Wildlife Crime: The Most Urgent Threat to Elephants, Rhinos, and Tigers
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In 50 years of conservation, we have never seen wildlife crime on such a scale. Wildlife crime is now the most urgent threat to three of the world's best-loved species—elephants, rhinos and tigers.
The global value of illegal wildlife trade is between $7.8 and $10 billion per year. It is a major illicit transnational activity worldwide—along with arms, drugs and human trafficking. High-level traders and kingpins are rarely arrested, prosecuted, convicted or punished for their crimes.
Tigers: Every part of the tiger—from whisker to tail—is traded in illegal wildlife markets. Poaching is the most immediate threat to wild tigers. In relentless demand, their parts are used for traditional medicine, folk remedies, and increasingly as a status symbol among wealthy Asians.
African Elephants: Tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their ivory tusks. In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) banned the international trade in ivory. However, there are still some thriving but unregulated domestic ivory markets in a number of countries, which fuel an illegal international trade.
African Rhinos: At least one rhino is killed every day due to the mistaken belief that rhino horn can cure diseases. The main market is now in Vietnam where there is a newly emerged belief that rhino horn cures cancer.
These species cannot survive high levels of poaching for long. Join our campaign to Stop Wildlife Crime and share this video with your community.
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Man is the worst animal on God's green earth. Man destroys everything beautiful. I think it will not be God that will destroy the earth this time, but man. Lord love the animals their beauty and innocence. God will have his vengeance. God help us all.
You are so right Melissa. One day, hopefully very soon we will stand before him, and I can only hope that he will punish all that have treated 'his creatures' with such disrespect. I am sick to see just how evil man has become. It is shocking to see what we will do, what we will eat or wear that was once living and breathing. We will need more than God help us. That is for sure.
I totally agree they should be left alone like God has planned. I sign every petion that comes my way when it pertains to animal land and sea. And cruelty to children. Must keep the petions full of signatures then perhaps they will listen.
MAY THESE GUYS ROT IN HELL FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THESE POOR ANIMALS!
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agreed. please also read this if you're against dogs and cats being abducted and skinned alive!! https://www.causes.com/actions/1736270-petition-stop-the-torture-slaughter-of-animals-for-fashion
Cruelfull...
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La perversité au niveau condenses
Le plaisir sans limites de voir 1 animal souffrir et le faire souffrir d plus en plus pour se procurer du plaisir sans fin, sans limites et de. Toute évidence que de la folie - pure
Rien n excuses le non sens
Let the animals live.
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Humans are killers know matter how its put if they kill they are murders see how they killing the world wit greed
My heart bleeds whenever I come across horror stories like these. We must unite and put an end to animal abuse.
I couldn't agree with you more!
Now u all know why I keep on saying that that all the speech of gun rules don't an ain't gonna work