The high demand for alternative traditional medicines has escalated poaching activities, thereby threatening other animal species – even ...
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The high demand for
alternative traditional medicines has escalated poaching activities, thereby
threatening other animal species – even though there is no factual evidence of
the success of such treatments.
Musk
Deer
Seven species of musk deer are found in Asia – and all are on the decline. Thousands of male musk deer have been killed for their musk pods, a gland that produces the musk and has been used in perfumes. The musk can be extracted from live animals, but gathers getting around $200 to $250 per gland from foreign traders, find it easier to kill the deer. Hunting has not ceased even after synthetic alternatives to musk are now available. The meat is used in traditional medicines for cardiac, circulatory and respiratory problems.
Seven species of musk deer are found in Asia – and all are on the decline. Thousands of male musk deer have been killed for their musk pods, a gland that produces the musk and has been used in perfumes. The musk can be extracted from live animals, but gathers getting around $200 to $250 per gland from foreign traders, find it easier to kill the deer. Hunting has not ceased even after synthetic alternatives to musk are now available. The meat is used in traditional medicines for cardiac, circulatory and respiratory problems.
Sun
Bear
The sun bear is just one of several bear species killed for its gallbladder, which is used for treating everything from burns to asthma to cancer. Their population has declined by more than 30 percent in the past three decades. The killing of sun bears is illegal throughout their home range in Southeast Asia. Commercial farms that raise bears to milk their gallbladders for bile restock by capturing wild bears.
The sun bear is just one of several bear species killed for its gallbladder, which is used for treating everything from burns to asthma to cancer. Their population has declined by more than 30 percent in the past three decades. The killing of sun bears is illegal throughout their home range in Southeast Asia. Commercial farms that raise bears to milk their gallbladders for bile restock by capturing wild bears.
Grevy’s
Zebra
The Grevy’s zebra once roamed across East Africa, but its population dropped from 25 000 in the 1970s to around 2 500 today. The Kenyan government developed a plan in 2008 to conserve the remaining population. Part of the efforts was the need to work with traditional healers who use the zebra’s meat and fat to treat diseases such as tuberculosis.
The Grevy’s zebra once roamed across East Africa, but its population dropped from 25 000 in the 1970s to around 2 500 today. The Kenyan government developed a plan in 2008 to conserve the remaining population. Part of the efforts was the need to work with traditional healers who use the zebra’s meat and fat to treat diseases such as tuberculosis.
Tiger
Tigers originally lived across Asia, from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia, as few as 3,200 tigers may be left in the wild. Their decline is the result of the use of tiger skins, bones, teeth and claws in traditional medicine – they are believed to cure toothaches and protect against malicious curses. Criminal poaching syndicates can now get as much as $50 000 for tiger p
Tigers originally lived across Asia, from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia, as few as 3,200 tigers may be left in the wild. Their decline is the result of the use of tiger skins, bones, teeth and claws in traditional medicine – they are believed to cure toothaches and protect against malicious curses. Criminal poaching syndicates can now get as much as $50 000 for tiger p
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