Helmeted Hornbill to be listed as conserved species to save it from hunters

[webfact]

Helmeted Hornbill to be listed as conserved species to save it from hunters

 

 

Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation intends listing the Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) as a conserved species to save the rare species from illegal hunting.

 

Informed sources in the department said that hunters usually start their hunt for the birds during the nestling season, between December and May, to kill the mother birds for their casques, or helmets, and to catch their chicks which are in great demand, especially in China.

 

Since 2016, the department has managed to arrest five hunters and seized their live Helmeted Hornbills and one carcass.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/helmeted-hornbill-to-be-listed-as-conserved-species-to-save-it-from-hunters/

 

 

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China again fueling another potential extinction..

[Chazar]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation intends listing the Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) as a conserved species to save the rare species from illegal hunting.

yep  that'll  definitely  fix  it, how's mr thai  ital  these  days

[leeneeds]

Enough materials to make jewels from on the planet without using these birds, 

a mandatory custodian sentence for the hunters, a public flogging for the purchaser, 

the planet requires a  new myth that boiling black hair from  a Chinese nostril will give you long life and luck. 

[Chazar]

18 hours ago, leeneeds said:

that boiling black hair from  a Chinese nostril will give you long life and luck. 

Iv e  been  told  boiling the whole  head works  better

[overherebc]

Put the hunters on the open season list.

[Cadbury]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Helmeted Hornbill to be listed as conserved species to save it from hunters

Putting it on the protected list has just sealed it's fate. The rush will be on to hunt it to extinction before they all disappear.

Sadly that's usually how it works.

[Number 6]

My wife had shown me a number of photos from FB or Pantip. How the skulls are carved. Absolutely tragic. I love hornbills. Many Oriental Pied HB on Koh Phayam. Few on other islands southward.

 

As said before of course we can point directly to wealthy Chinese ruining the planet. They just can't kill animals fast enough.

 

Who ever thought elephants could become extinct?

[Skeptic7]

On 9/28/2019 at 10:17 AM, Cadbury said:

Putting it on the protected list has just sealed it's fate. The rush will be on to hunt it to extinction before they all disappear.

Sadly that's usually how it works.

This is not necessarily true. Doing absolutely nothing seals a species fate. Although Thailand certainly has economic and enforcement problems, these measures take a step by step approach. The Endangered Species Act of the USA has been a stellar success for myriad species. Other countries show similar results. It's definitely more challenging in poorer countries, but any attempted protections are better than none and certainly a step in the right direction!

[Vacuum]

On 9/28/2019 at 3:34 AM, Number 6 said:

Who ever thought elephants could become extinct?

Or the bisons?

[Cadbury]

44 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

This is not necessarily true. Doing absolutely nothing seals a species fate. Although Thailand certainly has economic and enforcement problems, these measures take a step by step approach. The Endangered Species Act of the USA has been a stellar success for myriad species. Other countries show similar results. It's definitely more challenging in poorer countries, but any attempted protections are better than none and certainly a step in the right direction!

Being primarily a Thailand forum and being a Thailand law I was referring to Thailand and not the rest of the world.

The rest of the world might have some success in protecting endangered species but in Thailand (and Asia) this sort of announcement is more like a shotgun start to go out and get what's left of them before someone else gets them first.

In Thailand special laws don't don't seem to protected the rare black female Indochinese leopard or the other 13 protected mammals. The laws only seem there to punish those who are unlucky enough to get caught. 

[Skeptic7]

2 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Being primarily a Thailand forum and being a Thailand law I was referring to Thailand and not the rest of the world.

The rest of the world might have some success in protecting endangered species but in Thailand (and Asia) this sort of announcement is more like a shotgun start to go out and get what's left of them before someone else gets them first.

In Thailand special laws don't don't seem to protected the rare black female Indochinese leopard or the other 13 protected mammals. The laws only seem there to punish those who are unlucky enough to get caught. 

Fair enough, but the only measure is how other countries have fared and there are Asian countries which have had some success. 

 

There will always be law breakers and those seemingly 'above the law'. The aim is to educate, create awareness and economic value in such biodiversity...such as jobs and eco-tourism primarily for the next gens. 

 

Not gonna happen overnight and not gonna happen by doing nothing. Not arguing with you...just that they stand no chance against humans without human help, so perhaps they can get by with a little help from their friends. Just my 2 bahts worth. Cheers.