Tiger Farms.

[Surreysmith]

I put to you an interesting moral question. The numbers of many endangered animals in the wild are rapidly decreasing, but I'll tigers as an example.
At the moment poachers hunt them for bones, fur and fun, and in an ideal world this would be stopped but realistically this isn't going to happen.
However what if tigers were breed in captivity for the sole purpose of being killed. Now at first you think this is a horrific idea but if you think about it it would stop almost all poaching of wild tigers and is it really any different from the millions of cows that walk into our slaughter houses.

The wild tigers would have a chance to increase in number and lets face it why would you waste time and money tracking and hunting a wild dangerous animal for it's bones when it's easier just to pick some up at your local mc-tigers.

 

[Snowalker]

Nice theory, bad in practice. Say its for the fur, if bred in captivity and in large sums, the price of the fur goes down. Same applies for the bones. Then, for fun, well, if they're raised near humans, they'll be used to us, so then hunting loses all its fun, cause then the tiger will walk right up to you. I think tigers should be raised in captivity, but for the exact opposite of your reasoning

 

[DefunctTheory]

Many animals do poorly in captivity.

There's also the problem that many species, such as tigers, don't breed fast enough for farming. If they did, there probably wouldn't be such a huge problem with endangerment.

 

[Aris Khandr]

I'd rather raise tigers for hugs.

 

[Geekosaurus]

Yeah, I don't think it would work. It'd be ridiculously expensive and therefore reserved for the rich. Poaching would still happen.

 

[hiphop8004]

I'd rather raise tigers for hugs.

Might not be the best idea on your part, but hey a person can dream

 

[Aris Khandr]

I'd rather raise tigers for hugs.

Might not be the best idea on your part, but hey a person can dream

Yeah, but they're so pretty! I just want to hug one!

 

[Blind Sight]

They actually already have tiger farms in China, they're hoping for a lift on the ban on tiger products:


(Skip to 3:52 for the bit on tigers, but there's good points on farming endangered animals through the whole piece)

So yeah, the problem doesn't seem to be the infrastructure of creating tiger farms, would be interesting to see how the products compete in the market. It's not like the ban is working that well with Chinese medicine still wanting everything from skins to penises anyway.

 

[Drakmorg]

Nice idea in theory, but probably would not work. If we could breed tigers fast enough to farm them for fur and bones, we would have done so already.
Though I do hate poachers, so much so that I actually thought up a show that involved killing them. It would revolve around following a man dressed up as a British safari hunter doing a stereotypical British accent as he hunted poachers for sport.
I even bothered thinking up a catch-phrase for the guy: "Let's kill it shall we?!" Usually said after a comment like on those nature shows.
"Oh, look at that, it's a beautiful specimen of a poacher. Let's kill it shall we?!"

Though that probably wouldn't work either.

 

[Surreysmith]

Nice theory, bad in practice. Say its for the fur, if bred in captivity and in large sums, the price of the fur goes down.

I really don't have a problem with the value of tiger products falling, would that not just be an added perk.

 

[Shirokurou]

Just be a настоящий мужик like DiCaprio and donate to the tiger saving fund.

 

[Snowalker]

Nice theory, bad in practice. Say its for the fur, if bred in captivity and in large sums, the price of the fur goes down.

I really don't have a problem with the value of tiger products falling, would that not just be an added perk.

Umm no... it wouldn't because they would move on to other animals and just stop using tigers, and then we would just be killing an animal for... literally no reason. Also, putting a tiger in capitivty like that isn't a good idea... considering its A FUCKING TIGER.

 

[Baneat]

Sure, I don't actually care if the rare peruvian side-striped tiger goes extinct, unless it adversely affects the eco-system. Keeping certain animals alive for rarity's sake, not really sensible. If you can do it with a cow, no reason why tigers are excluded.

OP's suggestion is too expensive, though, poachers are trying to avoid the costs of raising animals.

 

[Surreysmith]

but will there not come a point where the poachers put themselves out of work, even if they move on to another species the same thing will happen.