Proof yet again that Sam Ferreiras scientific paper is not so scientific instead it is written with the sole purpopse of promoting trade. I really think all this talk of trade should now be put on the shelf, as it can only happen, if it is going to. in two years’ time when SA applies to CITES to lift the ban on trade, after that it will take another 6months to implement. MY question to everyone is “DO OUR RHINO STILL HAVE ANOTHER 2 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS FOR a “solution” that may or may not be a solution”?? With a very good chance that Cites will laugh South Africa out of the park on the presentation of opening trade. We need to look at tackling corruption, heavy handed honest policing is required for any form of environmental crime, in order that the criminals know that SA is now playing hardball with ALL environmental criminals. We need to look at horn and ivory devaluation practices on live animals wherever practical. Burning stock piles so that they cannot get into the market. In addition to our anti-poaching teams. Certain sectors have tried to discredit horn devaluation practices but new research on horn devaluation has moved forward and now they have a 100% spread of the dye in the horn, the poison was always present just the dye was not working. RRP have been researching beyond infusion at other devaluation methods, primarily because they are eager to expand the anti-poaching efforts to include elephants and know that infusion alone will not work on tusks. So they have partnered up with a team of nuclear physicists who have helped them to develop a way to devalue virtually any illegal commodity (pangolin scales, elephant tusks, abalone, leopard tortoise shells etc.) semi-permanently or permanently through the use of non-harmful radioactive isotopes. Even trace amounts of these isotopes are so potent that they can be detected from within 40ft shipping containers. It is now for the powers to be to use the funding supplied by Dutch lottery and Warren Buffet etc., to use these methods available to them. If they care about keeping the rhino around they will do this, if their primary concern is trade then I am afraid we will loose all our rhino as in my opinion the rhino don’t have 2and half years.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:02:15 +0000
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