Africa to China. But it is not just these notorious groups that are cashing in. Members or some of the African armies that the American government supports with millions in dollars‚ as the Congolese Army and South Sudan’s military have implicated poaching and selling ivory. Experts say that the majority of the ivory- as much as 70 percent is sent to China. Which the push of price of ivory is $1‚000 per pound on the streets of Beijing. The “Ivory Wars” is a global issue because the poachers that
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The Eastern Gorilla faces many challenges due to the destruction of its habitat and poaching. The Eastern Gorilla is the largest living primate and has now joined three other great ape species as critically endangered on The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s red list of endangered species. This is extremely worrying to many government and environmental leaders because there are only about five thousand Eastern Gorillas left in the wild. Furthermore‚ of all of the great ape
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very common problem (Environmental News Network et.al 2008). What I was able to find out though was that this evolutionary change is actually helping them survive. How you may ask? Well‚ one problem in today’s world that we all know about is poaching. Poaching has had a huge effect on many animals‚ but the biggest on the species of the elephant. Now‚ elephants are not just being killed for the fun of it‚ but for their tusks. The tusks on an elephant are made of ivory‚ which is what the poachers are
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2014 Hunting Laws: The Aspect of Hunting Why are people likely to break hunting laws‚ whereas the people with the license are the ones that suffer? Over the years people have violated hunting laws. There has been little research for motivations for poaching. Illegal taking of wildlife is a serious problem in today’s society. Questions such as these prompted are discussed in the two following articles: “Illegal Hunting and Angling the Neutralization of Wildlife‚” by Stephen L. Eliason‚ and an article
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of the one-horned species whose scientific name is rhinoceros unicornis. Pitted against the poachers‚ some armed with battlefield rifles‚ are 152 anti-poaching camps staffed by more than 900 rangers‚ guards and other personnel - almost one for every square kilometre of the reserve. These include a well-armed task force rushed in when the poaching erupted again early last year. Kaziranga also is ready to deploy drones and satellite surveillance to track the intruders. The rhino war is a bloody one
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about ourselves! Poaching can end up harming us in the long run! If poaching is to continue in the future‚ we will lose many magnificent animals‚ and our environment will end up becoming a gray‚ always foggy world‚ where there will be no sky‚ only gray. Wildlife will die‚ and nothing will be worth anything anymore on earth. Nature is priceless‚ and definitely more important than having the dead heads of animals! Help us stop poaching‚ and helps us make laws more strict on Poaching so we can reduce
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you not heard of farming‚ Mr Clarkson? In India‚ a country known for its long history in tiger poaching‚ 53% of the workforce is employed in agriculture. The huge number of people working in this sector is especially prominent in rural areas‚ where poaching takes place. However‚ when looking at the national economy‚ poaching does not make an appearance as a even a tiny source of income. While poaching may be one trade for locals‚ it is far from their
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Aquatic vertebrates fish having a boney or cartilaginous skeleton spinal column a a large brain Fin is a thin component or appendage attaches to a large body Scales the skin of fish Fresh water fish fish that spend most of their live in non salt water Round fish swim in a vertical position and have eyes on both sides of their head Flat fish has asymmetrical compressed body swim horizontal and have eyes on top of their head Mollusk are shellfish characterized by soft unsegmented
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Cause of death: Human poaching”. Looking at the animal‚ shouldn’t we feel guilty for human indifference to animals and heavy massacre before? Poaching is the first reason that causes the extinction of wild animals. It’s increased at the rate of 3000 per cent over the past years. Especially‚ the demands for rhino horns in Africa has rocketed‚ because it is now valued the same as gold! Other animals like panther‚ Chimpanzees and Africa elephants are also the victims of human poaching. Another reason
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Save the tigers Someday‚ we may never see tigers again because tigers are on the critically endangered list‚ which is why the National Zoo was celebrating Global Tiger Day. This is happening because of poaching and habitat changes. Large plantations have replaced a lot of tiger habitat in several tropical range countries. Tigers occupy only around 7 percent of their historic range. The current wild tiger population is at as few as 3‚200 tigers‚ including only about 400 Sumatran tigers‚ which are
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