The Bridge Between Humans And Animals Case Study

The bridge between humans and animals
A picture had content showing that a rich woman medicated her child, she was killing a rhino mother whist the rhino child was losing his mother protection. This is directly challenging a cultural belief (Johnson, n.d.).Wildlife conservation has been a problematic global issue in recent years. Rhinoceros are large animals from Africa and Asia which are in danger of extinction. Braam Malherbe is a conservationist for protecting our planet’s biodiversity (Malherbe, 2013). He has joined many campaigns for protecting rhinos. Also, he shared his editorial ‘The rhino wars- a comprehensive overview of the situation and the solutions’, which focused on the potential solutions to deal with rhino poaching in South
Because their horns are believed to be a miracle medicine that has no proven by scientist basis. According to a study from scientists, rhino horns are just made from keratin which is similar to human hair and fingernails, the ingredient of a horn core is calcium and melanin makes the horns harder and stronger under breakdown from the sun’s UV rays (Ohio University, 2006). I agree with Braam that people are greedier at present. They are living contemporary lives with high living standards, good incomes, and more leisure time. That is leading them to find and discover exotic things. Over the past few decades, rhino horns have become a luxury item and also currency for political transactions. Professional businessmen, celebrities and government officials, upper- middle class citizens in Vietnam are the main group of rhino horn consumers. They purchase rhino horns for the sole purpose of maintaining good relationships as “life gifts” as well as reaffirming their social status (TRAFFIC, 2013). Generally, when we are greedier; we will lose more. Although rhino horns have no medical value, people continue to believe that it will cure cancer and continue to kill rhinos. That means people are unwittingly destroying our eco-system and changing the environment. Also, it is regrettable that the young generation has just seen wild animals in museums and in books
Dehorning rhinos are in large reserves such as Kruger National Park (KNP) and small reserves such as private farms. The rangers should be equipped with advanced skills to take the fight to the poachers. Public information for educating people is that rhinos have no nutritional or medicinal value. Poisoning rhino horns to reduce their future supply to the market. Legalizing trade in rhino horns will help to reduce the cost of horns and bring back profit to the South African economy. People maintain safe sport hunting as eco – tourism which rhino are available for sustainable use by means of trophy hunting or rhino horns are not commercially produced. And, governments should have strict laws to punish poachers, and also some policies to invest the campaigns for protecting rhinos. Braam Malherbe gave us a lot of reliable knowledge from his experience to share the potential solutions broadly. Moreover, his sentiment has weakness, but it still contributed toward the editorial. I absolutely agree with Braam Malherbe that people should be fighting against rhino poaching together. Through this, I hope everyone should avoid poaching for their own benefit and think about conservation for the future. It is recommended that the government should have detailed policies and campaigns for spreading public awareness to save rhinos from