Illegal Trafficking
of Rare Animals Should Be Stopped
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentleman,
Illegal trafficking of rare animals
still often happens in Indonesia. On December 2012, The Center of Orangutan
Protection Center and Conservation of Nature Resource in Central Java could
uncover traffic of rare animal networks by online in Klaten, Central Java. From
the case, they confiscated some of the protected fauna in Indonesia such as 2
Bayan Parrots, 1 Maluku Parrot, 1 Green Peacock, 1 Yellow Plume Cockatoo, 1 Goffini
Cockatoo, and also 1 Orangutan.
More than 95% faunas that are sold in
market is a nature catching result not proliferation result. Illegal
trafficking of rare animals will be a serious threat for fauna’s everlasting in
Indonesia. I agree that illegal trafficking
of rare animals should be stopped to protect Indonesia fauna collection. And
today, I wish to discuss about 3 points, the first, the impacts of illegal trafficking for existence of rare animals
in Indonesia. The second, the reason of
why illegal trafficking is difficult to stop in Indonesia. Finally, I would
share the solutions how to stop
illegal trafficking.
First, illegal trafficking
brings some bad impacts for existence of fauna in Indonesia. Based on ProFauna
Indonesia in 2012, as many 303 of protected animals with consist of 27 species
are sold via online. The effect is rare animals life have been almost extinct,
for example Gibbon, Lampung elephant, Sumatera tiger have been more and more
less. Orangutan is also extinct, because mother of orangutan must be killed
when baby of orangutan is taken from their habitat. In other side, illegal
trafficking brings some impacts for animal behavior. From the data of ProFauna
Indonesia, as many 40% rare animals that are sold are die and have a behavior
deviation because of painful catching process, inadequate transportation,
narrow stable, and insufficiency feed.
Secondly, rare animals trafficking
in Indonesia is more difficult to stop because the animal protection law in
Indonesia is very weak. The fact that, illegal trafficking extends to India,
Thailand, Vietnam, China, Russia, and Africa because of officeholder helping
via online by Facebook, Blackberry
Messenger, tokobagus, berniaga, multiply and so on. There is a habit in Indonesia that rare
animal is as prestige in functionaries field. They give it to another
officeholder as a gift to make easier something. The reasons are in line with
economic factor that public sells the rare animals to suffice human need. They
sell them to people who need certain part of animal body to heal disease, or as
accessories. Instead, many people still assume that rare animal is a domestic
pet or private collection without know that it is a protected animal.
Finally, How to stop it? World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
has shared some solutions how to stop illegal trafficking especially in
Indonesia. There must be a corporation from all stakeholders and public. Such
as doing a close monitoring of the hunt and illegal trafficking, improve law
enforcer capacity that focuses on regulation of protecting fauna. There must be
implementation of government regulation to punish doers of trafficking (Seller
and Buyer) that can be punishable 5 years prison, and 100 million fines. Upright
a policy from e-commerce to stop the advertisement that offers protected
animal. The last solution is persuading public to help stopping illegal
trafficking with not buying a protected animal.
In conclusion, I would like to
restate that public must be aware that illegal trafficking is very dangerous
for existence of fauna in Indonesia. All of us is a creature that must care and
protect each other to save the earth.
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