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A keel-billed toucan, the national bird of Belize. After declaring independence in 1981, Belize enacted the Wildlife Protection Act, [1] which is the main source of wildlife law in Belize. Wildlife in Belize is defined as any undomesticated mammal, reptile or bird, amphibian, and any egg, nest or part or product thereof.
Poaching is a serious concern for local bird conservationists. Because of the large range of many avian species, surveillance of this activity is almost impossible. The scarlet macaw, threatened with extinction in Belize, has one of its last havens in the Chiquibul forests. Poaching remains almost unchecked in this remote region. [29]
The primary threat to the flora and fauna faced by the reserve is poaching, illegal logging, harvesting of Xate by Guatemalan Xateros, and other illegal activities. These activities are performed primarily by residents of a number of Guatemalan communities that lie close to the Belize-Guatemalan border, and have easy access to the reserve.
The solitary eagle is seriously threatened by poaching. [18] Illegal hunting of Baird's tapirs is a major threat for populations in Costa Rica, Belize and Panama. [19] In Panama, mammal species hunted by poachers comprise white-tailed deer, red brocket deer, collared peccary, agouti and coati.
Researcher Astrid Andersson is on a mission to safeguard the species and protect them from ongoing poaching. Poaching has decimated the numbers of this rare cockatoo. Could a feral flock in Hong ...
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Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. [ 3 ]
By RYAN GORMAN African giraffes are in danger of becoming extinct. Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are ...