Rhino owners argue that legalizing the trade of rhino horn can help combat poaching. They believe that the current prohibition hasn't worked and that the demand for rhino horn could be met by harvesting it from live rhinos. Conservationists should be more open to alternative strategies and trust the expertise of those directly involved in rhino care, acknowledging that conservation is costly.
A network of captives’ families has sprung up to accomplish what Israel’s government has so far failed to do—and may yet emerge as a political force. Protecting rhinoceroses from poachers is an expensive business; we look at what has become a bear market for rhinos (12:37). And why a coin toss is not the even-odds proposition you might think it is (20:30).
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