I ka uku ʻana o kahi niho niho i Minnesota i $54,000 no ka ʻimi ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻai ma Zimbabwe i ka makahiki 2015 me kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi, ua ʻike ʻole ʻo ia e pepehi i ka liona aloha a me ka iconic - Cecil. Ua hele nui nā kiʻi mai kēlā ʻimi ʻimi ʻana a ʻoiai ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia nā hana a ke kauka niho i ke kānāwai, ua hoʻāla ka hanana i ka uē honua a hoʻonui i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka pōʻino o nā holoholona hihiu, me nā liona, nā tigers, a me nā elepani. Mai ia hanana, ua hoʻomau ka lehulehu i ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kālepa ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu.

Wahi a ka US Fish and Wildlife Service, ʻo ke kālepa holoholona hihiu hewa ʻole he ʻoihana multibillion-dollar, e pili ana i ke kālepa kūʻokoʻa o nā holoholona ola a me nā mea i hana ʻia mai ko lākou mau ʻāpana. ʻO ka nui o nā holoholona i pili i ka pōʻino, e hana ana i ka hana he pilikia honua. Lawe ka poʻe ʻaihue i nā holoholona e kūʻai aku, a pepehi paha iā lākou no ko lākou hulu, iwi, pūpū, a me nā ʻāpana kino ʻē aʻe e hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea āpau mai nā lāʻau kuʻuna, i nā lole a me nā mea nani. ʻOiai ma ka ʻāina, e hana ana i ka Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ʻai ʻia nā bea no kā lākou gallbladders a me ka bile, i hoʻohana ʻia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna. He kanakolukūmāhā mau mokuʻāina i pāpā maopopo i ke kālepa, a hiki i kēia mau ʻāpana ke hele no $5,000 ma Asia. Hiki i ka poʻe makemake e aʻo hou e pili ana i ke kālepa holoholona hihiu ke hele i ka hōʻike pōkole "Ivory, Tortoise Shell & Fur: The Ugly Truth of Wildlife Trafficking" ma Alcatraz East Crime Museum, e wehe ʻia ana ma Mei 15, 2017.

"He hōʻike naʻau kēia e lawe mai i ka ʻike i ke kālepa holoholona hihiu hewa ʻole, kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe malihini e nalo," wahi a Janine Vaccarello, ka luna hoʻokele nui no Alcatraz East, "He pilikia kēia e pōʻino ai nā holoholona a me ka honua. . E aʻo pū ka hōʻikeʻike i nā poʻe malihini i ka hana a me ka ʻike pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke kōkua.

Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka hōʻike ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Crime ma Wakinekona, DC ma 2015 e ka Center for Conservation Impact, me ka hui pū me ka Freeland Foundation, International Fund for Animal Welfare, INTERPOL, Kashmir World Foundation, US Department of State, US Fish and Wildlife Service, WildAid, a me Wildlife Trust o India.

"Ua loaʻa kahi pane maikaʻi i ka hōʻike, manaʻo mākou he mea nui loa ka pilikia ʻaʻole e kaʻana hou aku me nā poʻe hou," wahi a Vaccarello.

ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe he nui i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kūlana poaching a puni ka honua, akā hopohopo nā helu. Ua manaʻo ʻia he 97 ka nui o nā tigers o ka honua i nalowale i ke kenekulia i hala, 76 ka nui o nā elepani i nalowale i nā makahiki he 13 i hala, a ʻoi aku ka nui o 1,200 rhinoceros i make i ka makahiki i hala wale nō. Ua hoʻopau ʻia kēia mau holoholona no ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka noi ma ka mākeke ʻeleʻele no nā lāʻau lapaʻau maoli ʻole, nā mea nani a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻē aʻe, a ua manaʻo ʻia he mau hōʻailona kūlana, e like me ke ʻano o ka sopa manō.

Lawe pinepine ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo mai kā lākou huakaʻi, akā ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i kēlā mau trinkets ua hōʻiliʻili hewa ʻia mai nā holoholona hihiu weliweli a palekana. ʻO kēia nā mea i hana ʻia mai ka niho ʻelepani a me ka pūpū honu, no laila ke kūʻai aku nei i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nīnau ʻana i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā huahana i hana ʻia, no hea mai ia, no ka mea ʻaʻole kūpono ke hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka US E komo kēia hōʻike. nā mea i hao ʻia e ka US Fish and Wildlife Service a me nā keʻena palena ʻē aʻe.

"He maʻi maʻi nui loa ke kālepa holoholona hihiu e hoʻopilikia nei i ko kākou honua ma muli o ke koi nui ʻana o Asia no Rhino Horn, i hana ʻia mai ke keratin wale nō, e like me ko mākou manamana lima me ka Elephant Ivory i hana ʻia mai ka niho, e like me ka niho kanaka. .” wehewehe ʻo Katie Cleary, ka mea hoʻohālike, ka mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka mea kākau o "Give Me Shelter" i loaʻa ma Netflix, a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka World Animal News e lawe mai iā ʻoe i ka nūhou hou o ka pono holoholona mai nā wahi a puni. "ʻO ka nui o kā mākou aʻo ʻia e pili ana i nā hewa o nā holoholona hihiu a me ke kālepa ʻana i nā ʻano mea ʻino a me nā ala e hoʻōki ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou mākaukau e hoʻopau a pale i kēia mau mea hewa ʻole ma mua o ka lohi ʻana."

Hōʻike nā poʻomanaʻo nūhou hou i kēia pilikia, me 18 mau kiwi rhino i hopu ʻia ma Mozambique i ʻApelila, a ke hōʻike ʻia nei nā lono e pili ana i ka hoʻopio ʻana i nā holoholona ma ke kānāwai e hele mai ana ma ka palena ʻo Mekiko, me nā manu a me nā moʻo e kūʻai ʻia i mau holoholona ma US

"Ua hauʻoli nā hoa hana ʻo Alcatraz East e hōʻike i kā mākou hōʻikeʻike ma ke kumuhana koʻikoʻi a me ka manawa kūpono o ke kālepa holoholona hihiu hewa ʻole," wahi a Jennifer Sevin, pelekikena o ka Center for Conservation Impact, he hoa hana ma ka hōʻike. "Mai ka ginseng a hiki i nā ʻōpala wai a me nā bea, ʻo ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu he mea nui loa ia e like me ka honua."

"Ivory, Tortoise Shell & Fur" hoʻomaka Mei 15, 2017 a e holo ma Spring 2018. ʻO Alcatraz East i wehe mua ʻia ʻo Dekemaba 16, 2016. Aia ka hale hōʻikeʻike hewa hou ma ka puka o The Island, ma 2757 Parkway ma Pigeon Forge, kokoke. ka Margaritaville Hotel a me Paula Deen's Family Kitchen.

Hoʻolālā ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike he 25,000 kapuaʻi square me ka puka hale paʻahao, loaʻa i kahi papa hōkū o ka poʻe loea i hana i ka Papa Kūkākūkā, ʻo Jim Willett, he kahu hale paʻahao i hoʻomaha ʻia, ʻo Anthony Rivera, he mea kaua kaua a he poʻokela Navy SEAL, a me Judge Belvin. ʻO Perry, Jr., ka mea i kaulana loa no ka hoʻokolokolo Casey Anthony.

E wehe ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike i nā lā 365 i kēlā me kēia makahiki, mai 10 am a 9 pm, me ka tiketi hope loa i kūʻai ʻia he 60 mau minuke ma mua o ka pani ʻana.