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When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

Drones, biosynthetics, and other tech often overlook the social systems that drive animals toward extinction.

A company started manufacturing fake rhino horns in 2015 to stop the illegal poaching of the animal.

The claim: Company 3D-printed fake rhino horns, plans to combat poaching Non-profits continue to search for an effective way to stop illegal rhino poaching, which has left most of the species critically endangered. One widespread social media post claims a biotech company found the solution. "A biotech startup has managed to 3-D print fake rhino horns that carry the same genetic fingerprint as the actual horn," the caption of an image shared May 27 on Facebook read.  The caption said the...

Contributing Writer Today’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect. Like the African rhinoceros. Poachers kill them to get their horns, which can sell for as much as $300,000. Poachers mostly sell in China and Vietnam, to people who carve them into ornaments or sell them as aphrodisiacs. By the way: The aphrodisiacs don’t work. When I started Stossel TV, my first video covered one man’s attempt to reduce rhino poaching by...

Article content Today’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect. Like the African rhinoceros. Poachers kill them to get their horns, which can sell for as much as $300,000. Poachers mostly sell in China and Vietnam, to people who carve them into ornaments or sell them as aphrodisiacs. By the way: The aphrodisiacs don’t work. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or STOSSEL: Environmen...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Today’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect. Like the African rhinoceros. Poachers kill them to get their horns, which can sell for as much as $300,000. Poachers mostly sell in China and Vietnam, to people who carve them into ornaments or sell them as aphrodisiacs. By the way: The aphrodisiacs don’t work....

NEW YORK — Today’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect. Like the African rhinoceros

Today’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect.