Elephant Poaching Elephants were once a common species to see around Africa and Asia‚ but due to ivory trading elephants have become critically endangered. Every day elephants become more and more endangered and soon they will be extinct. Elephants are killed everyday and used for ivory. Elephants are beautiful creatures and it would be shameful to let them go extinct. Elephant poaching is a serious problem and is not being stopped. According to the 96 Elephants Foundation‚ “96 elephants are killed
Premium Elephant Hunting Asian Elephant
If I could turn the tide against poaching I would request for the government to try and take down all the black markets in the country. I would build a fence‚ask for more government help‚and put up more surveillance to save Asian and African Elephants from going extinct. Putting guard towers would increase protection of the homeland of the elephants. Putting around the clock guards at these towers will keep poachers from entering the grasslands. All the towers are approximately 2.5 miles apart to
Premium Hunting Extinction Endangered species
Tusks‚ Skin‚ and Bones are sold‚ will mankind realize that Money can never buy back our Wildlife." - Mild at Heart. This quote strongly puts reality out there with the fact that once most animals go extinct‚ they will most likely never come back. Poaching is a huge problem because most animals like rhinos‚ lions‚ and elephants are being poached. Their tusks and horns are said to cure certain diseases or have medicinal properties. This affects not only animal populations‚ but the human population and
Premium Elephant Rhinoceros Endangered species
Bengal White Tigers Scientists from Peking University‚ Beijing in May 2013 discovered that a change in single amino acid (A477V) in one pigmentation relate gene (SLC45A2) is the cause of white fur or sepia brown stripes in some tigers. The scientists studied 16 captive white tigers from three different parents to come up with the conclusion. As per the scientists‚ two types of melanin namely pheomelanin and eumelanin are used for identifying the color of fur‚ eye and stripes of the tiger. In case
Premium Tiger
Tigers One of my most favorite things to do when going to the zoo is to see the big cats‚ most especially the tigers. The tiger is the largest of all big cats‚ and as of right now they are on the verge of extinction. The tiger is the top of the food chain in its natural habitat. They are a revered animal among many cultures and are considered to be one of the most beautiful animals on the planet. Due to poaching‚ illegal trade and the encroachment of their habitats‚ the tiger is now one of the
Premium Tiger Endangered species
The tiger‚ largest of all cats‚ is one of the most charismatic and evocative species on the Earth; tiger is also one of the most threatened. Only 6‚000 or so remain in the wild‚ most in isolated pockets spread across increasingly fragmented forests stretching from India to south-eastern China and from the Russian Far East to Indonesia. Across its range‚ tigers are being poisoned‚ electrocuted‚ blown up by land mines‚ trapped‚ snared‚ shot and captured. The majority of tigers are sought to meet
Premium Tiger
ordinary rhino‚ it’s a rhino without a horn‚ bleeding from where the horn was once at. One of the “modern dinosaurs” that is present today is the Rhinoceros‚ which is becoming extinct (“Learn Important Rhino Poaching Facts with Pictures”). In the world‚ mainly in South Africa‚ rhino poaching is becoming a popular activity for the wealthy and the poor. People that poach rhinos for their horns use them in illegal trade‚ which has boomed in recent years (“African Rhinos”). Rhino poachers can come
Premium Hunting Endangered species Poaching
Indian Tigers India was known as Land of Tiger‚ infact one of the best breed of tiger was named "Bengal Tiger" ‚ as the most prominent place for the Indian tigers were from Bengal (In Eastern India)‚ I also have a documentory by BBC called India - Land of Tigers‚ some nice guy called Valmik Thaper was working on Tiger conservation. Why just Tiger‚ well if you fall short of information about your beloved country‚ Bengal Tiger is the national animal of India‚ there
Premium Tiger India
the zoo is to see the big cats‚ most especially the tigers. The tiger is the largest of all big cats‚ and as of right now they are on the verge of extinction. The tiger is the top of the food chain in its natural habitat. They are a revered animal among many cultures and are considered to be one of the most beautiful animals on the planet. Due to poaching‚ illegal trade and the encroachment of their habitats‚ the tiger is now one of the most threatened species on earth and
Premium Tiger Lion
Save the tigers Someday‚ we may never see tigers again because tigers are on the critically endangered list‚ which is why the National Zoo was celebrating Global Tiger Day. This is happening because of poaching and habitat changes. Large plantations have replaced a lot of tiger habitat in several tropical range countries. Tigers occupy only around 7 percent of their historic range. The current wild tiger population is at as few as 3‚200 tigers‚ including only about 400 Sumatran tigers‚ which are
Premium Tiger Endangered species