Look at what they're doing to the rhinos!!

[Playinghardball]

[dhill926]

1. really like this...

[In_The_Wind]

2. Kicked and recommended

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. The Hippos however, think it's hilarious.

I keed, I keed.

[central scrutinizer]

17. dancing with glee

[SalviaBlue]

4. That's great! Too bad they can't do it to shark fins. nt

[drmeow]

26. Too true!

[bunnies]

5. It cant be sanded off?

[Mariana]

11. No, it can't be sanded off. nt.

[bunnies]

16. Good!

[BrotherIvan]

6. Elephant tusks too please!

And stop all high price hunting NOW.

[silverweb]

24. Yes!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Elephants next!

[Historic NY]

7. Humm.....How do you paint a rhino?...

Carefully grasshopper, carefully!!!!

[justiceischeap]

8. Snopes: Kinda true

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/pinkhorns.asp

[Playinghardball]

10. Pink Poison, The Trend That’s Saving Sabi Sand Rhinos..

http://www.the-open-mind.com/pink-poison-the-trend-thats-saving-sabi-sand-rhinos/

[justiceischeap]

13. It makes me wonder though, how the poachers know

which horns have the poison and which don't. Or are these folks just hoping the poachers will assume that all the rhinos have them?

[Rex]

18. It places doubt in the poachers mind, which is a deterrent all by itself.

I think it is a brilliant move. If it saves just one rhino from senseless slaughter, then that is some kind of win for the animal as a species imo.

[Romeo.lima333]

9. it's depressing when people are more animal than animals

[erronis]

22. Agree, altho I'd say that these people are less than animals.

[hrmjustin]

12. K&R!

[ejbr]

14. That rhino is gay n/t

[Jamastiene]

28. And you know this, how?

What a weird thing to say.

[ejbr]

29. Yes..... I am a very odd person n/t

[Blue Owl]

15. Looking FAB!

Fuck you, poachers!

[red dog 1]

19. Brilliant!

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K&R, thanks for posting!

Rhinos are killed and their tusks cut off to be ground up & sold as a (supposedly) potent aphrodisiac

Elephants, on the other hand, are killed, and their tusks cut off to be sold as ivory.

I wonder if they could paint the elephant's ivory tusks with some type of dye that can permanently penetrate the entire tusk, (not just the surface), so that poachers couldn't sell the ivory?

[Enthusiast]

20. What a great idea!

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. ...

[deathrind]

23. Excellent!

[Scuba]

25. K&R

[drmeow]

27. Not just nausea, etc

"At a minimum it would start with diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, severe headaches, all the way up to nervous symptoms, which could be permanent, Hern says. Some ectoparasiticides also precipitate the development of cancers later on in life."