Class 2. Wildlife Poaching ppt.pptx

Wildlife poaching

1. “Only when the last of the animal’s horns, tusks, skin and bones are sold, will mankind realize that money can never buy back our wildlife…” Wildlife Poaching

2. Poaching is the act of hunting, killing and selling (or using) of wildlife species for monetary or materialistic gains.

3. Causes Local wildlife - a resource for local communities Increase in price of meat Increase in price of animal trophies Increase in the use of weapons Incidental killing of non-target species

4. Poaching and trade An unprecedented spike in illegal wildlife trade Live animals and plants or all kinds of wild animal and plant products Threatening to overturn decades of conservation gains Second -biggest direct threat to species survival, after habitat destruction

5. A big business-dangerous international networks like illegal drugs and arms  Sold legitimately as food, pets, ornamental plants, leather, tourist ornaments and medicine Impossible to obtain reliable figures for the value of illegal wildlife trade

6. Lone poacher with a rifle…… …. Organised criminal networks

7. Wildlife trade hotspots China's international borders Trade hubs in East/Southern Africa and Southeast Asia Eastern borders of the European Union Some markets in Mexico Parts of the Caribbean Parts of Indonesia New Guinea Solomon Islands

8. Historical perspectives of wildlife utilization Hunter Gatherer Society Stone Age Hunting- stone weapons Iron Age Hunting- iron weapons Mesolithic -Traps, Snares

9. Pastoralist Vs Agriculture Human settling down Growth of Domestication of Wild Animals Cultivation of Crops/Agriculture Growth Commercialization of wild game Historical perspectives of wildlife utilization

10. Consumptive Use Edible Meat, Fat, Blubbers Non-Consumptive use Non edible Pet trade Tourism Zoological Parks Research-trade-biomedical Bird-butterfly-Whale Watching Skin, Fur, Feather, Horns, antlers, Ivory, Musk, Shells, Sports hunting Current perspective of wildlife utilization

11. Gravity of situation WPSI’s Wildlife C rime Database currently has recovers over 20,000 wildlife cases involving more than 400 species. Interpol says the trade in illegal wildlife products is worth some US$ 12 billion a year. India is now a major source market for wildlife trade

12. Whom???

13. Animals in poaching-Indian Scenario Tiger – born, skin, nails Elephant- Ivory Rhino- Horn Leopard-Skin Peacock- Feather, meat Turtle- Meat, leather, eggs Barn owl- magic belief Sand boa- magic belief Deer- Antlers, musk and meat Wild boar- meat Gaur- meat

14. Wildlife poaching- Some statistics In 2015, 6 cases related to tiger, 42 cases related to leopard and 24 cases related to rhino poaching were reported in India It was recorded a loss of 226 elephants due to poaching in a period of 5 years from 2010-2015. (Source: www.wpsi - india.org )

15. Preventive measures Education to the public Patrolling work Legislative measures (WPA, 1972)

16. Remedial measures No remedy for the loss of life Widening Protected Area Network Conservation Projects (Elephant Conservation Project, 1999; Operation kachhapa , 1998)

17. Agencies and organization against poaching WPSI (Wildlife Protection Society of India) - Wildlife crime database - Secret Information Reward Scheme - Wildlife law enforcement workshop The Rhino Foundation for Nature in North-east India The Wildlife Society of Orissa Aaranyak

18. Antipoaching activity abroad WWF Wildlife Conservation Society WCPA (World Commission on Protected Areas) TRAFFIC CITES MIKE