BIO 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Elephant Hunting In Chad, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, White Rhinoceros
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Sport hunting (for recreation) is very unlikely to drive species to extinction. White rhino and black rhino: rhino horns, found in asian medicine, also yemen ornaments. African elephant (vulnerable) and asian elephant (threatened: elephant poaching for ivory, harvested in africa, exported to japan for carving. Simple bans are ineffective and may actually lead to black market. To be successful, management must simultaneously address: End-user demand (not just purchasing: ex. One of only two parrot species native to the u. s. Endemic to eastern u. s. agricultural pest habitat destruction.
