http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinion/22iht-edgalster.html?ref=endangeredandextinctspeciesThe article I read stated that the poaching of tigers in Asia has got to be cut down. The poachers have cut the population of the tigers in Asia down to only 3,200, halving the origingal number. All the talk has brought people from twelve different countries to a metting of conversation about conservation. This metting later brought in the "St. Petersburg Declaration." The article goes on to say that this will need doners to chip in a lot of money. The author says that this doesn't need to happen because in the 90's, the anti-paoching brigade, "Inspection Tiger," only costed a little bit more than $7,000. The article then goes on to say that the help they could get would be a tremendous help if only people would do something and not just talk about it. The article ends on a note stating, "If tigers could speak, they would roar for action, not more words. Let the St. Petersburg Declaration be the last, and let's start to put our money where our fangs are."
I believe that the money should definitely be put into helping the tigers and stop the poaching. If the people who poached them were really desperate for money that they would hurt a harmless animal that never did any bad to them, then that person needs to turn their life around. I believe tigers are a very important part of our environment that keep the total food chain in balance. The people of the St. Petersburg Declaration should stop talking about ways they can consevate the tigers. They should take the ideas they have and put them to a good use. The tigers aren't going to magically start doubling in population, so the money has to help the conservation of them.
Questions:
1. If the money was raised, how would you spend it to save the tigers?
2. How would you be able to protect the tigers? Explain.
3. If the tigers kept getting poached, what would your plan b be?
I completely agree with you. Tigers should be helped and stopped being poached. Obviously if someone needs to poach tigers then they really do need to think of something different to do with there life. They could easily do something different with there life rather than kill almost harmless tigers. The people of St. Petersburg Declaration don't know how to take the first step to use their ideas. So they really need a new leader to help them with their ideas. Yeah obviously the tigers can't start doubling in population so this group needs to start raising money and using their own ideas. If money was raised and knew this group I would use it to start putting those ideas into reality. I would be able to protect the tigers by having certain out maybe patrolling the areas even though that would be dangerous. Also I would find all the poachers and get rid of them by taking them out of the country. My plan B would be to have certain people watch the poachers to find out when they would be poaching then going out and stopping them in any means.
ReplyDeleteObviously the poaching of tigers in Asia needs to stop. Reducing the amount of tigers can and WILL offset the ecosystem's balance by throwing off the predators vs. prey ratio. Upsetting this balance can be damaging to not only one part of the world but the world as a whole. If the money was raised to save these tigers, I think that enforcing stricter laws would DEFINATLY be the way to go with this. By not only creating laws but following through with them, people are more likely to listen to this cause. Using the money to pay for more law enforcers could also result in more jobs. To protect these animals it is nessary to find ways to ward off poachers without also putting the animals at risk. It would be easy to round up as many of these tigers as humanly possible and then fence them in so that they can reproduce and be safe, but this could also make these tigers angry or this could make it difficult for them to get food. I think that law enforcement is the best thing to do. If the tigers continued to be poached I would probably end up contacting a government or international program that helps to make sure that these animals do not go extint from their natural enviorment. All in all, i think that the poaching needs to stop and the way to stop is is by taking action.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both what Stephanie and Jacob stated above about the poaching of tigers. Not only is it wrong because we are killing our environmental system, but it's also wrong morally. Killing tigers for the "the thrill of the chase", or so you can display their bodies/coats like a prize or some kind of expensive possesion is just so old fashioned and cruel to the species. What if we were the ones being hunted, how would we feel to see our own flesh and blood draped upon the wall like some kind of fancy painting? It's a disgusting disgrace.
ReplyDeleteI think what they're trying to do to save the tigers is great. In terms of money, they may be underestimating in the belief it will only cost $7,000 dollars, as the 90s were a very different period. The economy was great under Bill Clinton's administration, but inflation has probably doubled prices and thus more money will be needed... but like they said, it's also important to keep in mind that there needs to be some action going on behind all this talk. Like many say, talk is cheap while labor is priceless (or something along those lines.)
If we were to raise enough money,I would probably put the money in a bank account first of all. Parts of it would be spent, but we'd want to accumlate as much money as possible before spending it all. When we would spend it, it would go towards environmental parks creations for tigers, or towards the law in establishing some kind of anti-tiger hunting rights.
I would love to say we could protect tigers under the law, though I'm sure they are to an extent, there are always going to be people who evade the law and break the rules and harm them anyway. So the best way to do it would probably be some kind of park or conservation sight where they have many acres to roam free while under the protection of hired hands.
If tigers would still be getting poached, even in the park grounds, I would probably fire my security and get better ones, haha. But more seriously, I would probably build up the security mechanisms (ie, large, large fences, video surveilance 24/7, on hand cops, etc.)
Here's a link to where you can buy your own tiger baby doll, and the funds will go towards saving the tigers fund:
http://www.shopnwf.org/Adopt-a-Wild-Animal-Baby/Adopt-a-Baby-Tiger/index.cat?&sSource=GoogleAdWordsGrants_Toggle&kw=WAB_Adoption_Tiger&gclid=COXD-s3LjKcCFUGo4AodeC_DeQ
I completly agree with the quote that ends the St. Petersburg Declaration; people keep coming up with new ideas to help save the tigers and stop the poaching. But they really aren't doing anything but that, JUST thinking and not DOING. Poaching is just wrong and people shouldn't be depending on wildlife to make a living; there are other ways. For instance, if what Stephanie said about creating more jobs happened those who would have been poachers could be apart of protective services or National Park Security (something like that).
ReplyDeleteIf the tigers kept getting poached after all that has been said didn't have any affect on the poachers, I'd approach the poachers first hand. I'd tell them what they were doing to our ecosystem and how it'd affect us in the long run, what we've been learning in class so far.