Many Many animals get poached in this world and for very, extrememly rude reasons. Almost all the animals on the endangered list do!!!
Chinese sturgeon are endangered because their habitat has been destroyed (Yangtze River). Yangtze River is now being revamped (construction).
There are several types of plants and animals in the Tanami desert. Some native plants include Sturt's Desert Roses, poached egg daisies and honey grevillas. Some animals include mulgaras, bilbies, and rufous hare-wallabies.
nobody can know for sure, but approx over 100 000 animals are poached worldwide each year.1 million animals where poached each year. :DAround 10,000 animals are killed every year because of poaching all over the world!
Gorillas are poached for the same reason as almost all poaching in poor countries - Eithe the poacher need the meat to feed himself and his family, or he needs the money he can get from selling the poached animal on. Or a combination of both.
Poachers are interested in any marketable animal that is available.Poachers kill a varity of animals mostly for horns and other goods that would be very expensive in the black market.People will poach any animals that is perceived as potentially valuable. rhinocerouses and elephants are well known for being hunted for their ivory, large cats are hunted for their pelts, and even animals like bears are hunted not only for their pelts but to sell their spleen and genitals on the black market, as they are considered to be an effective form of alternative medicine in china.National animals
Animals are poached year-round, all the time.
kangaroo's are culled, not poached.
Tigers and Wolves are a few of the main animals that get poached. ~ ~Sleenky
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Chavs
they are poached for their fur coat and sometimes their meat but they are very beautiful animals if you think about it
yes they are
Elephants and Rhinos are poached for their Tusks and Horns because they contain ivory which is valuable. Tigers, Leopards and other Big Cats are poached for their Skin which is also valuable.
Basically every country in the world!
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Unfortunately many animals are poached in Tanzania. They have virtually wiped out the elephants that would roam freely there when I was a child in that area. They also poach and capture many small animals for illegal sale to collectors.
They are poached for their horns which are woth a lot.