After reading my first couple of blog posts you may be wondering, just how bad is poaching? If we hunt animals in America what is the difference if they do it in Africa?
The difference is that in Africa it’s not a sport anymore. According to the African Wildlife Foundation, now it’s just pure and utter slaughter. The difference between the U.S. and Africa is that the U.S. hasn't killed 97.6% of the deer population. While in Africa, that is true for the Black Rhino. Not to mention that the Lion has become extinct in seven African countries. Or that the Grevy’s Zebra only has around 2,000 still alive. Or that the Mountain Gorilla is down to less than a thousand lives left. If you are wondering how the poachers are able to kill this many of the animals so quickly it is because it’s no longer hunting. Now it’s an assembly line type of processes so that they can mow them down and make the quick money. What these poacher do is they have automatic guns and rocket launchers to kill the animals in mass. You might think that the animals would have a chance to get away. However, the hunters also use night vision goggles and low flying helicopters to get one step ahead of the animals and create an absolutely unfair advantage.
Now it’s time that we start thinking solution. Do we legalize the poaching but heavily regulate the people on how often they can poach or how many animals is okay to kill? Or do we keep the traditional laws but instead of letting these people slaughter the animals setup posts and officers to watch over these animals. As I see it, we are running out of time to defend these animals and if we don’t act now it will most likely be too late. The most logical thing that I can think of is stricter policies. I believe that they have to start making examples of poachers since currently it is illegal to poach. They need to either defend them with force or show that these laws aren't to be messed around with. At one point Africa did send a task force to protect the African elephants. Unfortunately, they were overrun and murdered while on patrol. All this is saying is that Africa now needs to grow up and hand out legal action to the men and women involved in this terrible issue instead of sitting back and watching the damage that is currently being imposed on the wildlife in Africa.
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