised though that we never hear of poachers using tranquiler darts and simply cutting off the horn. The horns regrow. Saw a nature show where the park rangers said that they have to tranquilize them every six months to trim the horns to make them less attractive to poachers. It is the tropical asian countries that want rhino horns so they have plenty of scrap vegetation to feed a few rhinos in a pen. Yes, they regrow but as inferred above in bold there is a form factor that makes them desirable too- the rangers could simply remove the horn every few years instead of trimming it every few months to manage its shape and size but park visitors and licensed hunters like their rhinos 'pretty' even though it puts the animals at risk. Rhino refuges exist for those interested in preserving the species, but it takes far too long for the animal to develop a mature desirable horn let alone a regrowth to second harvest size for that to be a viable solution for the horn trade. Asia is buying it "per pound" not for the looks. They dont want heads hanging on the wall. 3 years to "fully" regrow which means you could clip off a few pounds every year. That is a lot of cash for just penning up a few rhinos and chopping some jungle vegetation everyday for them to eat. Then GMO those fuckers to have like 87 horns each. Crisper to the rescue! Da fuck else they do besides stand around and grow horns and put out brushfires? Jack shit thats what. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75950320 United States05/15/2019 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Horns grow back like toenails so just farm rhinos. [link to www.businessinsider.com (secure)] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77586719 Pretty sure you have to discard the rest of the animal after removing the horn. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75950320 United States05/15/2019 03:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Asia is buying it "per pound" not for the looks. They dont want heads hanging on the wall. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77586719 3 years to "fully" regrow which means you could clip off a few pounds every year. That is a lot of cash for just penning up a few rhinos and chopping some jungle vegetation everyday for them to eat. That's cool. You could buy a couple of them for farming and not have to wait three years to find out if it's not for you. You could take 6 months, clip off what you got, toss the rest of the animals, and then get into Alpaca farming or something. Make a cool 100G's. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77586719 United States05/15/2019 05:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Asia is buying it "per pound" not for the looks. They dont want heads hanging on the wall. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77586719 3 years to "fully" regrow which means you could clip off a few pounds every year. That is a lot of cash for just penning up a few rhinos and chopping some jungle vegetation everyday for them to eat. That's cool. You could buy a couple of them for farming and not have to wait three years to find out if it's not for you. You could take 6 months, clip off what you got, toss the rest of the animals, and then get into Alpaca farming or something. Make a cool 100G's. They dont die when you trim their horns. LOL. It is like fingernails, they just regrow them. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77375877 United States05/15/2019 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm going to bet ya that $50k number, if it's true at all, is like the numbers they like to quote in drug seizures- street value in grams when they've grabbed a kilo in transit. Nobody anywhere in the supply line ever sees anywhere near that much and sure as hell not some desperate poacher in the bush somewhere. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72042943 United States05/15/2019 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Asia is buying it "per pound" not for the looks. They dont want heads hanging on the wall. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77586719 3 years to "fully" regrow which means you could clip off a few pounds every year. That is a lot of cash for just penning up a few rhinos and chopping some jungle vegetation everyday for them to eat. That's cool. You could buy a couple of them for farming and not have to wait three years to find out if it's not for you. You could take 6 months, clip off what you got, toss the rest of the animals, and then get into Alpaca farming or something. Make a cool 100G's. They dont die when you trim their horns. LOL. It is like fingernails, they just regrow them. Well, you got to, eh hem, make them die before you toss them. |
| BRIEF User ID: 39607259 United States05/15/2019 06:25 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Horns grow back like toenails so just farm rhinos. [link to www.businessinsider.com (secure)] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77586719 The fences keep breaking...and the laws... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.  |
