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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Great topic choice and well done Abram! Adding pictures really added to the story. This was posted a week late.
I believe that we should make laws and protect the rare animals I believe the charge should vary depending on what you pouch the rare the animal the higher the fine I believe people should not be hunting rare animals since we don't want those animals to go extinct.
thank you for your opinion...extinction is scary because its like a proof that we humans are killing the planet
i think we should make laws and protect animals based on population like if we are over populated tell people they should hunt them if theres an ok population we should let people hunt them but not all the time, if there population is bad we should keep some in captivity where we know they are save and don't let people hunt them if the population is really bad them keep lots in capitiviy and keep the rest on protected land.
thats what we are already doing and its very ineffective there are still poachers out there because the system is flawwed
I think that we should make a law on stopping hunting and killing of animals that are in danger, getting close to extington, just killing of and animal for fun, and things like that. The animals shouldnt be killed and poached for our human entertainment.
I feel like we should stop hunting illegally, it not right along with its just straight up animal abuse and inhumane. I understand if it is benifical and you have permission. Meaning the animal is dying, has a dieases that is being spreaded or simily that the population is to high and you need to regualate the population in the area. Other than that if they are found hunting illegally they should be fined and face charges.
I feel like we should stop going out and hunting the animals. It is not good for there population and if we keep doing it the animal might go extinct. If someone does needs to hunt an animal for food then I can see why they do it. But I don't they we should just go out and hunt for animals.
How do you think we could combat poaching/improve already existing laws? I believe if we harshen the punishments for poaching it will make more people think again about poaching. However this would not stop everyone. Also I think we should punish the people that are buying the poached animals and we should charge them with the same punishment that we charge the poacher with. With there being less demand of often poached animals from the punishments, and there being harsher punishments for the poachers I believe this would really cut down the amount of animals poached.
thats a well thought out response right there props to you ...im gonna use ivory in this example...what about the ivory or previously poached goods that are still traded like ivory from a poached elephant in 2001 that has just been sitting there?
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