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Another rhino species on the brink.


Ken L

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The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) or West African black rhinoceros was declared extinct by the IUCN in 2011.

Now the northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is down to just three individuals, with the only male almost having died of an infection earlier this week.

 

Things aren't looking good for Africa's wildlife thanks to Bob Geldof and others.

 

What is to be done?

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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Catch them and remove the horn then cauterise the horn base and remove the reason

Same with elephants dope them then remove the tusks and put them on the market along with the seized ones flooding the market to remove the incentive to get it.

We see huge pyres of tusks on fire which is not the way to stop the prices rising and the gain made getting it from the wild.

It wont work with tigers although i expect fitzpatric could knock up some feet if needed

 

Cauterise geldoff from the shoulders up should solve that problem

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Yes. As an emergency fix, I've long though about the possibility of using electrolysis to fix stop the horn (actually hair) growing but that just gives rhino's a short window in which to survive poachers.

But with the human population having increased by almost 600% since 1950 and showing no signs of slowing, is there any hope for any of the large wildlife in the future?

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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No hope ,if its not superstition its food ,just think how many pigs ,birds and cows are killed each day just to supply our markets its mind boggling and they are bred to eat.

Humans are their own worst enemies ,nature will deal with them or more probably we will by accident

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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Yes. As an emergency fix, I've long though about the possibility of using electrolysis to fix stop the horn (actually hair) growing but that just gives rhino's a short window in which to survive poachers.

But with the human population having increased by almost 600% since 1950 and showing no signs of slowing, is there any hope for any of the large wildlife in the future?

Sadly outside of highly controlled environments like zoos and some of the smaller reserves no I doubt there is unless there is a dramatic change I'm thinking which I just can't see happening. with the current political state of S.A. and some of the other African nations I just don't see the will to stamp out poaching they're just to corrupt and rotten to the core.
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Sadly outside of highly controlled environments like zoos and some of the smaller reserves no I doubt there is unless there is a dramatic change I'm thinking which I just can't see happening. with the current political state of S.A. and some of the other African nations I just don't see the will to stamp out poaching they're just to corrupt and rotten to the core.

For once I larlgey agree with you, but there are more countries in Afica than Zimbabwe and the RSA.

 

Kenya shoots poachers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35503077

 

Botswana shoots poachers.

https://www.enca.com/africa/poacher-killed-botswana-army

 

I dont think they are tolereted much in Malawi either.

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All,

 

Whatever the "cause" it is a sad day. Strangely, as a child I remember crying when there was a family discussion about the last carrier pigeon. Then I became a "great white hunter" only to come back to my childhood scenes inflicting minor damage during the journey (I hope).

 

It just doesn't seem to occur to everyone that death is a once in a lifetime experience.

 

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All,

 

Whatever the "cause" it is a sad day. Strangely, as a child I remember crying when there was a family discussion about the last carrier pigeon. Then I became a "great white hunter" only to come back to my childhood scenes inflicting minor damage during the journey (I hope).

 

It just doesn't seem to occur to everyone that death is a once in a lifetime experience.

 

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I remember reading about the fate of the carrier pigeon when I was a child. There were millions of them.

The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.
Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!
Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote

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Hopefully mr bush's mrs had many little deaths using the french meaning lol

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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