So what are the implications of the future? With such a seemingly corrupt group of people in high command of the general public's interest, how can we solve issues at hand? Wheelan brings up the black rhinoceros. Their horns fetch a high price. On the black market, a rhino horn is wor more than gold. One kilogram of rhino horn goes for $60,000 to $100,000, whereas one kilogram of gold goes for $40,600. One ounce of black rhinoceros horn is worth approcximatly $1610. That means that a full horn goes for about $300,000. Let that sink in for a minute. Today, there are only about 3,610 black rhinos left in the wild. For those of you who like money, that's 1.08 billion dollars. The gradually lowering quantity of rhinos increases the cost of their horns causing more and more poachers to want to sell them on the black market leading to the extinction of the black rhino - something future generations will never be able to view except from photographs. Incentives equals motivation.
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