Illegal Wildlife Trade
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Illegal Wildlife Trade
By: Elianny Rodriguez
Hypothesis
▪ The illegal wildlife trade is decreasing biodiversity in
ecosystems and pushing rare species toward extinction.
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Wildlife trade
http://worldwildlife.o rg/ A study released in 2013 found that illegal trade in wildlife is the forth largest illegal trade and was valued at over $19 billion per year.
▪ It is known that the trade is used to finance drug and arms trade as well.
▪ In 2011 23 metric tons of ivory was seized: That represents 2,500 elephants annamiticus.com
5 Most endangered species due to illegal animal trade
Animal
Why?
1.Rhinos
Their horns; It’s partly due to the rumor that their horns can cure cancer and hangovers.
3. Marine turtles
Being hunted for their meat and eggs due to wide demand for both. Turtles are also a product of bycatch .
4. Elephants
5. Sharks
One word: Ivory.
Sharks are hunted for their fins, which are used as an ingredient in some soups. It is estimated that 73 million sharks are killed every year for this very reason.
Big Cats
• For every tiger or lion trapped in a zoo, “there may be as many as 10 privately owned.”
• There are as little as 3,200 tigers in the wild while nearly double that amount are in zoos or kept as pets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwi defc2wpc
A new study concludes that the decline of large predators and herbivores in all regions of the world is causing substantial changes to all of the Earth’s ecosystems. The paper claims that the loss of apex predators from ecosystems
"may be humankind 's most pervasive influence on nature."
Removing apex predators and large herbivores affects structure, function, and biodiversity of most natural ecosystems.
▪ The reduction of big cats from areas of Africa caused the baboon population to grow. This increased transmission of intestinal parasites from baboons to humans since the primates were forced to forage closer to human settlements.
▪ Losing this animals causes
Illegal Wildlife Trade
By: Elianny Rodriguez
Hypothesis
▪ The illegal wildlife trade is decreasing biodiversity in
ecosystems and pushing rare species toward extinction.
www.usatoday.com
Wildlife trade
http://worldwildlife.o rg/ A study released in 2013 found that illegal trade in wildlife is the forth largest illegal trade and was valued at over $19 billion per year.
▪ It is known that the trade is used to finance drug and arms trade as well.
▪ In 2011 23 metric tons of ivory was seized: That represents 2,500 elephants annamiticus.com
5 Most endangered species due to illegal animal trade
Animal
Why?
1.Rhinos
Their horns; It’s partly due to the rumor that their horns can cure cancer and hangovers.
3. Marine turtles
Being hunted for their meat and eggs due to wide demand for both. Turtles are also a product of bycatch .
4. Elephants
5. Sharks
One word: Ivory.
Sharks are hunted for their fins, which are used as an ingredient in some soups. It is estimated that 73 million sharks are killed every year for this very reason.
Big Cats
• For every tiger or lion trapped in a zoo, “there may be as many as 10 privately owned.”
• There are as little as 3,200 tigers in the wild while nearly double that amount are in zoos or kept as pets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwi defc2wpc
A new study concludes that the decline of large predators and herbivores in all regions of the world is causing substantial changes to all of the Earth’s ecosystems. The paper claims that the loss of apex predators from ecosystems
"may be humankind 's most pervasive influence on nature."
Removing apex predators and large herbivores affects structure, function, and biodiversity of most natural ecosystems.
▪ The reduction of big cats from areas of Africa caused the baboon population to grow. This increased transmission of intestinal parasites from baboons to humans since the primates were forced to forage closer to human settlements.
▪ Losing this animals causes
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