The Poaching of Animals The capturing and hunting of animals has been around even before recorded history. The hunting of animals is a way for humans to survive and provide food. This is understandable to most‚ but there are some people out there who kill animals for other reasons or no reason at all. This is known as poaching. Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting‚ killing‚ or capturing of wild animals‚ usually associated with land use rights. (Webster) People are poach animals all
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Rhino Capture in Kruger National Park By: Linda Plummer Marjorie Landen Matthew Wood Shannon Long Jeffrey Little SANParks Mission and Strategic Vision Kruger National Park was established in 1898 to protect the wildlife and habitats of South Africa. The largest of South African National Parks (SANParks)‚ Kruger has been admired worldwide by conservationist‚ environmentalist‚ and tourists for its pristine environment and beauty. According to Strickland and Mixon (2010)‚ Kruger
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The poachers are attacking and killing rhinos with great audacity. Officials informed that most of the rhinos have strayed to nearby hilly areas to avoid flood waters inside Kaziranga National Park‚ their natural abode. Two more rhinos were killed by poachers on Thursday‚ Sept 27. Sources say poachers took away the horns of the rhinos. The incident comes close on the heels of brutal attack on one more rhino on Wednesday. Incidents of rhino poaching in Assam have created concern to all animal
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extinct after 1999; however‚ the saola has reappeared after a fourteen year long absence in the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam. The reason for why saolas are headed down the path to extinction is caused by a variety of factors. Deforestations‚ illegal poaching‚ and hunting traps are all causes for the declining saola population. A major reason for the extermination of the Saola is due to deforestation. Deforestation is the removal of forests to pave way to more urban uses. It proves as a danger to the
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Poaching Poaching‚ as defined by Webster‚ is the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission. Today‚ that definition seems slightly vague as the nature of poaching has changed drastically in recent years. Poaching is an ever growing epidemic that plagues every continent of this world. Animals of every type are pursued for a variety of economic reasons despite the ecological consequences associated with disrupting the natural
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every day. Poaching and Hunting are a huge contribution to today’s species endangerment. Selfish human beings slaughtering innocent animals for their own good. Poaching all around the world is causing animals of all different species to become endangered. People poach animals because their body parts can be sold illegally for huge amounts of money. Rhino horns being cut off because they are believed to be able to treat hangovers‚ impotence‚ fever and even cancer.
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much more severity is poaching. As international editor Richard Swift observed; “We are pushing a hundred species a day‚ four species an hour‚ into evolutionary oblivion”. Hunting and capturing animals has been practiced even before recorded history. Where this can be understandable to most in a survival perspective‚ there are people in this world who abuse this action and slaughter animals for other disrespectful reasons or no reason at all. This is identified as poaching and it should indisputably
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Discussion: Rhino Capture in Kruger National Park 1. What is SANparks/ Kruger National Park’s objective and Vision? Is selling rhino consistent with their objective and vision? If Not‚ Then what should it be? Some of the Park’s objective include reintroducing populations into national parks‚ enhancing the conservation status of rare and threatened species and controlling over-abundant wildlife populations to avert the threats of habitat degradation leading to loss of biodiversity. Selling Rhino could
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Species name: Javan Rhino The historical range (where the species lived and now lives): The population in Ujung Kulon National Park represents the only hope for the survival of a species that is on the brink of extinction. Until the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ Javan rhinos existed from northeast India and the Sunderbans‚ throughout mainland Southeast Asia‚ and on the island of Sumatra. Today‚ there are only as much as 35 individuals surviving in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java
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value of illegal wildlife trade. Experts at TRAFFIC‚ the wildlife trade monitoring network‚ estimate that it runs into hundreds of millions of dollars.” (2015). Tigers‚ Elephants‚ Rhinos‚ and even sea creatures like turtles are just a few animals that are being poached for this trade. The elephants for their ivory and Rhinos for their horns‚ is all that a poacher is after and metric tons of the stuff is being seized. The question to that is‚ how much is getting through that nobody knows about? Plants
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