Over Poached Animals: on the Verge of Extinction
Three animals on their way to extinction due to over poaching.
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African Rhinos
There are two types of African Rhinos, the black rhino and the white rhino. Both of these animals are illegally poached for the horn on their nose. This horn when ground up is prized for its healing ability in Chinese medicine and is most prized as a dagger handle in the Middle-East. The population of these animals have dwindles to 6% of what they were about 100 years ago. The only part of the rhino that the poachers take is the horn, they just cut it off, wrap it up, and leave the body just lying out there. The horn is sold on the black market and usually fetches a very high price. But if you get caught with a rhino horn in Africa, then you are in big, big trouble. The African government will probably break the law itself by beating you down and then throwing you in jail.
Minke and Grey Whales
Norway and Japan are two countries that have been fighting for their right to hunt these whales. Both of these countries have been hunting whales for hundreds, or thousands of years. It is a huge part of their food culture. But the hunting of whales was made illegal about 10 years ago. People still poach these animals for their blubber which is eaten in Japan and their meat with is made into sushi and steaks in both Norway and Japan. Whale meat costs a whole lot of money on the black market fetching up to $250 a pound. (Most whales weigh about three tons.) People have been poaching these whales so much that they are on the highly-endangered list. If the level of poaching that is going on now continues than these two species of whales will likely be extinct.
Elephants
The population of elephants has declined massively over the years. This is due to the overboard poaching of this animal. Most of this poaching occurs in Africa. Many Africans are I such poverty that they don’t have time to think about animal conservation and they will try anything to make a quick buck to help out their family. Elephant meat is worth about $5.50 a pound, and one elephant has about 1000 pounds of edible meat. They are mostly hunted for their ivory because it is much easier to kill an elephant and to cut off its tusks and not get caught than it is to butcher the whole thing and not get caught. The ivory can be sold for about $14.00 a pound making them around $200. The average African makes $1 a day, therefore this is a very easy way to make money. Both the meat and the ivory are on high demand in the black market making it even more tempting for these African people to poach elephants. But if this over poaching continues than elephants will be extinct very, very soon.
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But if this over poaching continues than elephants will be extinct very, very soon.
This should read “then elephants will be” not “than”. Good article, though
I think this article is great. I’m doing a research paper on poaching and this has helped my paper out a lot, and of course this article will get all the credit. Plus it lets people know we need to do something about poaching!
This means that we should all do a favour to everyone and all the wildlife thats is endangered or critically endangered that we should maybe donate to organisations such as WWF. The animals we have now are the animals that our children and their children are going to see and enjoy…….:D
I really think that the government should make the rules on poaching stricter, and hire more Rangers to try and catch poachers in the act. I don’t understand why poachers could take the lives of innocent animals for profit. It’s just plain cruel. And donating to WWF is a great idea, also AWF is another program that supports endangered animals.
i like fish……flippin’ fannys and eating cookies..im sad about poaching eggs they’re gross!!
i like poon
i like becky’s poon
im not a witch….. bec has a hot arse and tight poon too
whoever these people are talking about poons and penis’s and hot arses should grow up talk about this somewhere else as this is not the appropriate site for this kind of crap. If you want to talk about all of this please do it some where else where little kids cant read it and find it funny. if you keep up this such poor behaviour i will have to inform the police and the editor or chief of this wonderful site! alli am saying is that pretty please do this somewhere else. very much appreciated. Love Joel Anderson
i agree with joel. people just need to GROW UP. If you people are really this immature then i feel bad for you. i honestly do. i’m not trying to be mean, but is it truely appropriate? i don’t think so. everyone grow up and get over yourselves! Thank You. Anyways i do really like the article and this site. it’s very nice and i enjoyed reading it
I can even comprehend the stupidy of some of the Africans who kill off their own most valuable asset to their tourism—their biggest moneymaker. You would think that the government would crack down mre on these poachers and try harder to protect their wildlife.
I think it is a good article. I am trying to educate myself on poaching. And about the type of poverty that so much of Africa is suffering from. One day I hope I can help make a difference. I live in a small country town, with with little resources or input from outsiders. This article was useful. Thank you.
By the way, I’m only 16, and even I’m not as immature as to right inapproprate things like that on a PUBLIC page. Seriously.
POACHERS WILL DESTROY AFRICA AND ALL IT IS WORTH>>> NOOOOOOOO
POACHERS MUST BE KILLED AND STOPPED DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS!!!!!!
WE NEED THOSE ANIMALS…………………………………..
This was a very good article…It helped me with my project on endangered animals, and helped me paint vivid pictures in my mind that nearly made me cry. To poach animals may make good money but would it make someone feel good about himself or herself? I, personally, if I did poach I would feel so horrible, I might do something three times as bad as poaching…
this is horrible those ppl that do that should die!!!!
this artical helped me so much n my intro paragraph. thank you to the author
~Becca
this is wonderful i love poaching !!!!!!! yeah
Im doing a project on poaching and this helped me alot.