Poaching

Around the world, with all of the wildlife available to us and all things valuable that we can obtain from animals, there are people who will obtain those pieces illegally without consideration of how it will effect the animal population.  The Northern White rhinos are on the verge of extinction with the last known male dying in July and three females still living in protection.  These animals are being killed, not for sport, but for their horns that can be used to make items of worth to people who want to have an exotic collection from around the world.  Poaching is a big problem for wildlife conservationists around the world and is damaging our reputation as human beings as we are the only ones that have the power and ability to stop it from happening and protect the wildlife around us.  Rhinos aren't the only animal in danger.  Game wardens in Montana have problems with elk sheds being hunted out of season and elk themselves being killed only for their antlers and the rest of their bodies being left to rot without any other use to those killing them.  When animals are killed like this, it makes it hard for hunters who have a passion for wildlife to get out and enjoy the outdoors as they notice differences in movement and population of species.  It's bad enough that we have to deal with natural reasons of diminishing wildlife, but when we have human causes that effect wildlife, we need to stand up against it and protect and preserve nature for future generations to enjoy.