{"id":13839,"date":"2012-08-23T15:09:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T13:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/book-talk-legalise-rhino-horn-trade-to-reduce-poaching\/"},"modified":"2012-08-23T15:09:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T13:09:34","slug":"book-talk-legalise-rhino-horn-trade-to-reduce-poaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/book-talk-legalise-rhino-horn-trade-to-reduce-poaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Talk-Legalise rhino horn trade to reduce poaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ed Stoddard<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Aug 23 (Reuters) &#8211; Almost two rhinos are being<br \/>\npoached each day in South Africa to meet surging Asian demand<br \/>\nfor their horns which are now worth more than their weight in<br \/>\ngold.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the death toll in 2012 to date at close to 300, South<br \/>\nAfrica looks certain to lose far more than the 448 rhinos it<br \/>\nlost last year to poachers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of this carnage, Clive Walker, one of<br \/>\nSouth Africa&#8217;s most respected conservationists, and his son<br \/>\nAnton, argue in the &#8220;The Rhino Keepers&#8221; that the global<br \/>\ncommunity should seriously consider lifting a ban on trade in<br \/>\nrhino horn.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like America&#8217;s &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221;, prohibiting the sale of rhino<br \/>\nhorn has not prevented people from trying to get their hands on<br \/>\nthe stuff, and they are willing to pay very high prices.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clive Walker spoke to Reuters ahead of the recent launch of<br \/>\nthe book.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q: What prompted you to write the book and take the approach<br \/>\nyou took?<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A: &#8220;I wanted to approach the subject with an open, neutral<br \/>\nmind because the issue is very sensitive, very controversial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q: The crisis is escalating. Do you think rhinos could go<br \/>\nextinct in our lifetime?<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG Aug 23 (Reuters) &#8211; Almost two rhinos are being poached each day in South Africa to meet surging Asian demand for their horns which are now worth more than their weight in gold. With the death toll in 2012 to date at close to 300, South Africa looks certain to lose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-13839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}