I think that its safe to say most people know the baseline definition of "Poaching". the Webster dictionary defines poaching as "illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection." poaching as whole has been modefied in a way to two capture methods
A)live transport, where the animal in question is captured most of the time held captive in an uncomfortable/hostile environment to be sold to the highest bidder...a majority of the time it is used for the exotic pet industry
B)Deceased transport,where the animal is killed and is stripped of its "valuable" body parts... most of the time these are then sold to fasion people or people into non traditional medicine...
2A) I consider the exotic pet trade just as bad as poaching as they are wild animals being held to the standard of a docile animal when they are at best a killing machine waiting for thier prey . Wild caught animals may be legally obtained if the species in question is not protected by international treaties like CITES or laws like the Endangered Species Act. Many nations may prohibit taking from the wild through national or regional laws. However, oftentimes when dealing with exotic pets, wild caught animals are often poached from protected populations to meet the demand for the pet trade.Some exotic pet species either do not breed well in captivity or are completely sourced from wild populations. In the aquarium trade, cyanide fishing is a common practice for many species, like the raccoon butterflyfish. Fishermen will use cyanide to quickly and cheaply stun ornamental fish so they can be sold into the aquarium trade. However, the use of cyanide is extremely destructive to coral and other reef inhabitants. Other animals face extreme amounts of stress as they are traded from poachers to sellers to pet stores. For every ten birds or reptiles captured in the wild, as few as three actually make it to the pet stre
2B)some other types of traditional medicine are destructive to wildlife and ecosystems and are bringing many species to the point of extinction. International trade in rhino horns and tiger parts is banned under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), in response to increasing demand from Asian nations over the past decade, as they have got richer.
Ths wealth has led to a poaching crisis that has decimated many of these protected populations. Although currently the main driver for poaching tigers and rhinos are the medicinal properties associated with them by traditional medicine, we shouldn’t forget that there are other reasons contributing to the extinction of these species, such as habitat fragmentation and degradation of their environment, which are a consequence of human activity.
all in all poaching is a lot worse than i originally thought but people still wear leopard print
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how do you think we could combat poaching/improve already existing laws
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How do you think we could combat poaching/improve already existing laws? We could make the penalty worse and make it harder for people in these areas to get weapons capable of killing these animals.
I think that this is very wrong for many reasons, one being if the animal is near distiction you should not do it. Also, I just think it is wrong for any animal to get poached. I think people who do this are in the wrong and should be punished for poaching.
I think there can be two sides to poaching. I think it can be very useful but also very wrong in protecting wildlife. On one hand, you could use animal fur to keep warm and some use as shelter. On the flip side, you are killing innocent animals. So I think it can go both ways.
there are plenty on non endangered animals to use the hide of not the animals with less than 100 individuals left.
Poaching is not ok and it's sad that people will do it illegally just for money. These animals, whether endangered or not, need to be protected better. We should be punishing people who do this worse so that others may not want to poach anymore.
I think that poaching is wrong and should be enforced stronger. More and more species are becoming endangered and there is laws agaisnt it but I believe that they can put more effort into trying to save these animals and keep them safe. Also, maybe making the punishment harsher would help prevent poaching.
harsher laws has been a common trope in these comments could you narrow down the type of punishment?
I believe that poaching is very wrong, especially when the breed is endangered and almost cut off. I think that there needs to be more strict rules and punishment to people who commit poaching. In order to do this we need to hire trust worthy people to regulate poaching.
regulate? hopefully you mean STOP because even before the crazy ivory demands and whaling was mlore of a common thing the numbers of these populations still havent come back
how do you think we could combat poaching/improve already existing laws? I think that we need to put forth more of an effort to stop it and keep the animals effected alive and try to help there population to grow. I think that the sentance if you cought do it should be higher