Rhino poaching

[sir albion]

1200 killed in no time as the price rockets....very very disturbing
Rhino horn and ivory prices are so high it's ridiculous....Bloody Chinese are destroying the wildlife

http://news.sky.com/story/1569060/exclusive-inside-battle-against-rhino-poaching

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Not just Rhino,s all at risk. Sad times.

 

[Hillian1]

But how will the Chinese get an erection and make more little Chinese people without Rhino horn?

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

 

[gregbrighton]

It;s a disgrace

 

[mune ni kamome]

Would you use water or maybe milk. Either way they take much longer than haddock

 

[sir albion]

£60,000 a kilo unreal....6 years ago 6 were poached in a year and since that 6...,1200 have been poached.
What is it with these idiotic Chinese remedies and medicines....will certainly be extinct in so many years at this rate.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Thought this was another thread about making your own food stuff.

 

[Motogull]

Utterly disgusting.

 

[symyjym]

I haven’t got a big enough saucepan to boil one in.

 

[Kuma]

A lot of rhino species are already extinct. I think the black rhino was the latest. Leave these poor animals alone and go use real medicine like everyone else.

 

[OzMike]

I can't believe that in the 21st century people still believe in these horseshit which doctor remedies and superstitions.
What will they pick on once the rhino is extinct?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Rhino horn is just like compacted hair. It's not like Ivory, which used to have value in carvings.

 

[KZNSeagull]

There has been lots of talk here for the past 3 years about what is going to happen to combat this but not much action that I have seen. There was talk that the trade would be legalised, Rhino's de-horned in a controlled environment, the horns being poisoned etc etc. Sadly this is South Africa, a country with huge links to China, where officials say one thing but do another if the price is right. 25% of the Rhino population are now in private game reserves, but that will not stop trophy hunting in some of those reserves again if the price is right. You have extremely poor communities near the game reserves that will do anything to make some money.

It's a mess and a bloody disgrace.

 

[Hillian1]

I can't believe that in the 21st century people still believe in these horseshit which doctor remedies and superstitions.
What will they pick on once the rhino is extinct?

Powdered Ardvark spleen?

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Would you use water or maybe milk. Either way they take much longer than haddock

I am in flavour of it but the size of pot needed and the manhandling of a still live Rhino onto the kitchen worksurface and thence onto the cooker makes it very difficult and somewhat dangerous task. Especially if you get a scratch from the Rhino's horn which brings about an instant erection which somehow contrives to ignite the other gas ring............then it is downright dangerous...............................

Stick to baked beans IMHO

TNBA

Delia

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not sure how much of this is true and how much is urban myth, but this strikes me as a good line of defence against the poachers...

'With over 200 rhinos already dead this year at the hands of poachers in South Africa and no signs of the slaughter slowing, some innovative rhinoceros lovers are stepping up their game. Wildlife workers at Sabi Sand, a private game reserve at the southernmost tip of Kruger National Park, have injected a special cocktail into 100 rhino horns, turning them pink in an effort to deter illegal horn hunters.

In addition to discoloring the horn, the pink dye can also be detected by airport scanners, even when the horn is ground into a powder to make the high-priced traditional "medicines" that help fuel the killing of rhinos. The hope is to make transport of the illegal product that much riskier.

And that's not all. There's poison in the pink.'

 

[KZNSeagull]

Not sure how much of this is true and how much is urban myth, but this strikes me as a good line of defence against the poachers...

'With over 200 rhinos already dead this year at the hands of poachers in South Africa and no signs of the slaughter slowing, some innovative rhinoceros lovers are stepping up their game. Wildlife workers at Sabi Sand, a private game reserve at the southernmost tip of Kruger National Park, have injected a special cocktail into 100 rhino horns, turning them pink in an effort to deter illegal horn hunters.

In addition to discoloring the horn, the pink dye can also be detected by airport scanners, even when the horn is ground into a powder to make the high-priced traditional "medicines" that help fuel the killing of rhinos. The hope is to make transport of the illegal product that much riskier.

And that's not all. There's poison in the pink.'

True - http://www.sabisand.co.za/pdfs/Rhino_Press_Release.pdf

 

[Puppet Master]

The dye is a good idea. Poaching really is disgusting, especially when you consider it's all for nothing.