...vision? Is selling rhino consistent with their objective and vision? If not, then what should it be? VISION SANParks: South African National Parks connecting to society. Kruger national park: “to protect the nation’s fast-dwindling wildlife areas” Objectives: * Population control * Broadening of the range for populations * Spreading the risk of managing wildlife * Making the populations more resilient and viable * Fund raising for specific conversation and land expansion programs According to SANParks’/ Kruger national park this was in line with their vision although a lot of other parties didn’t think the same. SANPark says it has to sell rhinos because it was critical to its conservation efforts to maintain the sale of animals to private entities. It also helped reach their objectives. “selling rhinos was for the greater good” 2. Who are the suppliers of rhino and what was the average selling price of a rhino? Suppliers: • SANParks • Kwa Zulu Natal Wildlife • North West Province • The private sector Average selling price: 30300 USD 3. What is different about selling to a safari company and a hunting company? When a safari company buys an animal this is mostly in a cow/calf combination, and these are not hunted. When a hunting company bought rhinos, they usually buy bulls for hunting purpose. overall white rhinos were selled the most because of the tendency to fight with black rhinos(riskier investment)...
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...Rhino Case George James 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? Selling rhinos is not their specific vision. The main vision is to create an atmosphere that is safe for visitors to hunt rhinos in a less violent way. Their mission could focus on the experience of the safari as well as the ability to create an atmosphere for the prevention of rhino extinction while maintaining the ability for rhino safaris. 1. Who are the suppliers of rhino and what was the average selling price of a rhino? SanParks Females: $37,000 Males: $52,000 2. What is different about selling to a safari company and a hunting company? Safari companies were typically parks that specialized in rhino hunting that controlled safe hunts that were less violent. Hunting companies were much harder to control and often could result in rhinos being killed violently for their horns or just being used for viewing the uses varied. 3. How does a sale to a hunting and safari company affect the economy? Hunting and safari companies contributed over 10% to the GDP for South Africa. 4. What are the driving forces behind poaching? The demand for rhino horns is extremely high and the profit is continuously rising. Going through the correct process for hunting a rhino is much for expensive cutting into the profit for the horns. 5. How would you reduce poaching? The companies...
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...Especially for the animals that are already endangered. Poachers minimizing these animal’s numbers for their own pleasure is not good. People who are against poaching should do what they can to stop this act from escalating, or there will not be any balance on this world. Animals are being killed every day from illegal hunting or capturing, that is called poaching; it’s getting worse and worse in certain places and we should do whatever we can to try and stop it. Poaching happens all around the world. Mainly in parts of the world where there is more game to hunt and a lot of money involved. A social science graduate from Makerere University Kampala in Uganda named Peter Galyak Magellan said that humans have been hunting for survival for a long time now and not because of pleasure. He stated “While primitive humans relied largely upon hunting for food, the agricultural revolution (approximately 10,000 years ago) reduced the need for survival hunting in most parts of the world. Hunting has continued, however, for several reasons, and poaching remains a possibility wherever hunting is an important part of the economy or culture.” He is saying that hunting has been around for like 400,000 years, poaching has been recent because of the reasons or values for doing it. There are so many methods for poaching, in Africa some of their methods are snare wire, spears and dogs, trap nets or traps, pitfalls, and arrows and bows. Snare wires are cables that they hang on trees and the...
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...thought that only elephants can be poached; however, this was far from true. The definition of poaching is the illegal killing of animals. This definition determines that any animal can be poached whether it is elephants, rhinos, lions, zebras or even gorillas. According to the African Wildlife Foundation, elephants are poached in order to retrieve their tusks which are made of ivory and sell them. Ivory is carved into many different objects from jewelry, utensils, trinkets and even religious figures. Unfortunately, because of the large sum of money ($1,000-$1,500 a pound) that is collected in exchange for ivory, 35,000 elephants where poached just last year. A single male elephant's two tusks can weigh more than 250 pounds. With a pound of ivory fetching as much as $1,500 on the black market, the ivory is so valuable which is not helping the desire to decrease poaching. Rhinos are poached for their horn which are believe aid health remedies and treat ailments such...
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...Against poaching Poaching,my family has had many incidents with poachers,not quit the type of poaching I am going to talk about today but still poaching. The story starts out at our hunting property and on our hunting property we have lots of tree stands but some tree stands that we have seen did not seem to belong and that is because the didn't,and sometimes there would even be a face that didn't belong and that is because it was someone we did not know it was a poacher he was illegally hunting on our property which is definitely a form of poaching.The form of poaching I am going to talk about today is poachers that are killing endangered animals like rhinos,and elephants,and all sorts of animals that are protected I am going to show you how these animals are killed,what animals are killed and why,and how many animals have been pushed to the age of extinction....
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...poachers usually hunt zebras, tigers, elephants and rhinos. Also the killing of whales and sharks is also a part of illegal poaching. This illegal hunting has led to the decreasing population of many species. Many nations have banned poaching, but enforcement is difficult....
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...of shelter and food for animals. 2. One of the biggest areas that is experiencing deforestation is the amazon rainforest because of human settlements and development of the land. B. Pollution is one of the main ways in which humans have caused change and threats to wildlife habitat. 1. Pollution can be defined as the human alteration of chemical or physical characteristics of the environment to a degree that is harmful to living organisms. (marinebio.org) 2. Synthetic chemicals like DDT and dumping waste in to lakes and oceans is one of the main causes of pollution, effecting not only water animals but land animals too. C. Trophy hunting of already endangered or rare animals is also a big problem, although some people believe it is helping bring animals back. 1. In Texas, for example, the breeding of exotic animals for hunting purposes is a billion-dollar industry employing over 14,000 people. (10 animals you can still hunt, Care2.com) 2. Over the last three lion generations, the IUCN estimates that the lion...
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...did not sell the animals tusks to another family. Unlike our ancestors, many people in our era do those exact things. A majority of the people who participate in trophy hunting believe that it helps conservation and population control. The sad truth is that it does not. In fact, trophy hunting is a cruel sport that should be banned. In trophy hunting, instead of letting the weakest of the species due off, trophy hunters kill the cream of the crop (In defense of the Animals). This...
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...Last year on June 16th poachers killed one of the world’s biggest elephants. Satao, who was almost fifty was found mutilated in Kenya. The poachers killed him for his 100 pound tusks. They were so big they almost dragged the ground. He had adjusted his habits to conceal his tusks by hiding them behind bushes and other trees. He was killed by poison arrows in an area that he migrated to in search of fresh water. When found his legs were splayed and his tusks and face had been hacked off. Illegal animal poaching has caused the population to decrease rapidly, arrests of many people selling or hunting illegal animals, and there is not a lot of new legislation being brought forth. The animal population has drastically decreased in areas like Africa and Asia. The reason for this is poaching. The animals that people mainly poach are rhinos, elephants, gorillas, tigers, bears, and sea turtles. In the beginning of the 20th century there were a few million African elephants. Now there are close to 450,000-700,000. The population of African elephants has decreased 64% and the number of elephants is...
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...First Draft Imagine a world where rich people pay huge sums of money to kill animals. Think of human beings enjoying taking the life of rare or even endangered living things just so they can get the decapitated head on their wall. Hard to believe? Unfortunately, this takes place worldwide. Walter J. Palmer, dentist and recreational trophy hunter, illegally killed a famous lion named Cecil, who was a major attraction at the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. This event was met with outrage across the world. There were some who believed the reaction was overrated. They, like most trophy hunting supporters, believe that the money gained from trophy hunting goes to local people, and even towards the conservation of animals the hunters shoot. Sadly,...
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...I would like to tell you some interesting about the Badlands National Park. It is truly a wonderful place to go. The Badlands National Park was established on January 25, 1939, but it wasn’t a national park until November 10, 1978. The amazing terrain of the Badlands is 244,000 acres of eroding canyons. History In 1942, the Badlands National Monument was used as a gunnery and firing range for World War II soldiers. The first people to cross the Badlands were mammoth hunters around 10,000 years ago. Ancient animals such as the rhino and saber-toothed tigers used to live in the canyons. The Lakota Indians knew the Badlands as “mako sica” which means “bad lands” and the English knew them as ‘les mauvaises terres a traverser’ which means “bad...
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...to nature, the food chain begins and ends with a prey and its predator. Hunting is also one of the laws made by nature to balance the population on the earth's surface and it is through hunting, that the circle of life is complete. But an excess of anything is considered injurious, and this applies for hunting as well. Although it was a crucial part of humans’ survival 100,000 years ago, hunting is now nothing more than a violent form of recreation that the vast majority of hunters do not need for subsistence. Today men practice hunting as nothing but one of those among a list of hobbies, because there is no requirement for predation by humans in modern times. Sport Hunting should be banned because it can be dangerous, cruel and it contributes to the extinction of animal species all over the world. Many believe in hunting as a hobby, because it serves as a great outdoor experience. It might even be considered as a good exercise, on a day out! The truth is that Hunting is, by its’ nature, a dangerous sport. Hundreds of individuals armed with long range weapons through the woods are a perfect formula for a tragedy. This is especially true when the average hunter only shoots one of two days a year. Hunting accidents destroy property and injure or kill cats, dogs, horses, hikers and other hunters. According to International Hunter Education Association, about 1,000 people are accidentally shot while on a hunting trip each year. Hunters also claim that they are not being cruel to...
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...meaning that they are able to cool themselves down in hot weather. They were hunter-gatherers or foragers. They lived in groups and worked together to survive. The males would typically go hunt while the females would gather vegetation like fruits and nuts and would process the meats that were gathered earlier. The females would also take great care in their week and young members. This would ensure optimal survival for their species... They would live in crudely made huts out of large tree branches. Each of the branches would be stuck into the ground and surrounded by rocks to prevent them from moving. Each of these huts were roughly tent shaped... I follow a couple of the males that are going hunting to see and experience it myself. Elephants deer wild boar rhinos salmon shellfish oysters turtles dandelions wild wheat almonds figs berries quail eggs Rocks or stones to make fire and sharpen wood for spears also to make tools they would get the best quality stones made axes and hammers used the sharper rocks to cut the...
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...Why, because there are problems with the species itself. There are five reasons. Firstly, the food for the animal is not easily provided by humans. Example for those animals will be anteater. Secondly, the animal have slow growth rate. Example for that will be elephants. Thirdly, the animal have bad temper. Rhino is an example for animals with bad temper. Fourthly, animal can't breed in captivity. Example will be cheetah and panda. Fifthly, some animal panic in enclosure when face predator. Gazelle will be an example. This five reasons can be look at independently, where if the animal fail one reason, they can't be...
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...Can endangered species of the world rely on the international law for their safety? Discuss This essay will attempt to discuss how the international law protects endangered species of the world. Using academic commentary and legislation it will also review the ethical, philosophical, economical and moral aspects of this area of law. The essay will also draw attention to the current issue, which has been a controversy in the preservation of endangered species of the world, but will particularly pay more attention to the protection of whales. Ever since the days of illustrious philosophers such Plato, Aristotle, Descartes to the modern scientists there has been a lengthy wait in fighting for laws and acts to protect animals in keeping them in good health and their populations high in numbers. Long ago, most animals became extinct because of natural events, like earthquakes or volcano eruptions. Climatic changes were also a threat i.e. like the ‘beginning of the Ice Age which also led to the disappearance of certain species’ . Today, animals are in danger mostly because of human beings. In the 17th century Descartes and Plato both portraying animals as mere objects, held that ‘animals have no conscience and humans should have no moral obligation’ towards them. However, through the advancement of technology and science Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, bringing new developments and protection to endangered species, with his effort in his work there...
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