The Pros And Cons Of The Poaching Of Elephants

What ivory is the bones right next to the trunk on the elephants. Elephant population have declined because more than 50 percent have been killed. What scientist believed was that killing elephants for ivory was putting them at risk. Elephant are still being poached because of the high demand for their ivory. There were 50 elephants killed in west africa for their ivory. What animal welfare does is protect elephants from poachers. What public awareness do is make ivory illegal anti-poaching information is that patrols and money where they're needed most common are being pressured.

Because of the poaching of African elephants there has been a decrease in the average weight of their tusks, poachers look for elephants with larger tusks. This has been recorded by the Uganda Game Department between 1925 to 1928 (Dawkins, 2009). Natural selections is a mechanism of evolution beginning with variations of traits within a population, these variations must be heritable in order to be passed to offspring, there must also be differential reproductive success, this causes the organisms with the favorable gene to survive and pass the trait on to future generations (Berkeley.edu, 2015). Poaching results in natural selection because there is a variation in the gene that codes for tusk sizes. The larger tusks are being targeted and killed, smaller tusked elephants remain giving them a better chance to reproduce and pass their genes, causing the genes that result in smaller tusks to appear more frequently. Directional selection, which is a mode of natural selection, is happening in this population because one phenotype is more favorable. These elephants are displaying a change in genetic frequency, a result of a mutation causing variation in tusk size. This is a heritable trait, the genes that code for smaller tusk sizes are being passed down more than those for larger tusk sizes. Evolution is the change frequency of allele, because the elephants with the larger tusks are being killed the elephants with smaller tusks are left with the best fitness. This leads to a

Elephants are the biggest walking mammals in the world and they are mostly found in the African Savanna.As amazing as this animals are they are decreasing from population,which is caused by poaching.Elephant poaching was greatly use in the 1970's and were sold illegally throughout the countries.The government did something about it,they stop the selling of illegal ivory and decrease the elephant poaching which cause the elephant population to

Elephants are a kind hearted large mammal who could potentially be forgotten about over time. This topic relates to what we have discussed in class because this article demonstrates the catastrophic decline of Elephants in Africa due to poaching (D-Arian). The article also exemplified the harsh dealings in Africa regarding the Ivory trade throughout Africa and China (Asiah). The issue itself is very disturbing some individuals had no sympathy about the life of an elephant however, they are looked at as a resource (Tyaira). Overall this article and what it stands for opened my eyes to how violent and lucrative the ivory trade is in Africa and China (Cherisse). But we are very thankful that there are recent laws past that to protects the elephants

Dan Stiles, an independent consultant who has been investigating ivory markets for 15 years, states, “I think there will be an increase in illegal selling to cover the gap made by the closure of legal markets”. There is also no sign of a corresponding decline in poaching. “I see no decline,” said Stiles. “That to me means a drop in price is actually bad for elephants because these guys can buy more ivory for the same amount of money as before. As long as the poaching continues at these high rates, it looks like there are still quite high volumes of ivory in spite of the seizures that have been made,” he added. However, Stiles is keen to stress that it is still too early to see the full impact on poaching across Africa from China’s domestic ivory ban, which will be fully enforced at the end of this year. “Let’s see where we are at the beginning of 2019. If poaching rates haven’t gone down significantly by then, then elephants are in real trouble”.

This is a serious crime being committed by the black market that pays millions of dollars in trade of animal parts. It is a known fact animal parts are being sold as novelty items like jewelry and as a "medicinal" property mostly for Chinese medicine. Environmental groups or animal rights groups, are desperately trying to put a stop to these poachers because of the decline in animal wildlife and an increase in the ICUN Red List. The United States is only second to China for its desire for illegal wildlife parts either for medicine or personal desires. According to Orietta C. Estrada from the One Green Planet organization states that a number of rich poachers have killed over 30,000 elephants in the last year. It is a belief that elephants, mainly the African and Indian Elephant, will become extinct within the next ten years if poachers continue murdering the elephants at this rate (One Green

“Consumer demand for ivory cannot persist if we hope to secure a safe future for elephants,” reported Ginette Hemley. (WWF)

The ivory trade situation has struggled throughout the past 28 years, meaning that the ivory poaching is still a problem, and elephant danger has increased. By 1989, Africa was basically a graveyard for elephants. In the past decade, over half of the 1.3 million elephants that had been living in Africa had been killed. As a result, CITES approved a worldwide ban on ivory trade. Since 1997, there have been sustained attempts by certain countries to weaken the ban. Large examples occur in 1999, 2002, 2008, and 2011, where the ban was bent. In fact, no attempts to help elephants have worked up to their potential, except for the 1989 ban. In conclusion, the best (and easiest) possible solution would be to make a total ivory ban, one like the

According to the Wildlife Conservation Society, the African elephant population has dropped from 1.2 million in 1980 to just 420,000 in 2012. People aren't aware that not only how fast poaching is taking away elephants, but how important they are. For example, during droughts in dry seasons elephants use their tusks to dig for water, which greatly helps other animals. ¨Wherever they live, elephants leave dung that is full of seeds from the many plants they eat. When this dung is deposited the seeds are sown and grow into new grasses, bushes and trees, boosting the health of the savannah ecosystem¨ ( savetheelephants.org). Not only elephants help their environment, so do all the other poached animals. Without these animals our ecosystem would fall apart. People don't know these, but they need to. If we put more awareness in large news broadcast people would listen and realize. No one is willing to help until they know how bad something

Throughout the course of history, humans have long used the exchange of goods as a way to socially interact and provide for themselves. Trading is a cornerstone of modern society and it is how materials and objects can be transferred around the world. The ivory trade is a practice that has been in place for centuries. In the last one to two hundred years, the negative impacts of the trade have begun to surface. The elephant populations, specifically in Africa, are rapidly declining with the illegal trade taking place today. The ban on the ivory trade was put into place in order to save the elephant populations and reduce the harmful environmental impacts. The use of international law in the creation of the ban on the trade and the current

There are 37 countries or “range states” through out sub-Saharan Africa in which elephants are found (Poilecot, N'Gakoutou, and Taloua 9). To many indigenous people elephants are a source of bush meat, but their ‘white gold’ can prove to be a substantial reward for poachers. For example in Kenya and uncarved piece of ivory in 1969 was worth

Ivory poaching refers to the killing animals, such as the African elephant, for their ivory tusks (Barnes, et al, 27). This is mainly done for commercial purposes where the ivory is often carved into jewelry and ornaments for sale. Most of the ivory that is sold in the market mainly comes from elephants. Research shows that most of the elephant population has been murdered in less than two years. This has drastically contributed to the drop of the population of elephants in the forest by 30%, showing that poaching is an everyday practice and therefore the government must step in and help in order to protect these animals. It is clear that most of the ivory sold in the United States and China comes from Africa. Because of the banning of

It is also essential to define and differentiate the terms “animal poaching” and “illegal animal trade.” Animal poaching can best be understood as the unlawful taking or killing of animals, and illegal animal trade is a business that is dependent on animal poaching, which consists of using poached animals to make various profitable products such as food, leather goods, medicine, and miscellaneous souvenirs (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service). The history of animal poaching goes back to the beginnings of what could be considered modern society. Up until the twentieth century, poaching was a way for impoverished lower classes to make up for the inadequate amounts of food that they could afford, and was eventually made illegal in order to reserve hunting as an activity exclusive to the upper class (Encyclopedia Brittanica). Once the field of wildlife conservation began to gain influence in the 1900s, nations across the globe began implementing acts to prevent harmful practices from continuing (Shadow). Despite government involvement, poaching has continued into the present day due to the high value of items such as ivory and rhino horns (Lawson & Vines, 5). It is with the knowledge of these definitions and the long history of animal poaching that the World Wildlife Foundation developed this advertising campaign.

Delving deeper into Africa lies the nation of Tanzania, and its government also follows suit with the theory of utilitarianism. The government is holding a large stockpile of ivory tusks from decades of collecting (DocuMatForEdu1, 2016). All the tusks range in size, so the tusks were taken from elephants of all sizes, from youngling to mature adults. These diverse collection of tusks are kept by the government because it sees value in it. The government notices the booming ivory trade industry, and they believe selling the stockpile one day will bring profit to the nation. Then, the profit brought from the trade will be used for conservation efforts, such as preserving animal populations. That would be a big win for animal

Of the many problems that Pascaland faces, one that is becoming a major concern is the elephant population. As the new bureaucrat in charge of preserving and protecting wildlife within Pascaland, it has become my duty to enlist the elephant species as endangered due to the fact of the lack of restrictions on how to kill them. Big game hunters have made of a sport to hunt and kill them, poachers trap and capture them for their ivory tusks and nearby farmers kill them in order to protect their crops from being trampled. In order to maintain the elephant population, we need to create more government policies and regulations that work to preserve the elephants and uphold a balanced ecosystem. I will first begin to explain how this issue has become a type of Hardin’s commons tragedy, then after using his solutions, I will analyze and formulate a plausible solution, while also using arguments from other people.