Baraza

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 04 2008 | By: admin

I get so mad when I hear countries, organizations and individuals saying that the solution for wildlife protection is to just make money from it. Ok the value of wildlife is immense - in fact the illegal trade in wildlife is apparently worth many billions and is second only to the illegal trade in arms. So if legalizing wildlife trade would lead to it’s protection …then should we legalize the trade in weapons? We are such hypocrites.

Top of my venting list today Namibia. According to a news article here  Namibia’s state-owned national game reserves plan to auction and export black rhinos and buffalo to South Africa and Botswana to raise funds for conservation and community development. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has authorized the auction of eight black rhinos and 40 buffalos on July 25 in a biennial sale of rare animals, Mark Jago, an official at the ministry, said in an interview from the Namibian capital of Windhoek today. And it’s totally legal - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species allows Namibia to export the animals.

What do you think, will selling rhino’s will lead to their preservation ?

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Tags: conservation, Namibia, Rhinoceros, wildlifedirect

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