Question

Animals are poached for illegal trading for their

• A. For trading them in a black market
• B. Sold as exotic pets
• C. Used as a delicacy
• D. Used for commercial purposes such as food, décor, jewelry, and traditional medicines
• E. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is E

All of the above

The correct option is E.

Explanation of the correct option:

1. Poaching is defined as the illegal killing of wild animals for the purpose of eating, recreation, or obtaining rare products. Fur, skins, ivory, and horns are some of the products.
2. Numerous creatures, including woolly mammoths for their fur, tigers for their skin, deer for their skin and horns, elephants for their tusks, crocodiles for their skin, rhinos, leopards, and others, are poached. The demand for these naturally occurring items is very great, and the poachers profit significantly from their sales.
3. Animal populations have dramatically decreased as a result of illegal hunting and poaching.
4. Due to illegal hunting, some species, including tigers and rhinoceroses, are now threatened.
5. Poaching has a negative indirect impact on the ecological balance of the environment and the food chain.

Explanation of the incorrect options:

Option A:

1. Animals are poached for illegal trading for trading them in a black market.
2. But also sold as exotic pets, used as delicacies, and used for commercial purposes such as food, decor, jewelry, and traditional medicines.

Option B:

1. Animals are sold as exotic pets.
2. But they also are poached for illegal trading in a black market, used as delicacies, and used for commercial purposes such as food, décor, jewelry, and traditional medicines.

Option C:

1. Animals are used as delicacies.
2. But they also are poached for illegal trading in a black market, sold as exotic pets, and used for commercial purposes such as food, décor, jewelry, and traditional medicines.

Option D:

1. Animals are used for commercial purposes such as food, décor, jewelry, and traditional medicines.
2. But also poached for illegal trading in a black market, sold as exotic pets, and used as delicacies.

Final answer: Animals are poached for illegal trading for their trading in a black market, sold as exotic pets, used as a delicacy, and used for commercial purposes such as food, décor, jewelry, and traditional medicines.