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Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction
Drivers of Hunting & Poaching
Drivers of Hunting & Poaching
Legal & Illegal Pet Trade
Predation of Livestock
Impact on Crops
Food & Body Parts
Threatened Species
Threatened Species
Many species are threatened because they are directly targeted, they are accidentally caught or poisoned, or because they relied on a targeted species for survival in one way or another.
Threatened Habitats
Threatened Habitats
Entire ecosystems can be damaged or even destabilized by poaching and hunting.
When parrots, elephants, and primates disappear, so does seed dispersal, resulting in entire forests losing their biodiversity.
Coral reef suffer more immediate damage from fishing equipment, and the use of cyanide to knock out exotic fish for peoples' fish tanks.
Dangers of Poaching
Dangers of Poaching
Species & Habitat Loss
Species & Habitat Loss
Pollinators
Pollinators
When pollinators such as butterflies are used to make souvenirs for tourists, this creates ripples all the way up the food chain while also threatening the plant species that rely on those pollinators for reproduction.
Carbon Storage Loss
Carbon Storage Loss
Carbon-based life forms are build using carbon, and this carbon is released back into the environment when these organisms die or become extinct. Loss of trees, kelp forests, and seagrass meadows means a drastic drop in Earth's carbon sinks, but loss of animals is a part of the same equation. Each organisms not only represents a specific volume of carbon storage within their bodies, but their very life process - feeding, breeding, and breathing are examples of the very complex carbon cycle that has evolved on our planet over millennia.
Migration Routes
Migration Routes
In addition to hurting local species in local eco systems, some ecosystems are also vital migration routes for endangered species. When endangered species pass through improperly protected areas, they run the risk of being shot, trapped, or otherwise blocked from their seasonal feeding, breeding, and nesting locations.
Solutions
Solutions
Educate the Public
Educate the Public
Educate Tourists about Illicit Foods and Souvenirs
Educate Tourists about Illicit Foods and Souvenirs
Foods & Souvenirs from Threatened Wildlife
Bird Nest Soup
Butterflies
Monkey Brain Soup
Turtles
Tourist Activities
Elephant Rides
Intrusive Firefly Viewings - allowing tourists to trample breeding grounds, flash photography, etc.
Photos with Cubs
Educate Locals
Educate Locals
Local communities that are given reliable information about wildlife are more likely to protect those species instead of destroy them. Education can start with children at school, but education access for farmers and other parts of society can also help turn the tide against extinction.
Catch Poachers
Catch Poachers
Patrol Team
Patrol Team
Dogs can help humans find and track down poachers to protect many different species from endangered turtles to rare rhinos.
Prosecute Poachers
Prosecute Poachers
Enforce Poaching Laws
Enforce Poaching Laws
Projects
Projects
Africa
Africa
Cape Verde
Cape Verde
Planet Wild: Dogs on Turtle Patrol "Sea turtles in Cape Verde are under threat. Even today, they’re being illegally hunted for their meat. In times of hardship, loggerhead turtles were a vital food source for the local community. Nowadays, it has become more of a delicacy. Even though stricter laws have been implemented, there are still enough people paying good money for poached loggerhead meat, which is bad news for the turtles."
"Our partner organization, Fundação Tartaruga, is on the ground in Cape Verde training dogs to protect loggerhead sea turtles. These dogs learn many important skills, like how to detect suspicious behavior in the dark and how to hunt down turtle poachers by smell. They’re specialized in tracking and catching poachers so they can be handed over to the police."
Organizations
Organizations
Africa
Africa
Cape Verde
Cape Verde
Turtle Foundation "We and our local sister organisation Fundação Tartaruga have been running the conservation project on Boa Vista since 2008. Thanks to consistent night patrols on the beaches, the number of poached animals has been reduced enormously. In the first year alone, the number of animals killed on Porto Ferreira beach fell from 600 (2007) to 60."
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