General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumshow to stop or reduce the killing of wildlife by trophy hunters
what is needed is for the airlines to stop accepting wildlife trophies as cargo.
emirates air has already stopped.
if delta,united american,british air etc would stop transporting wildlife trophies it would make it harder for hunters. they may be able to find another way to get their "trophys" home but anything to make it harder is a good first step.
a better step would be for the US to ban the importation of wildlife trophies
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)As soon as the demand for poached products (ivory) or fines (or worse) for illegal poaching take effect nothing changes. It's all about the money unfortunately.
Igel
(35,359 posts)Let them choose and let them be empowered to handle the problem. They have more information than we have and their countries are more affected than we are.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and only 20 states outlaw them.
South Africa is big on lion hunts, but here you can bag almost anything else.
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/captive_hunts/
http://www.utne.com/environment/tame-animals-killed-in-canned-hunts.aspx
Cleita
(75,480 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)I would prefer to see a tax put on trophy hunts that would be used to hire paramilitary units that would shoot poachers on sight.
game wardens have an incredibly dangerous job and are often killed by these ecocidal terrorists
rdking647
(5,113 posts)i dont want to wait for zimbabwe or south africa to act.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
CITES has 3 lists of different levels of protection, covering roughly 850 species, with different levels of international protection.
Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction. Trade in specimens of these species is permitted only in exceptional circumstances.
Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but in which trade must be controlled in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival.
Appendix III
This Appendix contains species that are protected in at least one country, which has asked other CITES Parties for assistance in controlling the trade. Changes to Appendix III follow a distinct procedure from changes to Appendices I and II, as each Partys is entitled to make unilateral amendments to it.
As you can see, the easiest way for the US to ban trophy hunting in a manner that would be recognized by other nations (which can and do make money off hunting) is for the US to declare a ban on hunting specific species which are mostly hunted for trophies.