The Toll Of Owning Rhinos

After a 3 week long documentary expedition visiting multiple owners and understanding their plights as it relates to rhino conservation, Robbie sits down with all three of the largest private rhino owners, outside the South African government itself, for the first time the three have ever been in the same room. The conversation that ensues covers rhinos, which these three love more than anything, rhino conservation, and what it truly takes from budgets to land to medical, security and beyond to be stewards of these animals. It’s the epitome of rhino conservation.

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[00:00] Private Rhino Owners Reveal the Reality of Conservation
[02:41] Meet South Africa’s Biggest Private Rhino Owners
[06:45] Why Keep Rhinos When It Makes No Financial Sense?
[09:13] How Private Reserves Outperformed Kruger
[10:32] Why Rhino Hunting Could Save the Species
[14:18] How Regulations Destroyed Rhino Value
[17:25] Why the Rhino Market Has Collapsed
[18:47] Could Legal Rhino Horn Trade Work?
[20:05] Would Rhino Owners Get Rich From Horn Sales?
[22:20] The Fight for More Rhino Habitat
[25:00] Creating an Enabling Environment for Rhinos
[26:28] Who Really Has Skin in the Game?
[30:01] What If Legal Trade Makes Poaching Worse?
[32:28] The Scientific Case for Legal Rhino Trade
[35:02] The Rhino Conservation Crisis Nobody Sees
[36:51] Two Solutions: Live Export and Legal Horn Trade
[38:27] Why Hunting Certain Rhino Bulls Saves Others
[39:57] Can Rhino Horn Become the Species’ Savior?

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