Content Page Question 1 2-4 Question 2 5-6 Question 3 7 References 8 Question: Whether the government intends poisoning the horns of live rhinoceroses in situ as a deterrent to poaching: if not‚ why not; if so‚ what are the relevant details? Answer: If the government intend to poison the rhino horn there is a lot of factors to consider‚ including legal and toxicological factors. According to the guardian on 4 April 2013 (Smith‚ 2013) they describe how the rhino horn is infused
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Case 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
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Student Name: Mudzanani MR Student Number: 31248519 Assignment 6 Step 2 What your original answer was and why? "Save the rhino!" My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: Option E: We must save the Rhino because is the right thing to do. The reason is that Rhinos are part of our ecosystem; they are not supposed to be brutally killed for something that is not scientifically proven. Instead of following the Myth which people believe that of helping to cure erectable dysfunction
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1) Original answer and why: I chose option E‚ "We must save our rhinos because it is the right thing to do." -Rhinos are critically endangered At the turn of the 19th century‚ there were approximately one million rhinos. In 1970‚ there were around 70‚000. Today‚ there are only around 28‚000 rhinos surviving in the wild. Three of the five species of rhino are “Critically Endangered” as defined by the IUCN. -In 2014‚ some of us are lucky enough to be able to travel to Africa and Asia to see them
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Case: Rhino Hunting 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? Their objective and vision was to protect the wildlife in the South Africa National Parks. They would also generate revenue through wildlife sales‚ making the selling of rhino part of their vision‚ but they did this because they also believed in recolonization of wildlife in case of disease or poaching. They would
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Most people you’d ask wouldn’t understand the strange desire for rhino horn‚ and even more probably don’t know that there is a market for such an item. This is in large part due to the fact that it’s not something you’d expect to be valuable like ivory or gold. It’s just a dirty old animal horn‚ but it’s still quite valuable being worth "more than $4‚500 a pound." In Bryan Christy’s article‚ "Special Investigation: Inside the Deadly Rhino Horn Trade" he discusses the poaching of rhino for their horn
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"Only when the last of the Animals Horns‚ Tusks‚ Skin‚ and Bones are sold‚ will mankind realize that Money can never buy back our Wildlife." - Mild at Heart. This quote strongly puts reality out there with the fact that once most animals go extinct‚ they will most likely never come back. Poaching is a huge problem because most animals like rhinos‚ lions‚ and elephants are being poached. Their tusks and horns are said to cure certain diseases or have medicinal properties. This affects not only animal
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Journal of Zoology 273: 21-29. Estoup‚ A. and C. Marie-Pierre. 1998. Microsatellite Null Alleles and Estimation of Population Differentiation Garnier‚ J.N. 2001. Mating system skew in the black rhinoceros. Molecular Ecology 10: 2031-2041. Goddard‚ J. 1967. The validity of censusing black rhinoceros populations from the air. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 18-23. Gray‚ C. 1985. Hong Kong: highrise hospitals and powdered rhino horn. Canadian Medical Association Journal 132: 834-839.
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Guwahati‚ Sept 28: The one-horned rhinoceroses‚ considered the natural heritage of Assam‚ are under constant attack from poachers‚ since flood has hit the state. 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
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List of Top 10 Endangered Animal Species in Asia Ten Endangered Species in Asia As the largest‚ most populated and fastest growing continent on Earth‚ Asia may be the region of the world where the most animal species face extinction due to conflicts with humans. The rapid development of land for use by humans all over Asia poses a serious threat to many animal species‚ and many Asian governments do too little too late to protect their own environments. There are some areas of improved awareness
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