(CITES) placed on poaching and the illegal trade of ivory in 1989 elephant population dropped from 1.3 million in the 1970’s to a population of only 500‚000 today. It is estimated that such numbers dropped by killing an average of 200 elephants a day from 1970 to 1989 (Lowery‚ 1997). To help control ivory and sell into increase the population of elephants CITES approved one-time ivory sell and then again in 2008 which they tried to flood the market with legal ivory to put an end to poaching‚ but all
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of the earth. Humans’ activities become a big threat to the animals. Hunting and fishing is a sport or recreation for some people. Animals get killed indiscriminately. Some people kill animals for making profits by selling their skins‚ meat etc. Poaching is done in some of the areas. Elephants are killed for their ivory‚ alligators for their skin‚ birds for their feathers‚ furs‚ hens for their meat. The list is non ending. Hunting of animals is not just a cruelty done to the animals but also a shameful
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Wildlife Conservation INTRODUCTION Wildlife is a collective term that includes animals‚ bear‚ butterflies‚ crustaceans‚ fish‚ moths‚ aquatic and land vegetation which forms a part of a habitat. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet and has a major impact on the environment‚ both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems‚ deserts‚ rainforests‚ plains‚ and other areas-including the most developed urban sites
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later increased to 96 national parks‚ 510 wildlife sanctuaries and 3 conservation reserves and 2 community reserves. This resulted in an increase in tiger densities at many locations. Tragically‚ these conservation successes were short lived. Rampant poaching for the trade in tiger parts - all destined for markets outside India’s borders - now threatens the tiger’s very existence. Prevailing conservation efforts are not geared towards‚ nor have they adequately addressed‚ the new threats with new protection
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is difficult to be expressed in words and I bring together the breadth through pictures in this project. However‚ the past few decades have seen the greed and negligence of human beings working to the detriment of this rich wildlife. Large-scale poaching‚ habitat destruction and conflict with humans have resulted in a rapid decline in the population of most of the wild animals and birds. Some animals like the Indian cheetah due to this are now extinct. Conservation of Indian wildlife was not given
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are sought to meet the demands of a continuing illegal wildlife trade. Hunters‚ traders‚ and poor local residents whose main means of subsistence comes from the forest‚ are wiping out the tiger and the natural prey upon which it depends. While poaching for trade continues to menace the tiger’s survival‚ perhaps the greatest long-term threats are the loss of habitat and the depletion of the tiger’s natural prey. Tiger sightings have become quite rare these days in India‚ reason being the Tiger killings
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decreased to 10 by 2000. This sub-species of Rhino becomes the second declared extinct this year. Last month the Vietnamese Rhino‚ a subspecies of the Javan Rhino‚ was officially listed as extinct. Both species were the victim of habitat loss and poaching. Both were considered conceded to the Chinese rhino horn trade‚ which has driven the price of horn beyond gold‚ despite no evidence to suggest the Rhino horn has any value beyond the placebo effect. All of the world ’s remaining Rhino species are
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Snow Leopards Many species have become extinct. Just as alarming is the ever increasing number of species that are not only becoming endangered but critically endangered. The course which this research paper has been written for is extensive. It is not possible to cover everything in one research paper. With this in mind‚ this paper will be restricted to the morphology‚ distribution‚ population‚ habitat and ecology‚ and behaviour of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia). Snow leopard‚ a medium
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endangered species because of poaching‚ habitat destruction‚ and elephant-human conflict. One reason Asian elephants are an endangered species is because they are poached for the high black market value of their tusks. Asian male elephants tusks are considered of high quality and demand has driven the price of ivory up to $100.00 per pound making them a target for poachers. The ivory is known as white gold because it is more expensive than gold. An effect poaching has had on the Asian
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law-enforcement efforts toward priority areas and to compare the effectiveness of different approaches. Although the amount of information collected on patrols should be limited‚ it should at least include relevant information on commercial poaching and subsistence poaching with firearms and wire snares‚ because removal rates can be very high and some information on the other less serious types of illegal activity (Jachmann‚ 1998). 2.21
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