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? 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 they should get put in jail and the time would be depending how many are left in the world
One way to improve these laws is to increase penalties and sanctions. We should toughen the fines for the people who have been found guilty of poaching. We could enhance the cooperation between countries to find a way to prevent illegal wildlife trafficking. Maybe we could increase the surveillance of the technology of cameras to monitor these areas.
YES thank you the tensions between countries is one of the factors that lets animal trafficing slip through...
how do you think we could combat poaching/improve already existing laws? I think it is very difficult to control poaching. There are very cruel people out there who kill an animal just to cut off their horns or skin them and sell the hide. The only thing I could think of to help slow poaching is supporting supporting conservation organizations also reporting any poaching activity you see avoiding products made from endangered species, and spreading awareness about the issue.
thank you for your comment... and supporting conservation efforts is something i didnt mention in my little article.
I think this can go both ways because if you are out in the wild and you need shelter and need the needs to survive, but I think you should not just go out and hunt for the hunting part because you are killing the wildlife, so overall I think only if it is used for survival
1.) I think we could set up more cameras in the animals' habitats, that way we can observe the area without taking over their territory.
some things will never be perfect and i feel this is one of them. no matter what we do there will always be that one person that does the worst thing possible. To ensure people stop poaching we need to punish the hunters harsher and scare them into stopping.
One way would to be increase the number of rangers/officers who specifically try to prevent poaching and also make more wildlife reserves that are maybe fenced in or gaurded by manned roads with law enforcment patrolling the roads.
thats a wonderful idea but we are still trying to keep these animals wild and having armed body guards has kind of worked in the past the Rhino in question was less wild because of the guards constantly touching and feeding him
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