What Countries Are The Worst At Protecting Endangered Animals? - Polidicks

[QUOTE]The demand for ivory and other illegal animal parts is on the rise in China and other Asian markets, and in Africa, tens of thousands of elephants are being slaughtered each year to meet it. Rhinos and tigers--whose horns and various other parts are also popular in China and Vietnam--are aggressively poached as well. Recently, the World Wildlife Fund took a close look at how hard the world's nations are working to stop the illegal trade (most countries are part of a treaty called CITES that expressly forbids it), and summed up their results in an infographic:[/quote] [img]http://www.popsci.com/files/wwf-lightbox.jpg[/img] [quote]According to a press release accompanying the report, Vietnam's high demand and lax enforcement of rhino protection laws has triggered a poaching crisis in South Africa, where several hundred rhinos have been killed so far this year.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-09/infographic-its-bad-time-be-elephant[/url]

Good on India, China, and Nepal.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;37756664]Good on India, China, and Nepal.[/QUOTE] What do you mean? They're doing good.

[QUOTE=EcksDee;37757312]What do you mean? They're doing good.[/QUOTE] If you read a little harder you could see that the post was a compliment. Either way good for them.

I wonder how America stands in this issue.

[QUOTE=cqbcat;37757431]I wonder how America stands in this issue.[/QUOTE] I don't think very many Rhinos, Elephants, nor Tigers inhabit the United States.

[QUOTE=Gubbinz96;37757337]If you read a little harder you could see that the post was a compliment. Either way good for them.[/QUOTE] Wow, reading fast gave me "come on" instead of good on. Derpy derp, sorry.

[QUOTE=Ern;37757671]I don't think very many Rhinos, Elephants, nor Tigers inhabit the United States.[/QUOTE] That's not to say we didn't nearly hunt all wolves and bison to near extinction in the 1800's, not to mention a few Falcons and other avian species.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;37760392]That's not to say we didn't nearly hunt all wolves and bison to near extinction in the 1800's, not to mention a few Falcons and other avian species.[/QUOTE] That was long before anyone even gave a shit about animals going extinct.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;37760392]That's not to say we didn't nearly hunt all wolves and bison to near extinction in the 1800's, not to mention a few Falcons and other avian species.[/QUOTE] Now we have to kill coyotes and save the baby deers.

[QUOTE=Cmx;37760529]That was long before anyone even gave a shit about animals going extinct.[/QUOTE] That said there are still issues of people hunting endangered wolves to this day simple forthe sport of it or their fur. Not as bad as before mind you but sometimes it can become an issue wne they lift the endangered tag on them every so often andthey get hunted near extinction again simply due to ignorance, needless fear, the redneck thrill/fun of it, or their fur.

[QUOTE=cqbcat;37757431]I wonder how America stands in this issue.[/QUOTE] If we did somehow managed to come into several endangered Rhinos, Tigers, and Elephants, I'd imagine they would be well off. Hell, my friend needed like 25 permits and several area evaluations before his family could even start building his house.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;37760392]That's not to say we didn't nearly hunt all wolves and bison to near extinction in the 1800's, not to mention a few Falcons and other avian species.[/QUOTE] Almost all animals that were driven to near extinction have now made full comebacks and are more abundant than they were before we started hunting them.

[QUOTE=DudeGuyKT;37775193]Almost all animals that were driven to near extinction have now made full comebacks and are more abundant than they were before we started hunting them.[/QUOTE] Especially Coyotes :v:

[QUOTE=Ern;37757671]I don't think very many Rhinos, Elephants, nor Tigers inhabit the United States.[/QUOTE] They are doing terribly then :v: .

Where is the rest of the western hemisphere?