How does poaching affect the population of rhinos and elephants? Ivory is a rather beautiful item seeing that it holds many qualities. Amongst those many qualities are its durability‚ its smoothness‚ and its value to the market. How would you feel to know that it is also the tusks and horns that you see on rhinos and elephants? Both elephants and rhinos are poached for their horns and tusks every day to the point of becoming an endangered species‚ like the black rhino and the Asian elephant. Many
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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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every day. Poaching and Hunting are a huge contribution to today’s species endangerment. Selfish human beings slaughtering innocent animals for their own good. Poaching all around the world is causing animals of all different species to become endangered. People poach animals because their body parts can be sold illegally for huge amounts of money. Rhino horns being cut off because they are believed to be able to treat hangovers‚ impotence‚ fever and even cancer.
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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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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 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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Poaching affects animals all over the world‚ but it has taken many cultures too long to realize what is happening to our wildlife population. For example‚ “Over the past 40 years alone‚ nearly 52 percent of the world’s wildlife have been wiped out of existence.”("10 Shocking Facts About How the Illegal Wildlife Trade Drives Species Extinction." One Green Planet. May. 22‚ 2016). Some species that are being killed by this terrible act include‚ but are not excluded to elephants‚ tigers‚ sharks‚ rhinos
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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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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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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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