A biotech firm creates fake rhino horn to reduce poaching by oversaturing the market
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[QUOTE=Faunze;48020285]Excellent Excellent, now they will have heads attached to them.[/QUOTE]
This guy's joking but this is probably what will happen.
[QUOTE=megafat;48020676]Because these people would want the genuine thing?[/QUOTE]
the whole point is that nobody can tell the difference and the fake ones are being sold as genuine. it will drive prices down and make it less profitable to sell the real thing
Couldn't this also be used to catch the criminals wanting to buy black market rhino horns?
[QUOTE=megafat;48021071]Couldn't this also be used to catch the criminals wanting to buy black market rhino horns?[/QUOTE]
No because they will probably be sold through a 3rd party, if they didn't they everyone would know who is selling the fakes.
This is honestly really damn smart.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;48023692]This is honestly really damn smart.[/QUOTE]
I'd argue announcing it to the press isn't though.
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