Facts About Animal Poaching

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1. The "poaching of animals" is when an animal is killed illegally. It usually occurs when an animal possesses something that is considered valuable (ie, the fur or ivory of the animal).

  2. Many countries believe that rhinoceros horn is an important ingredient for many medicines. This is false. The rhinoceros horn has the same medicinal effect as biting the aliases none.

   3.In 2012, 668 rhinoceroses were looted in South Africa. As of January 2013 it increased to 946, these animals were looted at a rate of 2 per day. At the beginning of the 20th century there were a few million African elephants and approximately 100,000 Asian elephants. Today, elephants are now considered endangered, there are some 450,000-700,000 African elephants and 35,000-40,000 Asian elephants.

 4.  In general, larger adults with larger tusks are looted, which puts the matriarchs of the elephant herds at greater risk.





   5.In 2011, there were 13 large-scale seizures of ivory and more than 23 tons of confiscated ivory. This is equivalent to at least 2,500 elephants.

   6.Vietnam, China, Thailand and Korea are just a few countries with markets for horns and fangs.

  7. The bile vesicles of the bear get the best price for Chinese herbal remedies. And the horns of big-horned sheep can get $ 20,000 on the black market.

  8.Tigers are killed mainly to supply underground black markets with their organs, skins and bones. These items are highly appreciated in oriental medicine (although these treatments have been refuted and have no real medical value).

9. In Asia, tiger parts (apart from bone) are used in mythological medicine. This includes: the eyes, the hair, the internal organs, even the tiger penis, which is used in a soup as an aphrodisiac.

10. A 2010 report from the United Nations suggests that gorillas could disappear from much of the Congo Basin by the mid-2020s.