Poaching
Poaching
What is
Poaching?
Poaching is illegal hunting of animals . It is killing animals out of season, capturing endangered animals and selling them for money.
Why do people poach?
People poach for items that are caught out of season or illegally that can be sold for a lot of money. The gall bladder on one bear can be sold for
$18,000 dollars in Asia.
Animals mostly poached
Elephants, Rhinos and bears are the most poached animal. Commercial poachers also hunt zebra, cheetah, lion , tiger and leopard for their skins.
Tiger poaching
The wild tiger is one of the most threatened species on the planet. Poachers illegally hunt and kill the tigers because of their fur, bones, whiskers and other body parts are sold in the black market for a lot of money. Poaching is particularly prevalent in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Assam.
Indian rhinos, also known as the great one-horned rhinos, are the world's largest rhino species and the fifth biggest land animal.
The escalating numbers of rhinos poached in South
Africa are reflected in the following statistic:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
122
333
448
668
1004
Rhinos have very poor eyesight and they cannot see stationery objects even just a few meters away from them. Their hearing is however very acute and they also rely mainly on their welldeveloped senses of smell to warn them of approaching danger.
Poaching Fish
• Around 1,400- 1,500 whales of several species are killed each year.
• Over the last 30 years, the number of people eating shark's fin has risen from a few million in the 1980's to more than 300 million today. • Sharks are often killed just for their fins. In the detestable practice called "sharkfinning"
Red Headed Vulture
Poaching birds, especially the endangered and exotic varieties, is a grave offence, but neither the rules nor the inability of these winged creatures to defend
What is
Poaching?
Poaching is illegal hunting of animals . It is killing animals out of season, capturing endangered animals and selling them for money.
Why do people poach?
People poach for items that are caught out of season or illegally that can be sold for a lot of money. The gall bladder on one bear can be sold for
$18,000 dollars in Asia.
Animals mostly poached
Elephants, Rhinos and bears are the most poached animal. Commercial poachers also hunt zebra, cheetah, lion , tiger and leopard for their skins.
Tiger poaching
The wild tiger is one of the most threatened species on the planet. Poachers illegally hunt and kill the tigers because of their fur, bones, whiskers and other body parts are sold in the black market for a lot of money. Poaching is particularly prevalent in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Assam.
Indian rhinos, also known as the great one-horned rhinos, are the world's largest rhino species and the fifth biggest land animal.
The escalating numbers of rhinos poached in South
Africa are reflected in the following statistic:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
122
333
448
668
1004
Rhinos have very poor eyesight and they cannot see stationery objects even just a few meters away from them. Their hearing is however very acute and they also rely mainly on their welldeveloped senses of smell to warn them of approaching danger.
Poaching Fish
• Around 1,400- 1,500 whales of several species are killed each year.
• Over the last 30 years, the number of people eating shark's fin has risen from a few million in the 1980's to more than 300 million today. • Sharks are often killed just for their fins. In the detestable practice called "sharkfinning"
Red Headed Vulture
Poaching birds, especially the endangered and exotic varieties, is a grave offence, but neither the rules nor the inability of these winged creatures to defend