22.html 2. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140211-united-states-rules-wildlife- trafficking-ivory-science/ 3. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Poaching-fuelled-by-corruption--Study/-/539546/2288814/-/2ab7nm/-/index.html 4. http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1281175/demand-ivory-mainland-has-led-illegal-poaching-africa
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References: Ask.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18‚ 2007‚ from http://www.ask.com/reference/dictionary/ahdict/103817/poaching Black Rhino. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18‚ 2007‚ from http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/Envfacts/Black_Rhino/index.htm Protected Areas Programme. (n.d.). Retrieved August 26‚ 2007‚ from http://www2.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/manovo.html United
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sizable amounts of these animals are to be killed in one huge fight to decrease an area of more than enough elephants because of diminishing space. I will be discussing what elephants are‚ what they do to help the environment‚ the poaching of them‚ and the problem of poaching. Elephants are incredible individuals. They hold the title of the "Largest Land Animal"‚ and are among the most
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sanctuaries where threatened species can be preserved. Other conservation measures involve research and studies of wild animals and their habitat‚ their biological requirements‚ census operations‚ improvement of habitat‚ and effective measures to control poaching. The
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are one of the most issues that are affecting the earth today. Endangered animals are any species of animals that is at significant risk of extinction due to the dramatic decline in its population and habitat destruction. The endangerment caused by poaching‚ global warming and human activities. All life on earth is part of a nature balanced‚ and all species are dependent on each other to maintain the planet’s ecosystem. Removing one species from the system will have some effects. (Endangered species)
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very common problem (Environmental News Network et.al 2008). What I was able to find out though was that this evolutionary change is actually helping them survive. How you may ask? Well‚ one problem in today’s world that we all know about is poaching. Poaching has had a huge effect on many animals‚ but the biggest on the species of the elephant. Now‚ elephants are not just being killed for the fun of it‚ but for their tusks. The tusks on an elephant are made of ivory‚ which is what the poachers are
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Africa to China. But it is not just these notorious groups that are cashing in. Members or some of the African armies that the American government supports with millions in dollars‚ as the Congolese Army and South Sudan’s military have implicated poaching and selling ivory. Experts say that the majority of the ivory- as much as 70 percent is sent to China. Which the push of price of ivory is $1‚000 per pound on the streets of Beijing. The “Ivory Wars” is a global issue because the poachers that
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The Eastern Gorilla faces many challenges due to the destruction of its habitat and poaching. The Eastern Gorilla is the largest living primate and has now joined three other great ape species as critically endangered on The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s red list of endangered species. This is extremely worrying to many government and environmental leaders because there are only about five thousand Eastern Gorillas left in the wild. Furthermore‚ of all of the great ape
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2014 Hunting Laws: The Aspect of Hunting Why are people likely to break hunting laws‚ whereas the people with the license are the ones that suffer? Over the years people have violated hunting laws. There has been little research for motivations for poaching. Illegal taking of wildlife is a serious problem in today’s society. Questions such as these prompted are discussed in the two following articles: “Illegal Hunting and Angling the Neutralization of Wildlife‚” by Stephen L. Eliason‚ and an article
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of the one-horned species whose scientific name is rhinoceros unicornis. Pitted against the poachers‚ some armed with battlefield rifles‚ are 152 anti-poaching camps staffed by more than 900 rangers‚ guards and other personnel - almost one for every square kilometre of the reserve. These include a well-armed task force rushed in when the poaching erupted again early last year. Kaziranga also is ready to deploy drones and satellite surveillance to track the intruders. The rhino war is a bloody one
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