Species affected by poaching
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Many species are affected by
In North America
In the early 1990s, crimes against wildlife were rampant in certain parts of the United States, and poaching equaled or exceeded the number of animals hunted legally.
Millions of
In 2007, it was estimated that parrot trappers capture about 65,000–78,500 wild
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- Ara: military macaw, scarlet macaw;
- Aratinga: green parakeet, Pacific parakeet, olive-throated parakeet, orange-fronted parakeet
- Mexican parrotlet, white-crowned parrot, orange-chinned parakeet, barred parakeet, thick-billed parrot.
Commercial poaching of
In Central America
The
West Indian manatees were illegally hunted in the Port Honduras area in Belize at least until the end of the 1990s. Poachers were suspected to come from Guatemala and Honduras. Manatees were killed for meat, and their bones used for carving trinket and other souvenirs sold in local markets in the Yucatán Peninsula.[21] In 2002, it was estimated that about 40 manatees are killed annually along the eastern Nicaraguan coast and in inland wetlands by poachers and incidental drowning in fishing nets.[22]
Other species poached in Central American countries and in the
In South America
In
In Sub-Saharan Africa
The population of the critically endangered
African elephants are being poached for their ivory tusks – the heaviest teeth of any animal alive.[31] In October 2013 poachers were reported in the press to have poisoned more than 300 African elephants in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.[32] This UK Telegraph report (republished widely by other newspapers) was proven to be exaggerated, with a maximum total of 120 elephants determined by independent sources to be dead in this incident.[33] Even so, conservationists have called this the deadliest massacre of animals in Southern Africa in 25 years. African elephants continue to remain a high target for poachers and some researchers have estimated that African elephants may be extinct in 25–50 years in the wild.[34] African elephants have experienced a 60-70% decline in population in two decades, 1979–2002.[35] In 2012 alone, 13,607 elephants were poached in Central Africa, and 8,515 elephants were poached in East Africa.
Illegal poaching for African elephants has increased noticeably in 2008 and correlates with an increase in price for local black market ivory and with increased findings of illegal ivory headed to China. There is a probable species reduction of ~3% in 2011 alone.[36] Estimates of over 25,000 to 35,000 African elephants were killed for their tusks in 2012.[37][38] Despite ivory trade bans in 1989, elephant numbers continue to decline in Africa.[35] Finding and monitoring the origin of illegal ivory found could help efforts to curb and suppress poaching of African elephants.[39] In Tanzania, 60% of the elephant population has been killed since 2010 and now number fewer than 44,000 individuals. In Mozambique, 48% of the country's elephants were killed in the same period. Local people kill elephants for cash, but penalties are often negligible. In central Africa, militias and terrorist groups also poach elephants, often outside their home countries. They hide inside protected areas and kill park rangers who get in their way.[40] A 2014 survey estimated that at least 100,000 elephants were killed for their ivory between 2010 and 2012. According to the survey, even if poaching stopped now, it might take more than 90 years for forest elephants to match their 2002 population."[41]
In South-East Asia
There are more than 400 endangered faunal species in the Philippines, all of which are illegal to hunt.[citation needed]
In South Asia
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