Will be that the technology is able to save the rhinos? – Exame Informática

There is a community working together to save the rhinos from extinction. In Kenya, there are armed guards to watch over the last three white rhinos north of the planet, and there is little more than a few dozens of species of Java and Sumatra. At this time, only 29 thousand of these animals live in captivity, after at the beginning of the TWENTIETH century have accounted for more than 500 thousand.

The horn of the rhinoceros, has a market value per kilo higher than that of cocaine and gold, which makes these animals a target attractive. There are technological companies, such as the Ceratotech, the Rhinoceros Horn and the Pemblent who want to create substitutes for this material in the laboratory, saving the species. The solutions pass through bioimpressão 3D with the use of keratin synthetic. The companies say that the material bioimpresso is genetically equal to the horn authentic, news to Cnet.

The strategy is to flood the market with this article produced in the laboratory, although there is some criticism. The conservatives argue that these maneuvers will increase the demand for the horn, a time that will take to the market the message that the material has the same therapeutic properties. Organized groups may also try to sell the material synthesized, making him the pass for authentic.

Researchers at the San Diego Zoo and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildfire Research want to try something different: "create" rhinos from scratch, using stem cells. The plan contemplates the transfer of stem cells of the three white rhinos from the north in sperm and ova to make fertilizers in vitro, although the current technology still does not permit 100%.

In the sense of protecting animals in captivity, there are organizations that propose to install a system for RAPID, Real-time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device) in the horn of the rhinoceros. This kit includes a GPS system, a camera sensor and a heart beat, that alert the defence teams if you register with some deviations. This plan seems to have been abandoned in the meantime.