Poaching

Should poaching be illegal? Poaching is an uprising epidemic, which has been on the news recently, for example the killing of Cecil the lion. Also known as the king of the jungle has been killed for cash due to poaching. This puts a spot light on poaching and people are beginning to see the problem. (Cronin) Poaching is illegal under the "Endangered species act" in America. To sum it up basically, poaching and/or killing an endangered animal will put you in federal prison for up to only a single

Poaching of Endangered Species “The main reason for animals endangered is the uncontrolled human activity.” This quote was stated on a website called Animal Port. There are many reasons why this statement is true, one of them are poaching. Poaching occurs out of greed to make money. Although there are several laws to protect certain animals, this is a horrible act to any animal. Especially for the animals that are already endangered. Poachers minimizing these animal’s numbers for their own

are poaching them, usually for a price. Poaching is different from hunting. Hunting is when you kill for sport, and it's completely legal. You still need a permit. Poaching is when you kill an animal without a permit. Sadly, 30 elephants are lost a day in Tanzania. Imagine if that was you and your herd was getting killed with no end in sight. We need to take some responsibility, because I would want to be killed just because a poacher had a permit. In order to understand elephant poaching you need

endangered due to poaching. Animals such as Rhinos, Turtles, Gorillas, and the Tigers are critically endangered due to vulnerability and have been jeopardized by human activities. Many countries have legalized poaching, but still this problem has increased significantly in the past decade. If the world does not stop this issue countless of animals will become extinct, and our older generation will never be able to see these exotic animals living in their natural habitat. Poaching is happening all

Introduction Poaching is the illegal killing of wildlife animals. Poaching can be found in almost every part of the globe. In Alberta, Canada, six people amounted seventy one thousand dollars of fines for multiple poaching charges through the course of seven years (Unknown, 2015). The African forest elephants lost sixty two percent of their population from 2002 to 2012 because of ivory poaching (Nature, 2013). In India, a combined effort of poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction led to

What if animal poaching came to an end? The world would be a better place and the ecosystem and animal species would not be in danger. Animal poaching holds the number one spot for wild animal deaths, resulting in more than 50 percent of all deaths. Some people argue that animal poaching is a life style and should not be stopped. Majority of the population argues that it is wrong and steps need to be taking to end it. Big game animals such as tigers, elephants, and rhinos are facing serious danger

world, do many things for the sake of our survival. Things that we are very proud of and things that we are not. People have needs and they do or invent things based off of their needs. How far they are willing to go is the million dollar question. Poaching has been going on since the world began, but it did not become a problem and become illegal until the Late Middle Ages. In the times where the lower class were peasants and the upper class had control of pretty much everything. Robin Hood was of

Animal poaching What is poaching: Poaching is the illegal hunting, killing or capturing of animals. This can occur in a variety of ways. Poaching can refer to the failure to comply with regulations for legal harvest, resulting in the illegal taking of wildlife that would otherwise be allowable. Examples include: Taking without a license or permit, use of a prohibited weapon or trap, taking outside of the designated time of day or year, and taking of a prohibited sex or life stage. Poaching can also

Animal Poaching 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

Although poaching is an illegal act, it is still a growing problem in the world because it is making the extinction of various animals more probable. Not only it cruel, but it affects the environment and ecosystem where these animals reside. Although various people, usually trophy hunters or those uninformed, argue that it isn’t that big of a problem, there are realities to it that won’t be stopped unless we act upon it and bring awareness of the situation. Recently, the poaching controversy has