tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post86634299691504419..comments2024-03-24T05:58:01.599-04:00Comments on Veggie Revolution: With a chain-saw, he cut off the rhino's valuable hornSally Kneidel, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-43043304315466390702012-09-16T08:29:12.801-04:002012-09-16T08:29:12.801-04:00It hurts to see a beatiful animal like the rhino. ...It hurts to see a beatiful animal like the rhino. Get tortured so we can have a pice of it that we dont value.<br />It is just to cruel.<br />Wondering if when we got the shooter's. What would they say if we riped they nails out. One by one.Leif-Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456422286927796486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-8650962731079166742010-11-07T12:02:07.284-05:002010-11-07T12:02:07.284-05:00Thanks for your comment, "Anonymous." Yo...Thanks for your comment, "Anonymous." You're right that removing the horn leaves a rhino pretty defenseless. The calves of hornless mothers are the most vulnerable of all, since their mothers can't defend them. See Adrian's comment.Sally Kneidel, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-75787948518522521602010-11-07T11:54:24.515-05:002010-11-07T11:54:24.515-05:00How does a rhino protects itself when the horn is ...How does a rhino protects itself when the horn is taken away... That very inhuman. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-33045117067096776282009-10-02T20:07:45.163-04:002009-10-02T20:07:45.163-04:00Thanks Adrian - I didn't know that, but apprec...Thanks Adrian - I didn't know that, but appreciate very much the information. It's not surprising, is it? I'm going to look at your link.<br /><br />Thank you again<br />Sally KneidelSally Kneidel, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-86813056658217649522009-10-02T04:33:55.467-04:002009-10-02T04:33:55.467-04:00Dehorning rhinos has been a disaster. 100% of calv...Dehorning rhinos has been a disaster. 100% of calves of dehorned cows are taken by predators the mothers can't fight off. Poachers still kill the rhinos for what scraps of horn remain, and they also rob ranger stations where the horns are often kept. More details here:<br /><br />http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9WUqqgfrBHQC&pg=RA2-PA566&lpg=RA2-PA566&dq=rhino+cutting+horn+conservation&source=bl&ots=UcY41z_90x&sig=USDzg25h_rLgn4lgK4cnVETx_S8&hl=en&ei=zLTFSsXfMYSNkAXLhNVI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=rhino cutting horn conservation&f=falseadrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716494902915423540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-13063189320354379302009-08-25T23:20:28.546-04:002009-08-25T23:20:28.546-04:00I added a new and valuable source to this post on ...I added a new and valuable source to this post on August 25, 2009, thanks to Richard Thomas of TRAFFIC: the wildlife monitoring network:<br /><br />http://www.traffic.org/home/2009/7/9/poaching-crisis-as-rhino-horn-demand-booms-in-asia.htmlSally Kneidel, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-87876850935194220502009-08-25T21:09:53.915-04:002009-08-25T21:09:53.915-04:00Thanks for your comment Jefferson's Guardian. ...Thanks for your comment Jefferson's Guardian. I don't know - we have passed several good stopping points already. But it's not entirely too late....Sally Kneidel, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-5426800344762457812009-08-25T21:07:45.195-04:002009-08-25T21:07:45.195-04:00Thank you Steph for your comment. I'm glad you...Thank you Steph for your comment. I'm glad you and your daughter enjoyed it! Witnessing the rhino capture was pretty interesting too - I had no idea what to expect.<br /><br />I love your website. I'd like to put a link to your website on sallykneidel.com. That all right?Sally Kneidel, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-15459407730392268992009-08-25T15:51:24.139-04:002009-08-25T15:51:24.139-04:00My eldest daughter and I were fascinated by this a...My eldest daughter and I were fascinated by this article. Thanks so much for the photos and detailed description.<br /><br />I was trying to imagine what the graduate student's reaction was when duties were assigned. Yikes!Steph @ Greening Familieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433969162173404332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-55493348066127600202009-08-19T17:45:23.234-04:002009-08-19T17:45:23.234-04:00It's very disconcerting, isn't it Sally? A...It's very disconcerting, isn't it Sally? As human populations grow and technology expands mankind's reach, the survival and probable extinction of mostly harmless and innocent cohabitants of this planet becomes problematic. I wonder what the tipping-point is for a ecological reversal that can't be averted? Have we already reached it? Is it even calculable?Jefferson's Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.com