Why you should support anti-poaching organizations
Why you should support anti-poaching organizations
Poaching simply means the illegal trafficking and killing of wildlife. Poaching is not just about the killing of endangered or protected animals but also the unlawful killing of any animal.
Sometimes animals, animal parts and plants are sold as trophies or “folk medicines’’ and sometimes they are sold as pets or houseplants. With more tigers kept captive than living wild, like the rich Arabs adopting tigers, leopards, lions, thereby keeping them away from their natural habitat in the wild.
Poaching animals is very harmful to the ecosystem. It is usually carried out by organized criminals who are only interested in making a profit.
Impact of poaching
Interruption of nature: Overexploitation of species affects the living planet in wider ways. Just as overfishing causes imbalances in the whole marine ecosystem, our complex web of life on earth depends on careful and thoughtful use of wildlife species and their habitats.
Invasive species: Many invasive species have been purposely introduced by wildlife traders or buyers. These invasive species prey on or compete with native species and are a major threat to the balance of nature. For example pet Burmese pythons let loose by their owners are now considered a major pest in Florida’s everglades.
Killing of non target species: At times rangers are incidentally killed by poachers, incidental killing of animals also happens on land. For example, crude traps set for musk deer or duikers cause damage and death to a variety of animals besides those intended.
Extinction of endangered species: Endangered animals often go extinct because they are being hunted by poachers, therefore reducing the population of these species. As endangered species go extinct, they are taken out of the food-chain. Animal extinction can damage the population of other plants or animals including the ecosystems. Wildlife in Nigeria is gradually getting extinct because little or no attention is being paid to the protection of wildlife.
Anti poaching is the organized act to protect wildlife from poachers. The act of anti-poaching is normally carried out by national parks on public land and by private security companies on privately owned land. Anti-poaching takes many forms and which depends mainly upon the habitat being protected. Typically, it is the act of actively patrolling land in an effort to prevent poachers from reaching the animals.
Wildlife poaching and trafficking are the most noticeable and widespread phenomena that compromise the integrity of biodiversity at the global level. It is a global problem that has been resulting in population decline and local extinctions of some wildlife species. African Elephants, Rhinos and other wildlife species are endangered by poaching and international ivory trade, unfortunately this problem is still very current.
Animals can’t be exploited and threatened, they must be protected and they have the right to live free in their natural habitats. Poaching is a threat not only for elephants and other animals, but for the whole global community.
To tackle poaching is essential to give a strong international response. Starting from local communities in Africa to fight poachers, till the European metropolis to stop trade and sellers. More anti poaching organizations should be formed to fight poachers from hunting wildlife.
Anti Poaching Organizations
This is an organized group of people dedicated to protecting wildlife and their environment. It is important to protect wildlife and their ecosystem. In Africa, illegal poaching has led to the extinction of wild rhinoceros in Mozambique. Many other regions across the continent have witnessed a drop by 97 percent in rhino populations just over the last 100 years.
In conclusion a similar story emerges in Asia with tigers, a species that was commonly found across most of the continent. Sadly, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), numbers of these beautiful animals have shrunk so much that they can now be found living on less than 6 percent of their historical range. Anti poaching organizations help to prevent wildlife from extinction by denying poachers access to hunt endangered species. Examples of anti poaching organizations include conservation rangers operation worldwide (C.R.O.W), Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), Wildlife Crime Unit (WCU) etc.
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