Wildlife Crime: Issues and Promising Solutions

Pires, Stephen F.; Olah, George

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“…Stricter measures are needed to amend the prevailing laws related to wildlife crime to include punishment for sophisticated ways of poaching, such as online sale, trafficking through airways and poaching of exotic and hybrid wildlife species of flora and fauna. Wildlife crime cases should be addressed with scientific approaches under the aegis of administrative support to nab the offenders (Gonzalez et al 2016 ; Pires et al 2022 ). As per Article 51 A(g) of the Constitution of India, it is a fundamental responsibility of every citizen to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures.…”

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Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches

Rana

Kumar²

2023

Biodivers Conserv

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The constant depletion of wild flora and fauna in India due to uncontrolled human activities, natural habitat destruction and covert poaching activities is threatening the ecological balance. The poaching and trafficking of wild species in the lure of money as well as fashion has wiped out a range of wildlife species that call for critical attention to tackle this menace. There are many transit routes through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam, which are major hubs for wildlife trafficking in India, in both domestic and international markets. The poaching of wild animals and plants slowly erases biodiversity, which in turn affects the survival of humans and other living species. Therefore, there is an urgent need to check ongoing wildlife crimes, raise the number of endangered species, rehabilitate exotic/extinct species and restore natural ecosystems. In this article, we collected wildlife crime data from web portals of various stakeholders, government agencies and authentic news sources, and discuss the current crime trends, challenges, and prevention approaches required to control and restore wildlife biodiversity in India. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10531-023-02577-z.

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Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches

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Kumar²

2023

Biodivers Conserv

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“…national parks), exceeding hunting license limits, using illegal hunting methods (e.g. stunning to make animals easy targets), peddling animal parts for ethnic foods, traditional medicine and ornamental items, and keeping wildlife as pets, for entertainment or for ceremonial use (Carter et al., 2017; Doody et al., 2021; Pires & Olah, 2022; Shao et al., 2021).…”

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“…Given the devastating threats and impact that wildlife crime poses to humans and the various wild fauna that humans depend on for their survival (Alves et al., 2013; Doody et al., 2021; Pires & Olah, 2022), there is a critical need for improving robust measures for combating wildlife crime head on by mitigating and/or halting illegal activities immediately and apprehending those who are guilty. Curbing wildlife crimes requires strategic cooperation among the international community, national policymakers, implementation agencies (including law enforcement), non‐governmental organizations, scientific experts, local communities and consumers (Gouda et al., 2020; WWF, 2023a).…”

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Review: Wildlife forensic genetics—Biological evidence, DNA markers, analytical approaches, and challenges

Kanthaswamy

2023

Animal Genetics

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Wildlife‐related crimes are the second most prevalent lawbreaking offense globally. This illicit trade encompasses hunting, breeding and trafficking. Besides diminishing many species and their habitats and ecosystems, hindering the economic development of local communities that depend on them, undermining the rule of law and financing terrorism, various cross‐species transmissions (zoonoses) of pathogens, including COVID‐19, can be attributed to wildlife crimes. Wildlife forensics applies interdisciplinary scientific analyses to support law enforcement in investigating wildlife crimes. Its main objectives are to identify the taxonomic species in question, determine if a crime has been committed, link a suspect to the crime and support the conviction and prosecution of the perpetrator. This article reviews wildlife crime and its implications, wildlife forensic science investigation, common forms of wildlife biological evidence, including DNA, wildlife DNA techniques and challenges in wildlife forensic genetics. The article also reviews the contributions of genetic markers such as short tandem repeat (STR) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers, which provide the probative genetic data representing the bulk of DNA evidence for solving wildlife crime. This review provides an overview of wildlife DNA databases, which are critical for searching and matching forensic DNA profiles and sequences and establishing how frequent forensic DNA profiles and sequences are in a particular population or geographic region. As such, this review will contain an in‐depth analysis of the current status of wildlife forensic genetics, and it will be of general interest to wildlife and conservation biologists, law enforcement officers, and academics interested in combating crimes against wildlife using animal forensic DNA methods.

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“…On the other hand, the scholarship on understanding wildlife crime is more extensively found in disciplines such as conservation biology and conservation science rather than in CrimRxiv Examining stakeholders' intelligence-led conservation strategies for preventing and detecting wildlife crime in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve: A mixed-methods study 3 mainstream criminology (Kaltenborn & Linnell, 2021;Skidmore, 2021). Although empirical research within criminology on wildlife crime is limited, researchers have begun to generate knowledge on wildlife crime and its prevention over the decades (Kurland et al, 2017;Moreto & Lemieux, 2015;Petrossian & van Uhm, 2023;Pires & Olah, 2022;Sollund & Runhovde, 2020;Sosnowski et al, 2021;Viollaz et al, 2022;Wilson & Boratto, 2020).…”

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Examining stakeholders’ intelligence-led conservation strategies for preventing and detecting wildlife crime in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve: A mixed-methods study

Alagesan,

Murugesan

2024

CrimRxiv

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Research on wildlife crime has been steadily increasing within the fields of criminology and conservation science. However, the policing aspects of this issue remain under-explored. A robust, intelligence-led approach is deemed more proactive and effective in policing wildlife within and around Protected Areas (PAs). This study enriches the literature on wildlife policing by examining the intelligence-led conservation strategies employed by stakeholders in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), a PA located in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. The study utilises a mixed-methods approach, collecting quantitative data from rangers and qualitative data from local community members. The findings suggest that there is significant scope for enhancing intelligence-led wildlife policing in MTR. A notable lack of training and technological implementation in intelligence-led conservation approaches among rangers was observed. Moreover, local community members were found to be largely supportive of the rangers' efforts in intelligence-led wildlife policing. The detailed findings of this provides valuable insights for the management of MTR and other tiger reserves, enabling them to review and enhance their existing intelligence-led initiatives to ensure effective conservation.

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Wildlife Crime: Issues and Promising Solutions

Abstract: The poaching of wildlife for profit, pleasure, subsistence, or as a result of human–animal conflict has decimated wildlife populations—particularly those of at-risk species [...]

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches

Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches

Review: Wildlife forensic genetics—Biological evidence, DNA markers, analytical approaches, and challenges

Examining stakeholders’ intelligence-led conservation strategies for preventing and detecting wildlife crime in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve: A mixed-methods study

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