ABSTRACT In spite of the regulation, financial assistance and securitisation of responses to rhino poaching, rhino deaths have escalated over the past decade. This article discusses why efforts to disrupt illegal flows of rhino horn have been unsuccessful by honing in on structural and functional aspects of the broader rhino horn economy. Existing scholarly literature tends to focus on the legal–illegal binary in markets. The focus of this article is on grey flows in wildlife markets through an examination of rhino horn laundering and illegal hunting in the wildlife industry. Fluid interfaces of legal, grey and illegal flows have led to the creation of hybrid and highly adaptable flows. It is also argued that the international regulatory framework is not geared towards effective transnational enforcement and lacks social legitimacy amongst key actors. The article draws on research findings from a multi-sited ethnography, during which the researcher followed rhino horn from the source to the market.

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犀牛角流之间的流体界面

摘要尽管有监管，对犀牛偷猎做出反应的财政援助和证券化，在过去十年中犀牛的死亡人数仍在上升。本文讨论了为什么通过对更广泛的犀牛角经济的结构和功能方面进行磨练来阻止破​​坏犀牛角非法流动的努力未能成功。现有的学术文献倾向于集中于市场上的法律—非法二元。本文的重点是通过研究犀牛角洗钱和野生生物行业中的非法狩猎来研究野生生物市场中的灰色流动。合法，灰色和非法流动的流体界面导致了混合流动和高度适应性流动的产生。也有人认为，国际监管框架不适用于有效的跨国执法，并且在主要行为者之间缺乏社会合法性。本文借鉴了多民族志的研究成果，在此期间研究人员从源头到市场都追踪犀牛角。