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- 1. “Only when thelast of the animal’s horns, tusks, skin and bones are sold, will Wildlife Poaching
- 2. Poaching is theact of hunting, killing and selling (or using) of wildlife species for monetary or materialistic gains.
- 3. Causes • Local wildlife- a resource for local communities • Increase in price of meat • Increase in price of animal trophies • Increase in the use of weapons • Incidental killing of non-target species
- 4. Poaching and trade •An unprecedented spike in illegal wildlife trade • Live animals and plants or all kinds of wild animal and plant products • Threatening to overturn decades of conservation gains • Second -biggest direct threat to species survival, after habitat destruction
- 5. • A bigbusiness-dangerous international networks like illegal drugs and arms • Sold legitimately as food, pets, ornamental plants, leather, tourist ornaments and medicine • Impossible to obtain reliable figures for the value of illegal wildlife trade
- 6. Lone poacher witha rifle…… ….Organised criminal networks
- 7. Wildlife trade hotspots •China's international borders • Trade hubs in East/Southern Africa and Southeast Asia • Eastern borders of the European Union • Some markets in Mexico • Parts of the Caribbean • Parts of Indonesia • New Guinea • Solomon Islands
- 8. Historical perspectives ofwildlife utilization • Hunter Gatherer Society – Stone Age Hunting- stone weapons – Iron Age Hunting- iron weapons – Mesolithic - Traps, Snares
- 9. • Pastoralist Vs Agriculture –Human settling down – Growth of Domestication of Wild Animals – Cultivation of Crops/Agriculture Growth – Commercialization of wild game Historical perspectives of wildlife utilization
- 10. • Consumptive Use –Edible – Meat, Fat, Blubbers • Non-Consumptive use – Non edible – Pet trade – Tourism – Zoological Parks – Research-trade-biomedical – Bird-butterfly-Whale Watching – Skin, Fur, Feather, Horns, antlers, Ivory, Musk, Shells, Sports hunting Current perspective of wildlife utilization
- 11. Gravity of situation •WPSI’s Wildlife Crime Database currently has recovers over 20,000 wildlife cases involving more than 400 species. • Interpol says the trade in illegal wildlife products is worth some US$ 12 billion a year. • India is now a major source market for wildlife trade
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- 13. Animals in poaching-IndianScenario • Tiger – born, skin, nails • Elephant- Ivory • Rhino- Horn • Leopard-Skin • Peacock- Feather, meat • Turtle- Meat, leather, eggs • Barn owl- magic belief • Sand boa- magic belief • Deer- Antlers, musk and meat • Wild boar- meat • Gaur- meat
- 14. Wildlife poaching- Somestatistics • In 2015, 6 cases related to tiger, 42 cases related to leopard and 24 cases related to rhino poaching were reported in India • It was recorded a loss of 226 elephants due to poaching in a period of 5 years from 2010- 2015. (Source: www.wpsi-india.org)
- 15. Preventive measures • Educationto the public • Patrolling work • Legislative measures (WPA, 1972)
- 16. Remedial measures • Noremedy for the loss of life • Widening Protected Area Network • Conservation Projects (Elephant Conservation Project, 1999; Operation kachhapa, 1998)
- 17. Agencies and organizationagainst poaching • WPSI (Wildlife Protection Society of India) - Wildlife crime database - Secret Information Reward Scheme - Wildlife law enforcement workshop • The Rhino Foundation for Nature in North-east India • The Wildlife Society of Orissa • Aaranyak
- 18. Antipoaching activity abroad •WWF • Wildlife Conservation Society • WCPA (World Commission on Protected Areas) • TRAFFIC • CITES • MIKE
Editor's Notes
- #7 The old image of a lone poacher with a rifle, man against beast, is far from the true story nowadays. The current wave of poaching is carried out by sophisticated and well-organised criminal networks – using helicopters, night-vision equipment, tranquilisers and silencers to kill animals at night, avoiding law enforcement patrols. Unfortunately, poaching has rocketed recently, driven especially by increased wealth in Asia and a demand for exotic or rare species, largely for traditional Asian medicine.
- #9 Domestication, Agriculture, Nomadism,Pastoralism