“Poach the Poachers”
Did you know that since 1960, the black rhino population has decreased by 97.6% due to poaching. This is according to the African Wildlife Foundation who is trying to raise efforts to bring attention to the serious danger some animals are in, and the culprit for these animals nearing extinction is in fact humans. For many years the human species has been killing off animals for sometimes no other reason than the thrill they feel when they are hunting down one of these majestic beasts, and there are many ways to stop people from committing genocide. Firstly, we could learn to better educate people about the effects of poaching on their environment, and ways they can help these animals instead of hurting them. Secondly, we could create more severe punishment for those who feel they can …show more content…
Right now if someone were to poach an animal they could at most get a 100,000 dollar fine and a year in jail, but how is this fair to the innocent animal that got slaughtered. In this situation the poacher could still have made some money even after the fine and only loses 1 year of their life, but the animal on the other hand no longer has a life to spend anything on. According to Laura Cross the average Asian Elephant lives 60 years which means if the poacher killed a 30 year old Asian Elephant it could continue to affect the ecosystem for around 30 years after the actual crime. However, this would also continue to affect the ecosystem for possibly forever because according to Giovanni Payo the average elephant most likely has around 6 calves. Those elephants might never touch the earth because one poacher decided that their was a price for a life. When did it become okay to put a price on the life of something especially something so beautiful that comes from mother nature herself? This is why the punishment for poaching needs to be changed to something much more
Did you know that since 1960, the black rhino population has decreased by 97.6% due to poaching. This is according to the African Wildlife Foundation who is trying to raise efforts to bring attention to the serious danger some animals are in, and the culprit for these animals nearing extinction is in fact humans. For many years the human species has been killing off animals for sometimes no other reason than the thrill they feel when they are hunting down one of these majestic beasts, and there are many ways to stop people from committing genocide. Firstly, we could learn to better educate people about the effects of poaching on their environment, and ways they can help these animals instead of hurting them. Secondly, we could create more severe punishment for those who feel they can …show more content…
Right now if someone were to poach an animal they could at most get a 100,000 dollar fine and a year in jail, but how is this fair to the innocent animal that got slaughtered. In this situation the poacher could still have made some money even after the fine and only loses 1 year of their life, but the animal on the other hand no longer has a life to spend anything on. According to Laura Cross the average Asian Elephant lives 60 years which means if the poacher killed a 30 year old Asian Elephant it could continue to affect the ecosystem for around 30 years after the actual crime. However, this would also continue to affect the ecosystem for possibly forever because according to Giovanni Payo the average elephant most likely has around 6 calves. Those elephants might never touch the earth because one poacher decided that their was a price for a life. When did it become okay to put a price on the life of something especially something so beautiful that comes from mother nature herself? This is why the punishment for poaching needs to be changed to something much more