approved a worldwide ban on ivory trade due to extensive poaching reducing the African elephant population by more than half. However‚ levels of poaching and illegal trade are getting out of control once again. Since 1997‚ certain countries such as Botswana and Zimbabwe have tried to weaken the ban by allowing the sale of thousands of kilograms of ivory to China and Japan. It was not until 2012 that CITIES recognized that elephant poaching had reached unsustainable levels (Elephants and the ivory
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“DOOMED” was the headline on the front page of the United Kingdom newspaper‚ the Daily Mirror‚ in 1961. The article explained how rhinos were doomed to disappear from the face of the earth due to man’s folly‚ greed‚ and neglect. Rhinos once roamed many places throughout Eurasia and Africa and were known to early Europeans who depicted them in cave paintings. Long ago they were widespread across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests‚ but today very few rhinos survive outside national parks
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the park are‚ “black rhinoceros‚ which is now reduced to fewer than ten animals do to illegal poaching (CAR‚ 1987).” This should be a major concern that there are fewer then ten black rhinoceros. The small forest elephant are also endangered from illegal poaching‚ which number in the two thousands to three thousands‚ as well as leopard and wild dog are endangering as well. Regrettably‚ illegal poaching of the black rhinoceros and elephant in the park has been so profound‚ that in turn it has devastated
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Indian Elephant Crisis The Indian elephant‚ scientific name being Elaphas Maximus‚ is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephants and is a native animal to the mainland of Asia. Since 1986‚ thee Elaphas Maximus has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened
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tigers remaining in the wild. The Siberian Tiger was given a life saver when Russia became the first country in the world to grant the tiger full protection. During the 1980’s the population of the Siberian tiger rose to about 500‚ although constant poaching and habitat loss has kept it right under 500. Habitat loss has always been a main factor for all modern animals that have either gone extinct or are currently endangered. There are several reasons
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consequently‚ they are potentially the most endangered rhino species (there are currently fewer than two hundred Sumatran rhinos in the world.) There are some major threats that will cause the Sumatran rhinos to be extinct during our lifetime; habitat loss‚ poaching‚ and genetic loss. The first major threat that will cause Sumatran rhinos to be extinct during our lifetime is habitat loss. Sumatran rhinos are losing their habitat because forests are being cleared in order to convert the land for other uses
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What is causing the decrease of rhinoceros population? L Suarez Science Ms Secada Date 5th Period 2 What is causing the decrease of rhinoceros population? Rhinoceros‚ often abbreviated as rhino‚ is a group of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia. Rhino species size comparison: Indian Rhino‚ over 1.8m‚ White Rhino‚ 1.8m‚ Black Rhino ‚ over 1
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biodiversity (Malherbe‚ 2013). He has joined many campaigns for protecting rhinos. Also‚ he shared his editorial ‘The rhino wars- a comprehensive overview of the situation and the solutions’‚ which focused on the potential solutions to deal with rhino poaching in South
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horn to make further capital gains. 4. What are the driving forces behind poaching? Demand for rhino horn in emerging markets such as Asia and India have made poaching extremely profitable. An average rhino horn weighs six to eight pounds and is reported to be worth $7‚200 per pound. This industry has been greatly influenced by the rise of Asia and India’s economies. 5. How would you reduce Poaching? To reduce poaching I would implement a tracking program to insure that all rhinos sold from the
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an essential conservation and wildlife management tool and can fund anti poaching efforts. Wildlife management programs are extremely costly to maintain. The South African government spent 7 million dollars to support anti poaching security measures‚ hire municipal police‚ and for military forces to assist in protecting threatened wildlife. Those measures were still not sufficient in preventing the rise in poaching or in increasing and improving the habitats. Last year alone poachers killed
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