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标题为:Evidence of a further emerging threat to lion conservation;targeted poaching for body parts
简述:Abstract
The African lion, Panthera leo, has, like many of the world’s megafauna, become threat-ened with extinction over the past century. Loss of habitat and prey, persecution in retali-ation of livestock depredation, by-catch by bushmeat poachers and unsustainable trophyhunting are all documented anthropogenic caused threats to lion conservation. Here we pre-sent data that indicate the emergence of a further threat to lion conservation: the targetedpoaching of lions for body parts. We present lion abundance and mortality data from fieldsurveys in southern Africa between 2011 and 2018 of a resident lion population. The tar-geted poaching of lions for body parts accounted for 35% of known human caused mortali-ties across the landscape and 61% of mortalities within Limpopo National Park with a clearincrease in this pressure in 2014. Retaliatory killing for livestock conflict accounted for51% of total mortalities, however in 48% of conflict cases body parts were also removed,suggesting that a demand for body parts may incentivize conflict related killing of lions.The use of poison was the most common means of killing lions and was recorded in 61% ofmortalities. Teeth and claws were the body parts harvested most often from illegally killedanimals in the study area, with an increase from 2014 onwards. This pressure threatens theviability of the species in our study area and the success of current conservation initiatives.We suggest that the results of this study be viewed as a warning to the global conservationcommunity to be vigilant of the impact that illegal wildlife trade can have on the conserva-tion of lions, just as a similar pressure has already had on other big cat populations.
标题为:Evidence of a further emerging threat to lion conservation;targeted poaching for body parts
简述:Abstract
The African lion, Panthera leo, has, like many of the world’s megafauna, become threat-ened with extinction over the past century. Loss of habitat and prey, persecution in retali-ation of livestock depredation, by-catch by bushmeat poachers and unsustainable trophyhunting are all documented anthropogenic caused threats to lion conservation. Here we pre-sent data that indicate the emergence of a further threat to lion conservation: the targetedpoaching of lions for body parts. We present lion abundance and mortality data from fieldsurveys in southern Africa between 2011 and 2018 of a resident lion population. The tar-geted poaching of lions for body parts accounted for 35% of known human caused mortali-ties across the landscape and 61% of mortalities within Limpopo National Park with a clearincrease in this pressure in 2014. Retaliatory killing for livestock conflict accounted for51% of total mortalities, however in 48% of conflict cases body parts were also removed,suggesting that a demand for body parts may incentivize conflict related killing of lions.The use of poison was the most common means of killing lions and was recorded in 61% ofmortalities. Teeth and claws were the body parts harvested most often from illegally killedanimals in the study area, with an increase from 2014 onwards. This pressure threatens theviability of the species in our study area and the success of current conservation initiatives.We suggest that the results of this study be viewed as a warning to the global conservationcommunity to be vigilant of the impact that illegal wildlife trade can have on the conserva-tion of lions, just as a similar pressure has already had on other big cat populations.