tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4831465807480961111..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The mass murder of rhinocerosMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-69139597345099202742011-11-23T22:44:20.276-06:002011-11-23T22:44:20.276-06:00I can't believe politicians did not do more to...I can't believe politicians did not do more to save the mammoths...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7513535389010189792011-11-23T01:13:29.265-06:002011-11-23T01:13:29.265-06:00Should we really be surprised at all of this. As a...Should we really be surprised at all of this. As a species, we are quite content to destroy our habitat so why not start writing off, whole species. Despite, or in spite of, all the information on the 'net. People just don't really care. We have been clubbed into submission by the 'authorities' who govern us.timabobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088594057661414527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-66770539655791825062011-11-22T15:12:04.478-06:002011-11-22T15:12:04.478-06:00I don't understand. If they're removing th...I don't understand. If they're removing the horns can't they then turn around and sell them? Would that not supply enough money to keep the program going? Maybe the economics don't work out.<br /><br />I still think legalizing the trade is the best way to save the Rhino.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10740034241172365953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39624716883972936662011-11-22T11:47:16.016-06:002011-11-22T11:47:16.016-06:00For Amy -
"Game wardens in Namibia and Zimba...For Amy -<br /><br />"Game wardens in Namibia and Zimbabwe, nations where less funding is available for such protection, have adopted less confrontational methods to keep their rhinos alive. The tactic is 'dehorning'. The wardens humanely remove the horns of Black rhinos and White rhinos to prevent poachers from finding any rhinos worth killing. Since rhino horns are not true horns, composed only of agglutinated keratin fibers and no bone, the removal of the horn is not harmful. Unfortunately, a lack of funding from the Nepalese government, and the governments of Namibia and Zimbabwe has resulted in a reduction of manpower in these programs. The result has been an increase in poaching..."Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59864160677780301202011-11-22T10:40:11.117-06:002011-11-22T10:40:11.117-06:00Unfortunately, the stupid we have will always be w...Unfortunately, the stupid we have will always be with us, and human desperation and greed know no bounds. Look at the syphilis-ravaged noblemen back in the day who would rape young girls in the belief that having sex with a virgin would cure them of their affliction. I would like to think we've progressed past that, but apparently not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61242020333628127142011-11-22T09:43:52.407-06:002011-11-22T09:43:52.407-06:00If poachers are killing rhinos for their horns, ca...If poachers are killing rhinos for their horns, can we surgically remove the horns first? Can a rhino live without its horn? It's certainly not a long-term solution but if it means saving a species...Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-92072260515234933112011-11-22T08:10:01.196-06:002011-11-22T08:10:01.196-06:00I see a sad future for the children in generations...I see a sad future for the children in generations following ours. I see trips to museums where docents will lead groups past stuffed rhinos and tigers in glass cases, explaining the word "extinct".<br /><br />And for those children, they'll accept that's how their world has always been, just as we live without mammoths and Irish elk.<br /><br />How can the few remaining rhinos be protected against money in the hands of the foolish?Ninabinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68614378093644918922011-11-22T08:06:26.103-06:002011-11-22T08:06:26.103-06:00It’s a shame that the Vietnamese politician who be...It’s a shame that the Vietnamese politician who believed his liver cancer was cured by rhino horn, didn’t try the powdered bones of Wall Street bankers first………….leonardonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-24447920215699334152011-11-21T19:26:16.221-06:002011-11-21T19:26:16.221-06:00Here's a link to that article.
http://www.out...Here's a link to that article.<br /><br />http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/Number-One-With-a-Bullet.html?page=all<br /><br />National Parks throughout the world should take this approach to poaching.Doug Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11601362819785178691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3786986066213352132011-11-21T19:25:09.958-06:002011-11-21T19:25:09.958-06:00Just finished reading an excellent article in a re...Just finished reading an excellent article in a recent issue of Outside about a national park in India where the rangers are permitted to use deadly force -- no questions asked -- to protect the rhinos. They had 2x as many poacher deaths as rhino deaths last year.<br /><br />Oh, and rhino are anything but " lumberingly gentle" -- the rhinos kill multiple rangers in this park every year.Doug Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11601362819785178691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63938650097380770872011-11-21T14:37:30.969-06:002011-11-21T14:37:30.969-06:00I am with you on everything but the idea that rhin...I am with you on everything but the idea that rhinos are "gentle." I knew a white rhino who was a favorite at the zoo where he resided. He enjoyed being hand fed, having his back scrubbed with a push broom, and would come for attention and petting when called. In spite of all this behavior, he could be dangerous and there was always at sturdy barrier between him and his keepers. He could be gentle, but he could also be dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-38290348881208618892011-11-21T13:33:06.972-06:002011-11-21T13:33:06.972-06:00Please excuse all the typos in the above comment. ...Please excuse all the typos in the above comment. It has been a long morning.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10740034241172365953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-23903485464247781652011-11-21T13:23:53.272-06:002011-11-21T13:23:53.272-06:00This saddens me greatly both because I like animal...This saddens me greatly both because I like animals more than I like people and because a solution is possible but politically impossible.<br /><br />Once near extinction the American Bison now number in the half a million and growing. If there is a profit to be made from from Rhino, the let ranchers raise them. I don't pretend that the logistics of this are simply, but does anyone think the current solution is working?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bisonBrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10740034241172365953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-18075188392771390932011-11-21T13:11:49.061-06:002011-11-21T13:11:49.061-06:00Is there no one in all of Asia with enough credita...Is there no one in all of Asia with enough creditability with their people who can stand up and say, "Enough! This is wrong and a lie!"cheryllynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76837932834810551792011-11-21T12:32:57.169-06:002011-11-21T12:32:57.169-06:00A new myth needs to be spread -- and fast! -- that...A new myth needs to be spread -- and fast! -- that ingesting any part of a rhino, especially its horn, will cause permanent impotence!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com