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Uganda Ends Sport Hunting as Wildlife Numbers Decline
Source: Source: NATGEO News Watch BY: David Braun
Investors in sport hunting in Uganda's game parks have up to January next year to stop shooting wild animals for fun,
Dereck Joubert interviewed by David Braun David: Uganda has re-imposed a ban on hunting, reportedly citing the failure of hunting concessions to halt dwindling of populations of wild animals in preserves. You have long been opposed to hunting as a means of conservation. What is the argument against controlled hunting as a means to give economic value to wildlife conservation? Dereck: "I have been against unethical hunting, not so much hunting itself, for many years. Sadly that has become one and the same recently. I have been against hunting of declining species. We have endured 50 years or more of conservation by the gun in many parts of Africa and the one lesson we can take away is that it does not work." "With lions now teetering on the edge at around 20,000 animals, clearly the old ways have to change. Trophy hunting of the iconic animals really knocks back the genetic best of those populations as they decline and the selection process gets more refined and there is more targeting at the few decent specimens we have left..." Click Here To Read The Article And The Rest Of This Compelling Interview NWHS NOTE: Dereck Joubert and his wife Beverly, are National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence and founders of the National Geographic Big Cats Initiative, a program designed to restore and conserve Africa's last wild lions, cheetahs, and leopards. |
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World's first tiger summit ends
Source: Guardian UK By: Jonathon Watts
The world's first tiger summit wrapped up today [11/24/2010] with lingering concerns about the fate of the endangered predator despite donor pledges of almost $330million aimed at making the great cat worth more alive than dead. The high-profile conservation conference called by Russian president Vladimir Putin and World Bank chief Robert Zoellick mobilised political, financial and celebrity support behind a goal of doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022.
Celebrities, including film star Leonardo DiCaprio who pledged $1m of his own money, and supermodel Naomi Campbell rubbed shoulders with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and leading conservationists at the event in St Petersburg. The leaders endorsed the Global Tiger Recovery Programme, an action plan to strengthen reserves, crack down on poachers and provide financial incentives to maintain a thriving tiger population. Currently, a poached tiger is believed to fetch between $25,000 and $50,000 for the carcass, parts and bones. Largely as a result of this lucrative, illegal trade, there are estimated to be only 3,200 tigers left in the wild, down from 100,000 a century ago. During the summit, major donors, including Germany, WWF, the Wildlife Conservation Society and international financial institutions, promised $329m over the next five years as a first step towards doubling the population. The 13 tiger range nations, defined as countries where the animals roam freely, are spending considerably more themselves on related projects... Click Here To Read The Article In Full |
WPSI Provides Info, Tiger Poaching Kingpin Nabbed!
Source: NWHS WebNews By: TIMES ON INDIA via WPSI
CHANDRAPUR: Mul police have finally nabbed the long absconding kingpin of the poachers gang busted by forest officials around one-and-half years back in Bhadrawati tehsil. Accused Shalik Gedam was picked up from Doni village in Mul tehsil and has been sent into MCR. Forest officials are likely to seek his custody after cops produce him before Bhadrawati court on Monday. Notably, sleuths of Bhadrawati forest range had busted a poachers gang in March 2009. The first breakthrough came thanks to information provided by Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). Following the information, then RFO, Bhadrawati, Umesh Dhotekar had nabbed two persons, Praful Shedmake from Kolsa within TATR and Hanuman Jumnake from Saywan village located on the outskirts of the tiger reserve on Ghodpeth-Bhadrawati road and had recovered 10 tiger nails from them.
Following the information given by arrested accused, raids were carried on Zari village located on the boundary of TATR and another accomplice Jalpat Kumre was arrested. Bunch of antler and wire snares were seized from Kumre's house. He had confessed to providing the tiger nails to Shedmake and Jumnake for selling. The next raid in Doni, also located at the outskirt of TATR, on the basis of information spilled the three accused revealed the gravity of the crime this poacher's gang was engaged in. Forest officials had recovered three molar teeth and two collar bones of the tiger, three trophies of spotted deer with the skull, six fallen antlers and 100 wire traps from the residence of accused Shalik Gedam. He however managed to elude the forest officials and was absconding since then.... Click To Read The Full NWHS WebNews Article NWHS NOTE: Belinda Wright is the founder and executive director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), who leads the WPSI tiger task force. Using a large network of undercover agents and informers, the WPSI team gathers intelligence on tiger-related crimes and passes it on to the relevant authorities. Working closely with central and state governments, WPSI maintains a sophisticated database on wildlife crime that is used to track down repeat offenders, work out new smuggling routes and new poaching and trade methods. "Today it is one of the most comprehensive wildlife crime repositories in the world, with details of nearly 16,500 crime cases and 12,900 wildlife criminals," explains Wright. To learn about Wildlife Protection Society of India and their numerous wildlife programs: Click Here To Visit The Wildlife Protection Society of India Website |
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