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Namibia loses bid to overturn ban on rhino horn trade
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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I know this is uplifting news but that picture raises my bile. I would rather see those thieves impaled on that horn.
Edit: In case it's not obvious, I didn't read the article before commenting. I saw the image and was unhappy with how it made me feel so I didn't read the article at that time. If you read the article the context is this is dehorning to reduce the incidence of poaching. Still the image is distressing if you don't have the context.
sure it's thieves? I thought it was vets removing horns so nobody comes to kill the rhino
Regardless of the motivation it's still awful to consider. Poachers will kill dehorned rhinos to avoid wasting time tracking them again. Another comment posted an article on the practice and how it's efficacy is debated.
Removing the horn is part of the conservation effort.
https://www.savetherhino.org/thorny-issues/de-horning/
I get it. It still makes me irritated and the picture lacks that context.
The context is right under the photo. It literally says what they're doing and why.
In 1970s elementary school we had a children's book showing a decapitated rhino with its horn hacked off. First time kid?
That's rough. Sad to hear how poorly your generation had it with all the lead paint and cigarette smoke. Do you miss the taste of DDT?
Yeah, we had plenty of bad spots, but we didn't shrivel up and cry over a dead rhino. We had the problem dumped right in our lap. No, "Goodness! Children shouldn't see such things!" We are all well aware.
And BTW, GenX eliminated lead paint, asbestos, and cigarettes (in America, smoke on Europe!). Another 10 years of DDT and we could have wiped malaria of the face of the Earth, but the US said, "We got it under control! Fuck the rest of y'all. And BTW, we won't trade with anyone using DDT." 10-years and malaria could be extinct. Fuck Racheal Carlson. Silent Spring killed more humans than Hitler.
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