Giraffe genitalia among hundreds of body parts imported by trophy hunters
Wildlife hunters, in a year about 1,800 giraffes took home as “cups ,, including more than 100 animals grown under captivity.
All leathers, bones, skulls, feet and tails were popular among wealthy hunters who paid to hit the giraffes – but one tried to withdraw domestic organs from an animal they hit.
Customs officers in the United States discovered genital organs in a traveling trunk from Africa.
The figures from the International Commercial Agreement (CITES) in the extinct species show that the last data of the current data, 2023, 1,791 Giraffe cups were exported worldwide.
Approximately 120 of the animals were recorded in the database as a prisoner to be killed by foreign hunters.
British hunters imported 21 giraffe cups to England that year, but other European countries announced some imports, including Austria, Germany and France. US hunters imported 1,072 (60 percent) of the global total.
The plans to ban trophy imports to the UK continue to stop. Under Boris Johnson, Tories left offers for a ban, and the worker accused the government of being a “criminal partner ında in the trophy hunting when the conservative peers blocked such a plan.
Campaigns are finally inviting the British government to fulfill the long-standing promise to prohibit the importation of Labour’s hunting trophies.
Giraffes are classified as vulnerable by the Red List of the International Nature (IUCN), which is the system of monitoring the state of global species. He estimates that there are about 68,000 giraffes in the world.
Protector, calling for action to close the legal gaps, showing that they have less protection of protection experts, more than a number of elephants in Africa.
South Africa, South Africa University and a leading giraffe expert Profess Fred Bercovitch said, “Giraffes experienced a 40 percent decrease in three generations,” he said.
“If the decline persists at the current rate, they will soon disappear.”
British hunting companies offer “holidays ç which attracts giraffe online. The first is to market more than 200 giraffes starting from £ 1,500 with “Special offers”.
A worldwide site, which offers wild life trips at Botsvana and Zimbabwe, receives $ 1,800 (£ 1,336 £) to hunt giraffes on its property.
Prof Bercovitch, who wrote giraffe protection investigations for IUCN, claimed that the trophy hunting has increased local economies.
“If the trophy hunting benefits the local economy and increases the socioeconomic status of people in hunting areas, these people will have a higher standard of living in areas where hunting is prohibited. However, there is no evidence to argue that this is the case.”
He called for England to take action. “Cup hunting of the giraffes produces more decreases in endangered populations.
It is understood that a special member will have a second reading in Commons on July 11th and determine the position of the government on July 11, but the invoices of the government become a law without government support.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department spokesperson: “The government was elected to the authority to ban the import of hunting cups – this is exactly what we will do.”
