What Is Poaching Epidemic?

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 can be antlers, meat, teeth, pelts, or anything valuable on the animal. The sport of hunting is accepted by most of the country, 79 percent to be accurate (Brassard, 2013). Although hunting legally is accepted, poaching is something that nearly everyone despises and would like to get rid of. What many …show more content…
The act of hunting is to pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food. In present time, unless you live in extremely rural areas, hunting is done mainly for sport. Hunting has changed dramatically since we first used the method for survival. Now, hunting has become more complex and more of a business, especially towards trophy hunts or canned hunts. The equipment and weapons we use to take out that prize buck (male deer) have become extremely sophisticated and cutting-edge. Sophisticated things usually cost more money, thus leading to a greater amount of revenue for businesses such as Cabelas, Bass Pro Shop, and any outdoor store selling hunting equipment. Although these stores are cashing in, is it right to make the killing of animals easier and easier? Due to our technology advances in most parts of the world it is much easier to obtain spotlights, night vision scopes, thermals, and high performance rifles which would make shooting an animal much easier than in the past (Arizona Fish & Game, 2013). These attachments to weapons simply give people who want to harm animals illegally a step ahead. This leads up to the main issue in hunting,