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You guys should consider donating to the International Anti-Poaching Foundation[0][1] which fights these poachers. The founder, Damien Mander[2], is an Australi
by adamnemecek 9y ago
You guys should consider donating to the International Anti-Poaching Foundation[0][1] which fights these poachers. The founder, Damien Mander[2], is an Australian ex spec-ops sniper who is using his military experience to train the park rangers since they, unlike the poachers, tend to be poorly equipped and trained as well as understaffed.
There is also the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust[3][4] which takes care of elephant and rhino orphans (most of them are orphans due to poaching). For $50 a year, you can become a sponsor of a particular animal and they'll send you photos and updates about how your sponsored animal is doing. You can for example sponsor this little fella [5][6].
[0] http://www.iapf.org/en/ http://www.iapf.org/en/
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Anti-Poaching_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Anti-Poaching_Fo...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Mander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Mander
[3] http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheldrick_Wildlife_Trust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheldrick_Wildlife_Trust
[5] http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.asp?N=318 http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.asp...
[6] http://instagram.com/p/sigT3IAUKb http://instagram.com/p/sigT3IAUKb
- andrepd 9y agoHow do you fight these poachers? Isn't it better instead to work to eliminate the conditions that push these people into this dangerous and illegal activity to survive?
- adamnemecek 9y agoYou fight them with force. Countries with strict anti-poaching enforcement have a poaching rate close to 0.
- banachtarski 9y agothis only works if you create conditions that are more lucrative than poaching, even if you factor in repercussions. it may just not be feasible
- taurath 9y agoIts difficult to eliminate a condition like median annual income being between $3000-4000 - Rhino horn goes for $100,000/kg to the end user, so even assuming 20% for the poachers that several yearly wages split up among a few poachers.