Sad to hear that ivory is still in big demand..

[Digby]

A friend showed me the link.It's news which tends to drop off the radar and you think things must be better as a result.Turns out it's probably worse than ever

http://www.thenewage.co.za/75719-1020-53-Poachers_...

[z4chris99]

Sad state of affairs... I have two rhino horns, would love to sell them to some Chinese medicine man and buy a house but these poachers have meant its against the law.. bds

[bexVN]

Born Free keep fighting but they struggle with underhand governments/ corruption etc. They're small fry in comparison but they do make a difference.

They're worth supporting.

[Simpo Two]

z4chris99 said:

Sad state of affairs... I have two rhino horns, would love to sell them to some Chinese medicine man and buy a house but these poachers have meant its against the law.. bds

Which ironically means two more rhinos will die to fulfil the order.

You can still trade in antique ivory.

Perhaps we should flood the market with fake ivory...?

[Turn7]

It is sad, but the corrupt nature of africans means its unlikely to end.

Whilst its extremely upsetting that Rhino/Elephants die for nothing,its not as barbaric as Bear bile farming though, which is vile beyond belief.

[z4chris99]

Simpo Two said:

Which ironically means two more rhinos will die to fulfil the order.

You can still trade in antique ivory.

Perhaps we should flood the market with fake ivory...?

I thought antique rhino was now banned??? as of this year...

[Simpo Two]

Didn't hear that but you may be right.

How would they distinguish between rhino ivory and, say, elephant ivory? What about ivory ornaments, eg netsukes?

[0a]

Make it legal to farm the damn things, they would soon be plentiful.

[Semi hemi]

Simpo Two said:

Didn't hear that but you may be right.

How would they distinguish between rhino ivory and, say, elephant ivory? What about ivory ornaments, eg netsukes?

Rhino horn is not ivory, it is keratin.

[z4chris99]

Semi hemi said:

Rhino horn is not ivory, it is keratin.

indeed, it's like a big finger nail.

small one



big one

[highflyer]

All the slant eye countries are cruel to all animals, mistakenly believing that animal parts are medicine, I recon we should start eating slant eyes or nuke them.

[z4chris99]

highflyer said:

All the slant eye countries are cruel to all animals, mistakenly believing that animal parts are medicine, I recon we should start eating slant eyes or nuke them.

ignoring the mild racism, they probably think we're weird for doing some of our strange customs.

it's just an animal, it's only a problem as there arn't many rhino left. If they did it with chicken no one would give a st

[Turn7]

z4chris99 said:

If they did it with chicken no one would give a st

They would, because they would probably cut its eyes out whilst it was still alive because thats what their god told them to do.

[highflyer]

z4chriss99 please enlighten me to our strange customs, there is no other race on this planet more cruel to animals than slant eyes, oh bear bating in afganastan working donkeys to death in ?
but slant eyes its for medicine etc which is bo11ock5
oh nice horn by the way was the animal slaughtered to obtain it ? or removed to save it being killed just a thought.

Edited by highflyer on Friday 18th January 16:49

[bexVN]

z4chris99 said:

highflyer said:

All the slant eye countries are cruel to all animals, mistakenly believing that animal parts are medicine, I recon we should start eating slant eyes or nuke them.

ignoring the mild racism, they probably think we're weird for doing some of our strange customs.

it's just an animal, it's only a problem as there arn't many rhino left. If they did it with chicken no one would give a st

The phrase 'it's just an animal ' is just such an awful one. I find it very depressing that knowledgeable people still find it an acceptable thing to say.

[highflyer]

bex
+1

[Jasandjules]

z4chris99 said:

it's just an animal, it's only a problem as there arn't many rhino left.

You really believe it is ok to kill animals for their horns etc and the only reason to stop is endagerment?

I trust skinning animals alive for their fur is also fine as is cooking them alive? They are "just" animals after all.

[z4chris99]

fking hell touched a nerve.

I'm not trolling, but yes I believe at the end of the day it's just an animal. What does a rhino add to my life anyway? you can eat it, it doesn't help humans in any way, the only thing it's useful for is tourists taking photos of it

[wiggy001]

z4chris99 said:

fking hell touched a nerve.

I'm not trolling, but yes I believe at the end of the day it's just an animal. What does a rhino add to my life anyway? you can eat it, it doesn't help humans in any way, the only thing it's useful for is tourists taking photos of it

What does z4chriss99 add to my life anyway...

If we removed everything from the world that didn't give pleasure/enjoyment/tangible benefit to everyone, there would be nothing left.

Quite a sad opinion to hold imho.

[Pothole]

Jasandjules said:

z4chris99 said:

it's just an animal, it's only a problem as there arn't many rhino left.

You really believe it is ok to kill animals for their horns etc and the only reason to stop is endagerment?

I trust skinning animals alive for their fur is also fine as is cooking them alive? They are "just" animals after all.

Why are you comparing killing with skinning alive? They are not the same thing at all, however well they fit your emotive agenda.