Elephant and Castle

The RHI-SPY and poaching Poaching is a serious crime which needs to be controlled or stopped. Poaching is the greatest current threat to tigers, rhinos, elephants, gorillas and other African and Asian species. (WWF) In the year 2011, 448 rhinos were killed in South Africa alone and the numbers are increasing each year. Every day rhinos are being poached for their horns, and by mid-2012, 300 more had been poached. “Currently a rhino is being butchered every 6 hours in Africa, and the issues…

Elephant Poaching In the early 20th century there were 3-5 million elephants throughout Africa, India, and Asia, but numbers are rapidly dropping leaving only 472,000-640,000 left in the wild. So what happened? Like most problems, you can find a way to trace it back to humans and in this case it is almost entirely our fault. Because of excessive poaching, agricultural expansion, and many other factors humans are slowly killing off these beautiful and sophic creatures. China is the leading…

FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS by Yukio Tsuchiya Reading Response “Faithful Elephants” by Yukio Tsuchiya is the story of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo during World War Two, at a time where the city was constantly bombarded. In fear of bombs hitting the zoo and freeing animals through the city, the Army orders the zoo to kill all its dangerous animals, including its elephants: John, Tonky, and Wanly. In the passage, the author uses figurative language to describe the elephants’ life, death, and pain. He further…

fingernails.” “Large mammals are killed for their body parts and are used for medicine in Asia.” “Elephants experienced a severe population decline in the late 1980s due to illegal killing (poaching) for their ivory tusks”(US Fish and Wildlife Service) “The threat of extinction caused by poaching is real, and the losses are staggering. During the 1970s and 1980s, ivory poachers killed 93 percent of the elephants in Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park.” “Birds, monkeys, and other animals are…

Endangered Pangolins People are trying to save Pangolins because it is the most illegally traded animal in the world and before they are eaten to extinction. There are up to 100,000 Pangolins that are estimated to be hunted and sold every year. Which is making them the most traded animal in the world. How are people helping: Well people are trying to find these animals in the wild and to put them in a safe place where they don’t have to be hunted and also so they don’t go extinct. Well and when…

Question 1 a) According to Lindsey et al. (2013), the restriction of lion trophy imports to the US and EU can result in a number of potential negative consequences for conservation, particularly the loss of major revenue sources (a single lion hunt can generate between $60,000 to $120,000). Considering that 85% of hunted lions are exported to these two markets, the resultant reduction in the demand for lion hunting would lead to lower prices, which in turn could make it prohibitive for…

Asian and African elephants. Generations of Americans have come to know…

The princess laid unconscious on the hard cavern floor. Her dragon also laid beside her with his face locked into a snarl, his fists clenched. At the mouth of the cave, rain drizzled down, slowly becoming lighter. Iron Helm heaved a sigh of exhausted relief. Carrying an Alicorn plus a baby dragon out of Ponyville into the mountain side was not part of his plan. The dragon would have to be a necessary setback. The dragon had seen too much. His earth pony muscles ached from the large load he…

for elephants. Recently the California Senate has had a tremendous amount of feedback regarding this issue that pertains to elephants currently being held in captive. The bullhook is used frequently to inflict pain on elephants in attempts to control them using nothing but fear. The bullhook, also referred to as the “guide” that looks like a long thin pole with a point out of the top, and a sharp hook coming off of the side. People who use the bullhook commonly use it to jab at the elephants in…

the African elephant and African rhino’s may never be seen by our grandchildren. Elephants are continuing to be poached for their horns which are being sold for high prices to people looking to buy ivory. The black and white rhinos that inhabit Africa are already close to extinction with only a couple thousand of each left. If both of these animals end up being removed from their respective environments by poaching, then their environments will also be changed. The poaching of elephants and…