Rhino Horns Case Study

To what extend is legalizing the transportation of rhino horns an effective solution to the problem of falling numbers in the wild?

Rhinos are count as one of the earth endangered species. They are killed for human’s medicinal usage even though there is no scientific to whether it can be used for a cure or not. The number of rhinos is reducing every single day and the shortage of rhinos can cause major problems such as jeopardizing the eco-system. Therefore, solutions must be made to solve the problems. Solutions such as legalizing the transportation and dehorning wild rhinos.

In South Africa, home of the rhinos, 769 rhinos have been poached in August, 2014 (savetherhino). That is only half of the year which has gone so it is very possible that the
Therefore, more consumers can afford it and the demand will increase again, motivating the poachers to go hunting.

Another point is that having farmed rhinos rarely save wild ones, especially when they are highly available. The poachers will not stop the act of poaching even if farmed rhino horns are sold.

In some other regions such as South Africa, poisoning the horns seemed like an alternative to saving the rhinos. This helps to reduce the demand as people will get sick if they drink it. However, this solution may be too cruel, instead of the rhinos, practically innocent consumers will die while the poachers will still live and continue their work.

In addition, increasing the protection of wild rhinos is also an effective way of protecting. Poachers will not be able to kill the rhinos anymore.

In conclusion, to a medium extend, legalizing the transportation of rhino horns an effective solution to the problem of falling numbers in the wild. It allows the horns to be traded and possibly, reduce the poachers as prices are reduced. If the solutions do not work, the extinction will come and jeopardize the eco-