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    Poaching is a huge problem for many endangered species. Examples of poaching include shooting animals out of season‚ catching more fish than allowed‚ and “spotlighting‚” which is when a hunter shines a powerful light into a deer’s eyes to incapacitate them. These are the types of poaching seen in America. Commonly poached animals in North America include white tail deer‚ Canadian geese‚ and numerous types of river fish. All of these are common animal. In other parts of the world‚ the poached animals

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    Poaching in Africa is extremely likely to happen sadly. Most poaching happens in Zimbabwe‚ which is a country in Africa. The second country with the most poaching is Kenya‚ which is also in Africa. More than half of the worlds poaching happens in Africa because there are a lot of rare‚ iconic animals that resides there. Poaching is a deadly and horrific crime against the wildlife that happens worldwide for years. Wildlife officials say that legal hunters kill tens of millions of animals each and

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    Poaching affects animals all over the world‚ but it has taken many cultures too long to realize what is happening to our wildlife population. For example‚ “Over the past 40 years alone‚ nearly 52 percent of the world’s wildlife have been wiped out of existence.”("10 Shocking Facts About How the Illegal Wildlife Trade Drives Species Extinction." One Green Planet. May. 22‚ 2016). Some species that are being killed by this terrible act include‚ but are not excluded to elephants‚ tigers‚ sharks‚ rhinos

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    with sharp claws and teeth. They are excellent swimmers and climbers. The ones that live in colder regions are paler‚ larger‚ thicker fur. Though for those who live in warmer climates are smaller and more colourful. But both are targeted for illegal poaching of body parts. Good day fellow classmates‚ allow me to share what I know and have learnt about Sumatran tigers. This is where you live. You have everything that you ever needed and it’s as peaceful as you want it to be. Ssssssshhhhhh‚ it’s this

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    To begin with‚ big game hunting should be banned because people aren’t killing innocent game for food or survival‚ they’re killing them for decoration.. In the article published in the LA Times‚ the author stated‚ “Every lion or rhino or bear that is hunted purely to get a trophy is a Cecil in some way-it may not be famous‚ but it is a sentient being‚ killed for its value as an ornament.” To further explain‚ on July 1‚ 2015‚ Cecil the Lion was killed illegally in Zimbabwe. Big game hunters lured

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    I like Katniss‚ the protagonist of this book‚ because she is very resourceful. Another reason is because she is courageous and brave. I further like her because she is very rebellious and disregards unjust and unfair rules made by the Capitol. Katniss is quite resourceful. One example of her cleverly using her resources is when she hunts animals with her bow and trades them in the black market of District 12. “We easily trade the six of the fish we caught for good bread‚ and the other two for salt

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    Oritory Speech On Poaching Jesse Hults 6/07/15 Today I will be disscssing a very important topic for many people in this world and country. This problem is often looked past‚ when really there needs to be something done about it. This topic just happens to be poaching. Now poaching is not just a problem here in the U.S. but a worldwide problem. Africa has the biggest poaching problem in the world due to the animals that live there because there body parts are worth alot of money. Ivory is a

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    The Poaching and Eating of Animals Benjamin L. VanDyke GEO 150 6/22/2010 Tim G. Buchanan Poaching is the hunting or killing of animals that are not either in season to be hunted or are protected by animal rights laws. There are many hunting laws and seasons that one has to comply with in their own country. Many countries have outlawed the hunting of animals that are close to extinction. Other countries; such as the United States use hunting to control the numbers of animals whose numbers are

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    living species of rhino (black‚ white‚ Indian‚ Javan and Sumatran) and only two of the elephant (African and the Asian). All are in jeopardy of extinction with their slow rate of breeding‚ poaching and in the rhinoceroses‚ their territorial behavior. Both of these beasts belong to the same kingdom (Animalia)‚ phylum (Chordata)‚ sub-phylum (Vertebrata) and class (Mammalia). Meaning they are both back-boned mammalian‚ animals. They both have hair and give birth to live young. White rhinos (Ceratotherium

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    concentrates on Tigers only. This image focuses on the ideas of tiger conservation‚ family‚ and poaching in hopes of pulling at people’s heart strings to raise money. The main way they do this is by focusing on your family and connecting the viewer to the advertisement by manipulating their emotions. By manipulating the viewer’s emotions they cause them to donate money to the tiger conservation effort. If poaching continues the beautiful tigers of the world may become extinct. The most prominent idea

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