Vong's Stance On Wildlife Trade

  THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT- LOST IN TRADE The Loxodonta Africana, more commonly known as the African elephant, are the largest animals currently walking the earth. Weighing an immense 6 tons, the African elephant’s distinct features like the long trunk, the huge ears and strong tusks help them adapt to their surroundings. They are usually found in Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests, Flooded Grasslands and Savannahs, Miombo woodlands, Acacia savannahs . These magnificent creatures affect their ecosystem in numerous ways through their mass translocation and humongous size. Some examples are- ·        The African elephants feed on a range of vegetation from grasses to trees and forage over large areas. This makes them excellent seed dispersers, depositing seed-laden dung as they travel. ·        Their dung helps fertilize seedlings and enrich the soil with nutrients, thus supporting plant and tree renewal across the elephants’ range. Their dung is also an important, and abundant

ASIATIC ELEPHANT About Asiatic Elephants  The Asian Elephant( Scientific name: Elephas maximus indicus ), with a height of 6.5-11.5 feet, weight of around 11000 pounds, and length of around 21 feet, is the largest land mammal on the Asian continent. Asian Elephants are extremely sociable. The females live with their young in herds, whereas males go off on their own. To communicate with each other, they use growls and moans, which can be heard more than a mile away. Their average lifespan in the wild is up to 60 years. They are herbivore mammals. The Subspecies of Asian Elephants-                     NAME  SCIENTIFIC NAME  LOCATION Current  Estimated population Indian elephant E.m. indicus South and Southeast Asia Around 40,000 Sumatran elephant  E.m. sumatranus Indonesian islands 1700-1800 Sri Lankan elephant E.m. Maximus Sri Lanka   5879 Why are they poached? The wide motive for poaching Asiatic Elephants is their ivory which is used as a status symbol by humans in the form of ornamen

Pangolin The word “pangolin” is derived from the Malay word “penggulung”, which means roller. The name signifies the pangolin’s method of self-defence – when threatened, they roll themselves up into a ball.  The scales covering their bodies are often used to attack their predators and they can also release a stinky fluid from the base of their tails The shy, harmless pangolin is becoming increasingly well known for one reason: It’s believed to be the world’s most trafficked non-human mammal . Tens of thousands of pangolins are poached every year, killed for their scales for use in traditional Chinese medicine and for their meat, a delicacy among some ultra-wealthy in China and Vietnam.                    Species Of Pangolins :- Eight species of pangolins are found on two continents. They range from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered. Four species live in Africa: Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis), Giant Ground pangolin (Smu

    The Black Rhino The black rhinoceros or the black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros is part of the Diceros bicornis genus. Black Rhinos- a browser that consumes significant roughage, like the thorny branches of acacia or fleshy plants like euphorbia-has a pointed lip that helps them feed on leaves from bushes and trees. These mammals are indigenous to eastern and southern Africa.  Rhinos are a crucial entity to the ecosystem and their importance has been less than undermined. At the beginning of the 20th century, 500,000 rhinos roamed Africa and Asia. By 1970, rhino numbers dropped to 70,000, and today, around 27,000 rhinos remain in the wild. These animals were meant to be roaming on land freely without the interference of human lives and their malpractices. However, to protect these jewels of the animal kingdom they are not caged off into zoos being robbed of their freedom.    So, how do Rhinos contribute to the ecosystem?   Geo-forming – fundamentally reshaping the land around the

  THE SPECIOUS ARMOR  Have you ever been extremely scared of someone that you dread the very idea of looking them in the eye? One day you are forced to talk to them and after you are done you walk away, and you realize that you were completely wrong about them, and they are actually not even half as scary as they look. Suddenly you have the uncontrollable urge to talk to them more often which you never fathomed. Not just people even animals can be misunderstood in the same way. One such animal that looks scary and seems to display bellicose behavior but is calm, gentle, and only protective is the Asian Rhino.  Asian Rhinos can be up to 5 feet tall and can weigh up to a maximum of 2,200kg. Despite their brawny appearance these animals are excellent swimmers which is a unique talent as their African counter parts do not swim. The Asian Rhino has several folds on its skin which gives them a more armored look. There are 3 types of Asian Rhinos- The Indian, Javan and Sumatran Rhinos. All of

  Tigers - Racing Towards Extinction We are just species sharing this home with the other species. Don't you think? Yet we aren’t really following the “sharing is caring” saying which we always teach our juniors, it’s ironic how we fail to follow it but expect everyone else to. Those species out there can’t even cry for help when their homes are being snatched away while we sit comfortably in our houses which couldn’t  possibly have been made without them. One of these species are tigers, because of our doings; they are on the Appendix 1 list in CITIES. We have completely exploited their lives and continue to do so every second we demand for their skin just to wear a fine piece of cloth which we don’t even need, while not realizing that there are bloodsheds of tigers out there which are needed to be killed just for that cloth which we want.It is not that killing these tigers only harms them but the whole ecosystem which directly or indirectly affects us. From the world’s largest ma