Poaching

 𝐏𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 is the 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 or 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 of wild animals.

Poaching is considered as an 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 .It is one of the most 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 to the 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 of 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 and 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 populations.

𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒 -

Research on poaching indicates that people poach for 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 and 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 .

𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 are also in demand for 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 and 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬.

 The existence of an 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 for poached wildlife implies that 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 of 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 poachers enter vulnerable areas to hunt, and crime syndicates organise the 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 of wildlife body parts through a 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 to markets 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 the respective countries of origin.

Another major cause of poaching is the 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 of wildlife products, such as 𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲, which are seen as symbols of 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 and 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡. 

𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 -

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬  - 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 cannot recover as fast as they are removed from a forest, as a result their populations decline. The pattern of 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 is altered.

𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of animal populations in the wild and possible 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 destinations face a negative publicity, resulting in the 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 and 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Emergence of 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 caused by transmission of 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬.

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 -

The 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of some animals, such as 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬, are traditionally believed in some cultures to have certain positive effects on the human body, including increasing virility and curing cancer. These parts are sold in 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝,mostly Asian countries on the 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭.Such alternative medical beliefs are 𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 often incorporates ingredients from animals. The use of parts of endangered species such as 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and  𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 and 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 has resulted in a 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐑𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 face 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 because of demand in 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 and as a 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 and in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.One kilogram of 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧 has sold for as much as $60,000, more expensive than a kilogram of gold.

𝐈𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲 is a material used in creating 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 and 𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐫𝐲.China is a consumer of the ivory trade and accounts for a significant amount of ivory sales.As many as 𝟑𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 are slaughtered 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 to feed the demand for their 𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐬.

𝐅𝐮𝐫 is also a natural material which is sought after by poachers. It is exclusively used in the 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 .