14 DAY TRIAL // Just recently, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) made it public news that, according to one of its latest reports, proper wildlife conservation programs are still lacking in countries where poaching is already a major issue.
Thus, Vietnam, China, Thailand and several nations in Africa are all still involved in trafficking ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts, although these species are endangered and therefore under the law's protection.
As far as the WWF is concerned, but for putting an end to the wildlife trade industry, rhinos, tigers and elephants are bound to soon go extinct.
It order to make things as clear as possible, the WWF scored just how well countries were doing in terms of wildlife preservation using three colors: green for ok, yellow for borderline, and red for poorly.
Apparently, Vietnam got two red scores, for rhinos and tigers. As explained on WWF's official website, this country is presently housing one of the largest illegal markets for rhino horn worldwide, which naturally sparked a poaching crisis in South Africa.
To put it bluntly: demand fosters supply, so odds are that should these illegal markets in Vietnam be shut down, poaching activities in Africa would also eventually come to a halt.
Elisabeth McLellan from the WWF argues that “It is time for Vietnam to face the fact that its illegal consumption of rhino horn is driving the widespread poaching of endangered rhinos in Africa, and that it must crack down on the illegal rhino horn trade.”
Whereas Vietnamese people seem to have a soft spot for rhino horn, China and Thailand are intensely trafficking ivory, which also reaches there countries as a result of poaching in Africa.
Thus, the same source informs us that countless elephants are killed in Africa on a yearly basis and that their tusks more often than not end up being sold in various illegal markets in China and Thailand.
All said countries are urged by the WWF to take immediate measures and deal with these problems as soon as possible.