urrugger01

I think it would be pretty fair to say that there is a large difference between the marijuana trade and the poaching "trade."

There is also a large difference in the locations you would be selling to. Legalizing marijuana in Seattle is much different than making Rhino horns in Seattle and then selling them across the world. Unless you plan to box these and ship them from your office to overseas markets... a person is going to be involved in somepoint and that person could be threatened by those who do not want you to enter the market.

Certainly true. I would just hope that you would put significant time and thought into how you will protect your people making the transactions on the ground in the early phases of introducing your product.

If the business model is to sell to a distributor who handles the rest, that would take the pressure off of you. But does that solve a problem or just change the target?

I know that people who do poach often put their lives on the line. Its not rare for a poacher to be shot at. How much does this translate into the business side of poaching? Would it go that far?