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This must be a joke. Why not earlier? Why do they have to wait a whole year to enforce a ban like this?
It's almost like "China announces ban on human trafficking by end of 2017". Yeah, let's give criminals some time to find new career opportunities!
This is really great news! But we can go even further, let's continue with banning Rhino horn markets (would we call it keratin markets rather than ivory?). Keratin would be primary component here, the same protein that makes human fingernails also is what composes Rhino horns. http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-vietnam-rhino-traf... In Vietnam and some of China there are some who cling to a belief that eating…
If you want to ban the "keratin" market, make sure you promptly dispose of your woolen sweaters.
I always wondered- why is the ivory market not flooded with fakes? Everything is faked in china, this is a valuable good- is there no way to synthesize dentin flood the poachers out of the buisness?
I always wondered- why is the ivory market not flooded with fakes? Everything is faked in china, this is a valuable good- is there no way to synthesize dentin flood the poachers out of the buisness?
I always wondered- why is the ivory market not flooded with fakes? Everything is faked in china, this is a valuable good- is there no way to synthesize dentin flood the poachers out of the buisness?
How is this hacker news?
For data on elephant populations and the effect of ivory bans or increased demand, check out: https://elephant-atlas.org/ - including an API. The counts come from an awesome program called the Great Elephant Census ( http://www.greatelephantcensus.com/ ). Disclaimer: I work for The OCR
What are people's thoughts on something like: https://youtu.be/YUA8i5S0YMU
tldw:
Controlled trophy hunting big game is one of the most effective ways (sadly) of protecting the hunted animals.