ARE there laws about poaching in Africa?

Answer 1

African wild dogs are endangered in the wild. They have been eliminated from agricultural areas and are seriously threatened by diseases from stray or feral domestic dogs. The total world population of these dogs is estimated to be 3,000-5,500.

The breeding program for this species is managed on a national level by a SSP organized by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA).

The Philadelphia Zoo supports a study of the African wild dog ecology and population status in Botswana

Answer 2

outside help - long absent as diplomats and funding sources largely ignored the crisis - may now be on the way. At a recent U.N. environmental summit in South Africa, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that the United States would contribute more than $50 million to an ambitious plan to preserve wildlife and habitat in the Congo River basin. American environmental groups, American logging companies, the European Union, and other countries have pledged tens of millions of dollars more.

If this initiative proceeds as planned, poachers in the Congo Basin will be tracked by observers, barred from logging roads and shunned by governments that used to look the other way. They will also be confronted by well-trained, well-equipped park guards.

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Answer 3

Poaching is affecting Africa because it lowers the Predator/prey ratio. If poachers kill off such predators as Lions for their pelts then the level of prey rises which can cause a famine due to lack of food because there are more animals eating the food then there normally would be. If poachers go after such animals that are normally known as Prey then it can lower the food source for the predators and cause there to be a famine of a different kind.

Answer 4

yes!!