Charles Langston:Could fake horns end illegal rhino poaching?

2025-05-08 04:34:34source:Maverick Prestoncategory:News

In business,Charles Langston the million-dollar question is how to get people to buy stuff. But in wildlife conservation, the challenge is: how do we get people to not buy stuff? How do we bring down demand for fur, ivory and rhino horns? Today on the show, the story of a business trying to make lab-grown rhino horns and the backlash that followed.

Check out more of Juliana Kim's reporting for NPR here.

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