Wildlife poaching must be stopped

This article talks about the sudden increase in wildlife poaching in recent decades.  The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) brought up this problem at a United Nations meeting.  The researchers wanted the countries of the world to pay more attention on wildlife poaching because a lot of the countries were too lenient on poaching which caused an increase in poaching.  The WWF researchers interviewed various heads of governments and found that there is a lack of strong emotions and support for anti-poaching which caused wildlife poaching to be put off because there are bigger issues to deal with like wars and military conflicts.  If the countries do not realize that this is a high-priority issue, there will be a lot of consequences on the economy, environment, national security, and international security.
 I think this is a good article to use for my research paper because it shows that wildlife poaching is low-priority issue for the United Nations and it needs to taken more seriously to avoid even more problems.

Fortin, J. (2012, December 12). Why wildlife poaching is a big problem, even if you don't care                   about rhinos.  International Business Times. Retrieved from http://www.ibtimes.com/

Deer Poaching Solutions

This article talks about Noble Foundation Agricultural Research team conducting a study to investigate the effects of the number of hunters in one area on male white tail deer movements in southern Oklahoma.  The researchers who conducted this study concluded that one of the problems to avoid in order have success in deer management is poaching.  They also said that the poachers will kill any animal by any means necessary.  They have found ways to avoid the authorities by hunting at night, shoot animals on the streets, and even hunt out of season.  The results of this study showed the poachers killed 8 of the 57 male white tail deer that had radio collars around their neck in order to track where they went.  The Noble Foundation were tracking the 57 deer by the radio collars around their neck so they track the deer's movement.  Unfortunately, if the poachers killed the deer, collared or without a collar, they would have killed 14% of the antlered deer population of Oklahoma every year. Even though there are a lot of game wardens in Oklahoma, the possibility of catching a poacher during the act is slim. The researchers said that the best way to combat poaching is through landowner and hunter vigilance.
I think this is a good article to use for my research paper because it shows what happens to the population of deer when there are poachers in the area.  The article also identifies possible solutions for stopping poaching.

Gee, K. (2010, March). Deer poaching - is there a solution?. The Samuel                        Roberts Noble Foundation.  Retrieved from                                                 http://www.noble.org/

Reports on Poachers skyrocket in Minnesota

This newspaper article talks about the recent increase in phone calls to the Turn In a Poacher (TIP) Hotline being referred to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  This lead to a huge increase in poaching arrests in 2012.  The number of calls being referred to the DNR increased by 54% from 2011 to 2012.  In 2012, there were 2,051 phone calls reporting poachers which led to 359 arrests.  There was a 29% increase in arrests in 2012 because of the high number of phone calls  This was a significant increase from 1,328 phone calls in 2011 .  Because of this rise in the number of phone calls, it set the new record for the number of the phone calls reporting on poaching.  The previous record was set in 1981 with 1,866 phone calls.   The Minnesota DNR said that there was a big increase in phone calls and arrests in 2012 because TIP referred a record number of phone calls to them.
I think this is a good article to use for my research paper because it has up-to-date stats on reporting on poaching and the arrests.

2012 was a bad year for poachers. (2013, February 5). Echo Press. Retrieved from     jhjhjhjhjhttp://www.echopress.com/