The Pros And Cons Of Poaching In Namibia

Did you know that poaching has led to most animal extinctions this century? Poaching is a continuously growing problem that will cause many problems to the environment and people. Poaching can be defined as the illegal hunting of animals on land that is not the hunters own. Poaching does not only happen in unprotected lands such as the wilderness, but it has also happened in protected lands such as zoos. Animals may soon become extinct because of the high rate of killing the poachers are doing. If animals do become extinct, life would be very different. An example of how life would be different without animals, such as tigers, is talked about by Eugene Linden when he said, “the wild tigers of old will be gone forever, their glory surviving

Hunters, activist or conservationists have a common goal “ensure that endangered species are here for generations to come” . Some comments that conservation trough commerce is a worthy way to manage natural resources and create awareness of endangered species. Hunters are more likely to be interested in support charities in order to prevent endangered animals to become extinct.

As we know, Utah has vast wilderness areas, five national forests, and wide array of wild animals attract both responsible appreciators of nature as well as opportunistic poachers. The weekends is the last day of the rifle deer hunt and one of the busiest days of the year. Unfortunately, over the past six months, coverage on the peak times on Friday nights and weekends has been decreased.

Because of the sale of illegal ivory so many elephants' lives are put at risk. If the poaching of elephants and ever-growing trade in illegal ivory is to be seriously addressed, part of the solution to this complex problem must be a return to the full ban on the sale of ivory established in 1989 (Bloody Ivory). Between 434,000 and 684,000 African savanna elephants in 18 countries remain, down 30% in the last seven years. Once again levels of poaching and illegal trade have spiraled out of control. Rates of poaching are now the worst they have been since 1989. There are no easy answers, but a total ivory trade ban is the one strategy we know has worked (Mary Rice). Hong Kong seized 779 elephant tusks three days into 2013, over a ton of ivory,

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    Poaching has been an elusive, lucrative black market trade of animal parts and over harvests that have had negative side-effects that affected local communities, wildlife populations, and the very environment we live in. In the novel More Poachers Caught, written by Tom Chapin, he enlightens us on some of his apprehensions of poachers that he has had the opportunity to arrest as a game warden of the Northwoods. Tom Chapin is a Hibbing, Minnesota native and a veteran of the the U.S. Army. He received his bachelor’s degree in zoology in 1972 from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. His career as a conservation officer was one of triumph and honor being voted Minnesota conservation officer of the year in 1985. In this

Wildlife hunting is a big business a 2013 estimate valued the illegal poaching trade in Africa worth 17 billion dollars a year and growing. While elephant poaching between 1800’s - 1999 and 2000’s and up have some similarities they also have a wide variety of differences. Elephant poaching in 1800’s-1999 was done to meet the worldwide demands, but elephant poaching in 2000’s and above was done for sport. Elephant poaching is wrong and shouldn’t be done.

To begin with trophy hunting should not be allowed. The animals should be protected. In Junior Scholastic it say that “A million people have signed a petition asking Zimbabwe to stop issuing hunting permits to kill animals .” In the Associated Press passage it states that “ Only 20,000 lions are left in the wild.” Animals can’t protect themselves so humans should help protect them.

Poaching in Africa has become a major issue for the world. Poachers kill innocent animals for certain items to sell for a high price on the black market. Poachers are people who kill animals out of season or any other illegal way. If poachers are not stopped soon, there will not be any more rhinoceroses, lions, or elephants. People need to find ways to stop this crisis. Better education in schools, better poaching laws, and better security to patrol the wild can help against animal poaching in Africa.

Planet Earth is the one and only home for humans, and it’s their natural duty to protect it and all of its inhabitants. For many people, the fate of animals is of little importance, especially when there are so many of their own species suffering throughout the world. However, only when one has respect for nature can he or she come to appreciate for his or herself. In the past few decades, some animals have progressively come closer and closer to extinction. When compared to demographics 30 years ago, less than 5% of tiger and rhino populations remain in the wild (Congressional). The main culprits for this abominable crime against nature are avaricious poachers who seek personal gain and profit. Poaching is the illegal killing of

The article I chose to read talked about a new strategy to track elephant poaching in Africa. The mass killings have become so frequent in the past years that only 40,000 of the African elephant population is left. Furthermore, the high demands for elephant ivory are doing little to help. Researchers believe that by using DNA from the tusks of previously poached elephants, they can pin point exactly where the illicit acts are happening. According to the new study, most of the killing sprees occurred around the central and southeastern parts of Africa. Even people who were aware of the happenings did not know the extremity of the outcomes and were essentially unknowing of how many crimes went unnoticed. Interpol hopes that the new evidence will

Animal poaching has a bigger price tag than the trophy sitting on the shelf. Poaching is causing iconic animals of many continents and of our oceans to become endangered or even extinct. These animals that people have come to love and fantasize over may be gone before we are (Africa). Elephants, rhinos, lions, and zebras are the animals thought of the most when it comes to animal poaching, but many animals are poached. They are killed for only one quality, like their horns or skins and the rest of the animal is left behind. Poaching is a massive business that is ran by international networks, it’s estimated to make hundreds of millions of dollars (World). Not all wildlife trade is illegal, but it becomes a crisis when an increasing amount of illegal poaching is done and it directly threatens the survival of species in the wild (World). Since 1960 97.6% of the Black Rhino population in Africa has been poached and lions are extinct in seven African countries (Africa).

“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 millions of elephants in the world in both Africa and India, but today because of the hunting for ivory, there are barely any of these giants left in the wild. Throughout history Europeans have been moving in on central African states to make

Imagine the world without hunting laws and regulations, the ecosystem would be unbalanced. Beneficial hunting would go down and possibly lead to certain animal species extinction’s; therefore, to avoid detrimental changes in the ecosystem, people need regulations and laws to keep balance. Both society and the environment play a role in maintaining a balance between each other. For many years game wardens have helped patrol and protect the untamed environment. There are times where problems will arise and can be very difficult to handle, yet there is always a way to solve these problems. It just might take some time to put the plan into action to make a change.

One perspective on zoos is that they are of benefit to both humans and animals. Zoo advocates argue that animals have a higher quality of life in captivity due to the fact that they do not have to deal with the stress of predators and that they do not have to hunt for food. Advocates of zoos also argue that zoos are able to protect animals from poachers, climate change, and habitat destruction, which they would otherwise face in the wild. Poachers in particular are having a devastating impact on the populations of prominent African animals such as elephants and rhinos (Estrada). It was recorded in 2014 that 1,215 rhinos were poached in South Africa, which is one rhino killed every eight hours