tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post6662259826242573339..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: IvoryRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-83162219588849318922014-10-20T11:26:44.513+01:002014-10-20T11:26:44.513+01:00They don't breed well in captivity, otherwise ...They don't breed well in captivity, otherwise we'd already be breeding them like mad to make up for the falling numbers..Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-76282866998951442232014-10-20T08:27:06.033+01:002014-10-20T08:27:06.033+01:00I always thought that if elephant ivory was so val...I always thought that if elephant ivory was so valuable why has nobody set up an elephant farm to breed thousands of the things....John Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156658352563482506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-74860058330607943962014-10-20T00:35:56.785+01:002014-10-20T00:35:56.785+01:00Although the value goes up, the market can shrink....Although the value goes up, the market can shrink. I think anti-poaching groups would be much happier to see one butchered elephant and the tusks going for $4M on the black market, than a hundred butchered elephants with tusks at $40k each.<br /><br />This sort of thing helps keep big art thefts under control. Could a good team steal say, a Monet from the National Gallery? Probably. And in theory that's incredibly valuable. But who would buy it? Owning a blatantly stolen Monet is not something most collectors would be interested in. You'd have to keep it locked away, shown only to a handful of trusted people. So what's the point? And that means despite the apparent value the market is very small and so there are few opportunities for such thieves.tialaramexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245919932453170519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-91556029611010602492014-10-19T21:25:33.077+01:002014-10-19T21:25:33.077+01:00If trade in any ivory is illegal, nobody can claim...If trade in any ivory is illegal, nobody can claim his freshly-slaughtered ivory is "antique" and therefore legal. So any buyer is a criminal.<br /><br />It's worked so well with drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com