African conservationists 'shoot to kill poachers'

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Shoot the bitch .. along with the rest.

It has now come to light that this lot bought Rhinos and shot them at their own farm.
The court case is only in April

[SwordoftheVistula]

Maybe the solution would be to allow people to raise rhinos, elephants etc on their own farms for ivory/horn etc? That's how the American Buffalo (Bison) has come back from a rare species to larger numbers. With the present system it's just a rush by poachers to shoot the animals before the other poachers do, with no thought towards the long term continuity of the species.

[Phil75231]

Elephants and rhinos are much, MUCH more tempramental and bigger than American Bison. They require greater land requirements too. In short, it's almost impossible to tame a herd of elephants and rhino (do they live in herds) - to the point that makes it impractical.

[Curtis24]

Ms Duffy says the development of nature tourism has meant international pressure to save high-profile species is intense.

Seriously, this is all about money in the end, not idealistic notions of territoriality. These poacher-killers are probably being funded by Western corporations.

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Maybe the solution would be to allow people to raise rhinos, elephants etc on their own farms for ivory/horn etc? That's how the American Buffalo (Bison) has come back from a rare species to larger numbers. With the present system it's just a rush by poachers to shoot the animals before the other poachers do, with no thought towards the long term continuity of the species.

Rhinos are protected at all times even on farms

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Elephants and rhinos are much, MUCH more tempramental and bigger than American Bison. They require greater land requirements too. In short, it's almost impossible to tame a herd of elephants and rhino (do they live in herds) - to the point that makes it impractical.

Elephants in herds,Rhino in small groups