The umber of backboned animals has dropped 60% since 1970

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:00:00 +0000

The activities of man has reduced by 60% the number of backboned animals on the planet.

This study by Living Planet and the World Wildlife Fund says two thirds of vertebrates could be wiped out by 2020.

The population of wild animals, including fishes, birds, mammals, and also amphibia and reptiles disappears before our eyes with an unprecedented speed, says the chief executive of WWF Marko Lambertini.

He adds those profiting from fine and all favourite types of fauna and flora are damaging biological diversity.

These form a basis for the healthy woods, the rivers and oceans.

Move away animals, and these ecosystems will cease to exist together with clean air, water, food and climate which they create for us.

Preparing the report, scientists used a so-called index of the live planet which is also called the indicator of global biodiversity.

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Three Kruger Park employees arrested for alleged rhino poaching

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Three employees of South Africa’s premier national park have been arrested for alleged rhino poaching. They’ll appear next week after a joint operation by National Parks Board and police operatives found them in possession of hunting rifles, ammunition and poaching equipment. Most of the nearly 800 rhino poached in South Africa this year have been in the Kruger National Park, a game reserve the size of Israel on South Africa’s north eastern border with Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The arrest of the three employees follows discovery of a rhino carcass. It follows the arrest last week of ten members of a syndicate believed to have poached 84 rhino between 2008 and 2012. The men are being held in custody. Chief executive of the South African branch of the World Wildlife Fund Morne du Plessis told a press conference marking World Rhino Day that to curb poaching it’s vital to target the behaviour of horn users. Most of the horn sourced in South Africa ends up in Vietnam. Once it was used for medicinal purpose. Rhino horn, which is made from the same substance as human finger nails was mistakenly believed to have properties for curing cancer. Now, because if its value, it is being bought by younger customers who hold it as a status symbol or give it as a corporate gift.

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The umber of backboned animals has dropped 60% since 1970

Three Kruger Park employees arrested for alleged rhino poaching