Poaching

Farid Khan Asst.Prof. in Dept. of Chemical Engg C.V.S.R college of Engg

 Elephants  Tigers  Rhinos  Gorillas

& chimpanzees

 Elephants

are killed for their tusk.  Ivory is of great value in international market.

African wildlife foundation  According

to some estimates, a kilogram of ivory can fetch as much as $35-$50 on the black market. The average elephant tusk of a male elephant weighs almost 60 kilograms.

 Tigers

are killed for their skin ,nails and bones.  Chinese make use of tiger bones in Medicine.  Tiger skin has lot of demand in international market.  Indian tigers are killed for their skin and there are smuggled to Nepal and china where they are wore during rituals.

 Rhino’s

are killed in large number for their horns.  Horns are used in making of medicines.  Horns have a great demand in international market especially in Japan and China.

 in

some parts of African countries gorilla is killed for its meat.  Bush meat is served in hotels as it is cheap and also because it is delicious.

Gorilla Conservation  For the mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) of the Virunga Heartland, extinction is a very real threat. Only about 720 of these charismatic animals remain. In the face of serious challenges – the aftermath of civil war, extreme poverty, disease, poaching and lack of infrastructure and economic development – AWF and its partners have steadfastly supported the mountain gorillas and their 

"Bush Meat" Crisis Needs Urgent Action, Group Warns  Conservationists

say illegal commercial hunting of African wildlife for sale as "bush meat" has reached alarming levels and immediate action is needed to address the problem before it's too late to save some seriously threatened species

Bush meat Many of Africa's poor regularly hunt animals such as elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, and crocodiles to help meet their economic and nutritional needs.  The task force says the problem has become magnified because of growing population and poverty in Africa. "The illegal, commercial bush meat trade is the most significant current threat to wildlife populations in Africa," 

 An

innocent animal killed

 African

gorillas and chimpanzees are loosing their forest habitat due to human activities like agriculture ,mining and illegal logging .

 Global

warming  Melting of polar icecaps  Melting of Glaciers  Rise in sea level

 Due

to global warming the ice shelf of arctic and Antarctic region is becoming thinner.  As the ice sheets melt bear will not be able to hunt as bear depends on ice sheets as hunting ground.  Polar bear has to travel long distances in course of which it may drown and get killed.

PORTAGE GLACIER 1914

PORTAGE GLACIERS 2004

In 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act, enacted in 1973, is the nation's primary tool for conserving imperiled plants and animals.  The chief threat to the polar bear is the loss of its sea ice habitat due to global warming. However, the polar bear is also stressed by other human activity, particularly oil and gas development activities in its habitat. Polar bears are literally drowning from 

 One

must develop love towards animals.  Animals have equal rights to exist in our planet Earth.  If poaching of wild animals continue then our next generation will have no choice other than seeing animals in pictures.  One must develop concern towards animals.