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Private rhino owners believe that by legally selling the animals’ horns they will bring prices down. This, they argue, will cripple poaching by reducing its financial rewards. People don't normally stop to think about how the greed of the already-rich private rhino owners will affect poor nations struggling to protect their rhinos. But why would people [such as private rhino owner] John Hume care about that? It’s not "conservation" they’re trying to achieve — it’s a monopoly on rhino ownership that they seek. Imagine what price they could put on the horns if rhino were to disappear from the wild - Michael Robinson SA should build a rhino horn export industry. Farm rhino properly, trim the horns annually for off-cuts, which can be ground to a fine powder, diluted and exported to the East. A percentage of profits could go to rhino preservation and protection. Rhino horn futures could then be listed on the JSE for trading, hedging and speculation - Wes SA Shoprite is flourishing and ha...
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