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There is a certain species of white rhino in which only about 10 individuals are still remaining and they are all in captivity and are reluctant to mate (like most endangered species, it seems). Many are too old to mate. If the zoo or sanctuary in which these animals were being sold would hide these
individuals, one at a time and start selling the rare and limited time offer of the white rhino burger, some people would pay enourmous fees to eat the flesh of a soon-to-be extinct animal, the taste of which no one will ever experience again. These burgers, of course would be cow meat or maybe even soy burgers and would be cooked in a different way or with different spices to make it seem like the flesh of a 7-ton endangered animal, and could cost up to 15,000 American dollars per burger. The "late" rhinoes would be placed in a hidden reserve or underground holding pen. Of course burgers could be produced limitlessly, seeing as how large a rhino is, and people would buy them until they realized that they've eaten more rhinoes than were alive. They proceeds from this fundraising activity would go to preservation and cloning of this species and other endangered species.
"The Freshman" (1990)
http://www.allmovie...l?p=avg&sql=1:18652
[Shz, May 24 2006]
International Rhino Foundation
http://www.rhinos-i...hiterhino/index.htm
Rhino!!!!! [rcarty, May 24 2006]
International Rhino Foundation/Northern White Rhino
http://www.rhinos-i...pecies/northern.htm
Sorry, it was a subspecies. [jellydoughnut, May 24 2006]
[link]
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Haha. I'd love to dupe the western
civilisation with a scheme like this!
Although I'm not sure people would part
with 15,000 USD for the privelege .. |
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for 15K, someone would pay an extra 2K to have one bite of the burger analyzed...and the whole scheme would fall apart miserably. bun. |
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Maybe the pricetag was a bit exagerific... itastical... istic, but people who'd want to kill an endangered species for the taste aren't going to be the brightest muffins in the pantry. If you did a test on a "cow" burger from McDonald's or Burger King, I bet you could find traces of rhino, anyway. |
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Um, this is exactly the scam from the movie "The Freshman", only the people ("Gourmet Club") were eating smoked turkey they thought was Komodo Dragon. A different endangered animal was supposedly served each time. The animals actually went to the scammer's wildlife preserve. |
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According to the International Rhino Foundation there are eleven thousand White Rhinos surviving. [link] You might be referring to another type of Rhino but not a 'type' of White Rhino. |
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Turtle meat has been successfully farmed to bring them back from extinction, so I'm thinking even using genuine rhino meat would work. |
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Rhinos seem to be pretty sedentary, so I'm guessing the meat would be pretty tender. Make mine a steak, and you're on! |
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Yes, I guess that *is* a 'type' of White Rhino. I was mistaken. All this Rhino talk is making me hungry, how about you make your feast that of Northern White Rhino and serve the patrons the more abundant Southern White Rhino. Muahahahahahah! |
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...I knew I should have used actual Northern White Rhino flesh. |
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I'm sure this scam would bring about many lawsuits. |
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Please don't mark ideas as derivative (WTCTT ...) unless the owner actually derived them. Thank you! |
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Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, has a few hundred Rhino which are rapidly disappearing due to poaching.
One village nearby has a couple of 'pet' Rhinos that are free to roam around. Normally, they are considered to be more dangerous than the Tiger, but these ones let us touch them.
My word, the skin was as hard as wood. |
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