US Trophy Hunting Plays Key Role in ‘Silent Extinction’ of Giraffes

The death of the last male northern white spirit on Earth, and ban on hunting of elephants and lions in the United States caused many naturalist attacks against another tragedy.

Over the past few decades trophy hunting, wildlife entertainment killing has resulted in a decrease in the number of giraffes. According to the International Conservation Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN), it is estimated that there will be approximately 110,000 "mature" giraffes in 1985, but this number will decrease to an impressive 68,000 in 2015 It continues.

Julian Fennessy, co-chair of the IUCN Giraffe and Hopcabao expert group, says:

As Americans become the largest animal trophy importer after expensive expedition, many people say that bans for imported trophies will help reduce the decline in the number of animals exposed to giraffes and other weak and endangered I will.

"At the moment there is no US or international law to protect Kirin from excessive use of trade, it is time to change it obviously, as the world's largest trophy importer, the role of the United States in this kind of reduction Masha Kalinina, International Trade Policy Expert for Humanitarian Association International Association, expressed support for supporting the protection of the giraffes by five environmental groups based on the Endangered Species Protection Act.

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According to the memorandum of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on March 1, the US President Donald Trump, two sons of which are particularly involved in large-scale prey hunting, recently won several African countries I canceled the import of large-scale game trophies I did. It is prohibited.

Many people believe trophy hunting is good for protection due to income generated by states and reserves, but IUCN makes it clear that it is necessary to make it proactive and honest.

Loss of habitat and local citizen's concern is still a top priority for IUCN's main threat list, but before hunting and poaching a giraffe to a level at which a fraudster threatens elephants and rhinos, "the extinction of silence All factors must be considered in order to stop.

According to guardian, the United States is the largest importer of giraffe hunting trophies. Most trophy hunters come from the United States. According to US environmentalists, residents imported 21,402 bone sculptures from Kirin, 3,008 skin and 3,744 miscellaneous trophies. For this purpose, they estimate that at least 3,700 people must be killed. Furthermore, the number of giraffe species is controversial. IUCN only accepts one species + 9 variants, but the other group led by the Kirin protection foundation recognizes 4 species + 4 variants. According to the IUCN Red List Report, the number of people belonging to 4 of the 9 subspecies increases, the number of people belonging to 4 different subspecies decreases, the number of individuals of one subspecies is stable I will.

Over the past few decades trophy hunting, wildlife entertainment killing has resulted in a decrease in the number of giraffes. According to the International Conservation Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN), it is estimated that there will be approximately 110,000 "mature" giraffes in 1985, but this number will continue to decline to 68,000 in 2015 I will. "At the moment there is no US or international law to protect Kirin from excessive use of trade, it is time to change it obviously, as the world's largest trophy importer, the role of the United States in this kind of reduction Masha Kalinina, International Trade Policy Expert for Humanitarian Association International Association, expressed support for supporting the protection of the giraffes by five environmental groups based on the Endangered Species Protection Act.