Ensure Enough Habitat to Prohibit the Illegal Hunting

International wildlife trade monitoring organization TRAFFIC recently released a report on the illegal trade in rhino horn, exposing the vulnerability of South Africa rhino horn inventory management and sport hunting policy, Vietnam's demand for rhino horn growing involvement of organized crime in illegal trade to create the conditions, lead to a surge in cases of rhino poaching in South Africa.

As a large rhinoceros species extinction is a great loss, "Jiang Zhigang said," Rhino is very important herbivores in Africa, it is very important to maintain the prairie landscape species, maintaining ecological balance, also play a very important role. "

How to protect rhinos? Jiang Zhigang told the author that the establishment of protected areas, the distribution area of ​​the first rhino ensure rhino adequate habitat. Second, we must ban the illegal hunting for some areas for poaching of punishing lighter, should continue to strengthen the management. Such as Kenya's current relevant laws enacted in the 1970s, a lesser punishment for poaching criminals, a poacher was caught soon be able to resume free, thus becoming the poaching recidivist.

"There is no demand, there would be no killing." Said Jiang Zhigang, the South African government "profits, will not stop hunting. Strong protection measures to strengthen the laws and regulations, the rhino's survival situation will be greatly improved." made every effort to protect the rhinos, such as increased punishment for poachers, rhino tracking microchip installed.

It is understood that, within the territory of China and rhino, so there is no rhino species are listed as protected species. However, as a member of the International Wildlife Trade Convention, China has always supported a ban on any rhino products trading.

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