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Board Politics & Society
Re: Greed
by
myrkul
on 01/08/2012, 22:26:04 UTC
If not greed, then what is the cause of species going extinct or on the verge of going extinct due to poaching?

Sumatran rhino horn is now valued at $30,000 due to its dwindling supply. Nothing like a dwindling supply of Sumatran rhino horn, a sky rocketing price, coupled with greed to accelerate the demise of this species.

Communal property leads to species going extinct.
Consider the case of the Scimitar Oryx:

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