Poaching Persuasive Speech

The world would be a better place if animals had a voice. Just because they’re animals does it make their existence less important? Too many animals are dying each day for no apparent reason. Why are poaching, slaughter, neglect and pollution still happening in this day and age? Can’t the government do more about this? I am passionate about the animals needing a voice and change. The government needs to help to keep them alive with laying penalties and tougher laws, for poachers in particular. Poachers should face a death penalty, especially if they have already been convicted before. Give them a taste of their own medicine, and make them realize what they’re doing is utterly disgraceful and inhumane.

Poaching is when an animal is killed

illegally, usually when they have something that is considered valuable, such as their fur or ivory. Many countries believe that the rhino horn is an important ingredient for many medicines, which is untrue. Elephants are poached for their tusk. Normally poachers go for the larger elephants with the bigger tusk, leaving baby elephants and their herds in great danger. A poacher purely poaches for money, but is it worth them becoming extinct?
Many animals are becoming close to extinct due to poaching.

If the governments affected put further time into discussing laws for punishing poachers, we can reduce this threat, which will make the world a happier place. You ask how? According to ‘what will happen to the local ecosystem if rhinos disappear,’ in 2014, a recorded 1215 poor innocent rhinos were poached, that’s one every 8 hours! Large animals, including elephants and rhinos are known as ecosystem engineers. Without them, there would be no one to push over trees, and stomp on shrubby areas in the wild. This helps to keep the grass low, otherwise the open grassland will overtake, and it will be harder for other animals to graze. We need these animals to help other species and plants to survive. No rhinos mean less grazing areas, less herbivore and fewer predators. If the government had a more significant law for the poachers, it would reduce the deaths of our beloved animals and prevent not only rhinos, but also the elephants, gorillas, lions and zebras from becoming extinct. There are fewer than 900 mountain gorillas remaining in the wild. We need poachers to give these animals the respect they deserve, so they can start reproducing to save their

population.
Do you dream of one day going to the wild on a safari and watching the majestic wild animals like, lions, elephants, rhinos, cape buffalo and leopards also known as the ‘big 5’ right in front of your eyes and seeing firsthand what their behaviors are like?

Within a few decades to come, there will be a drastic reduction on the wild population. If poaching doesn’t stop soon, you will be incapable of seeing rhinos up close and personal, adventuring around the wild under the bright sun and coming back home to tell everyone your stories, there will only be a few species left. The sad thing is, this can be stopped, or at least reduced if the governments affected were prepared to help. No rhinos equal no big 5, which means fewer tourism jobs, and a poorer

economy.
When you think about it, there are only a certain number of animals that poachers can eliminate in the wild. Once the animals go extinct, what are poachers going to do for money then? They will need to find a real job, so why not find one now and there will be no need for poaching.
On Facebook and other social media sites, I scroll past many petitions about the threat of poaching and other horrible acts towards animals such as neglect, slaughter and animal abuse. I know people care about animals and I know that if these threats stop, it will make the world a better and happier place, not only for the animals, but for the animal lovers worldwide. So if the government can listen to what I and various others have to say, we can stop poaching today.