RHINOCEROS POACHING Poaching Despite of the protective measure‚ prosecution of this animal continues with the exceptionally high and illegal price on the rhino horn in clandestine market. In Kaziranga National Park‚ 69 rhinos were poached during the period of 1988 to 1991 (Bhattacharya 1993). In Nepal‚ data shows that intensity of rhino poaching is depend on the action taken by the management authority. During 1976 to 1983 poaching was completely stopped due to the Army involvement in the conservation
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wildlife.” – Wild at Heart. Good morning to my teacher and fellow classmates. Poaching has traditionally been defined as the illegal hunting‚ killing‚ or capturing of wild animals.today my main focus will be on the poaching of rhinoceouras.. Rhinos were once abundant throughout Africa and Asia with an approximated worldwide population of 500 000 in the early twentieth century. However‚ despite intensive conservation efforts‚ poaching of this iconic species is dramatically increasing‚ pushing the remaining
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brutal attack on one more rhino on Wednesday. Incidents of rhino poaching in Assam have created concern to all animal loving people of the state. In fact‚ they have demanded the government to take quick action against the miscreants. After large-scale protest across the state in relation to constant threat to rhinos‚ Assam government ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into all incidents of rhino poaching in the State in the last three years. Activists working in safety
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How does poaching effect hunting? Poaching can effect hunting in several different ways. One of those ways is by the deer population dropped 1‚000‚000 from the year of 2012 to 2013 from poaching. The dropping of the deer population this much could cause hunting to be banned (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources White-tailed Deer Report). People who poach are the reason for the population of animals dropping. The downfall to poaching is that it could cause hunting to be
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Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were
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The Poaching and Eating of Animals Benjamin L. VanDyke GEO 150 6/22/2010 Tim G. Buchanan Poaching is the hunting or killing of animals that are not either in season to be hunted or are protected by animal rights laws. There are many hunting laws and seasons that one has to comply with in their own country. Many countries have outlawed the hunting of animals that are close to extinction. Other countries; such as the United States use hunting to control the numbers of animals whose numbers are
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as usual‚ I was reading a happy animal book and then I find a poaching paragraph and slowly that good happy feeling sank into a dark scary feeling as the truth comes out‚ what is going on‚ what is happening to our animals in the world. What is poaching? What makes this bad? It is not what makes it bad it is why it’s bad. It is bad because it is illegal‚ it is illegal because it is killing innocent animals‚ it is animal cruelty. Poaching is not only illegal but is cruel to animals‚ but is only illegal
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The Rhinoceros The rhinoceros is a big‚ archaic looking mammal that dates back to the Miocene era millions of years ago. Members of the rhinoceros family are characterized by their large size. We get two types of Rhinos in South Africa‚ namely: Black Rhinoceros - Diceros bicornis White Rhinoceros - Ceratotherium simum. The White Rhino: The white rhino’s name originates from the Dutch "weit‚" which means wide‚ a position to its wide‚ square hush adapted for grazing. The white rhino‚ which
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The Poaching Epidemic Animal wildlife is something that should be treasured and protected‚ not devastated by inconsiderate poachers. Poaching has contributed to the extinction of animal species all over the world. Some of the species that have been affected and have gone extinct are the Tasmanian tiger‚ the eastern cougar‚ the eastern elk‚ the black rhino and numerous amounts of bird species (IDA). Poachers usually kill wildlife in order to make tax free profit from the wildlife’s resources which
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Poaching in Africa is extremely likely to happen sadly. Most poaching happens in Zimbabwe‚ which is a country in Africa. The second country with the most poaching is Kenya‚ which is also in Africa. More than half of the worlds poaching happens in Africa because there are a lot of rare‚ iconic animals that resides there. Poaching is a deadly and horrific crime against the wildlife that happens worldwide for years. Wildlife officials say that legal hunters kill tens of millions of animals each and
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