Comments on: Canadian Wildlife Poacher Sentenced to 106 Days in Jail – After 13 Prior Convictions http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/06/canadian-wildlife-poacher-sentenced-to-106-days-in-jail-after-13-prior-convictions/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rhishja Larson http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/06/canadian-wildlife-poacher-sentenced-to-106-days-in-jail-after-13-prior-convictions/comment-page-1/#comment-62479 Rhishja Larson Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:31:00 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3552#comment-62479 From the author: There is now an update on Chung's sentencing - "Pak Sun Chung, who pleaded guilty in a Chatham courtroom on Thursday, was also convicted of violating a court order prohibiting him from engaging in any activities relating to the capture and possession of reptiles, amphibians and fish for 15 years." From the author:

There is now an update on Chung’s sentencing -

“Pak Sun Chung, who pleaded guilty in a Chatham courtroom on Thursday, was also convicted of violating a court order prohibiting him from engaging in any activities relating to the capture and possession of reptiles, amphibians and fish for 15 years.”

]]> By: Allie http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/06/canadian-wildlife-poacher-sentenced-to-106-days-in-jail-after-13-prior-convictions/comment-page-1/#comment-62477 Allie Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:36:32 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3552#comment-62477 Sad that this happened so close to home, but good that the guy was caught. Sad that this happened so close to home, but good that the guy was caught.

]]> By: california reader http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/06/canadian-wildlife-poacher-sentenced-to-106-days-in-jail-after-13-prior-convictions/comment-page-1/#comment-62478 california reader Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:31:36 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3552#comment-62478 I couldn't help doing a double take on the content of this article. Being from Canada, I am used to reading about poaching problems in Africa, India, etc. It is sad and not a little startling to realize that such activities are so easily transferred to anywhere in the world by short-sighted, profit driven motives. I also realize how easy it is for unscrupulous people to carry on their trade. We think of the African transvelde as vast. Knowing the Canadian woodlands and even areas in and around cities, I realize just how incredibly difficult it is to catch these people and stop them. It would be virtually impossible to monitor the practice with any number of paroling officers. High cost intelligence agents, are not really going to be very effective either. We recently ate in a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, where shark fin soup was on the menu. After all the years of public education on this! We wrote to the owners, setting out the environmental dangers inherent in the continued practices which keep such dishes on the menu and asked them to consider removing it. I somehow doubt our letter will change the menu, but hopefully others could be encouraged to do the same thing. Only a huge push to educate people and create peer pressure in every day life can reduce the reasons for poaching and destruction of the food chain. We have lived in Mexico as well and were witness to the proud service of sea turtle tacos by a very wealthy businessman. Nowhere else we stayed and no-one else we met served this dish. Sadly, there seems always to be a certain number of people who are willing to pay enough money to make illegal poaching a profitable and therefore unstoppable business. I really don't know what the answer is. There are so many people involved in trying to bring reason and balance to the earth. I pray they manage to succeed over those who do not honor the life that sustains us. I couldn’t help doing a double take on the content of this article. Being from Canada, I am used to reading about poaching problems in Africa, India, etc. It is sad and not a little startling to realize that such activities are so easily transferred to anywhere in the world by short-sighted, profit driven motives. I also realize how easy it is for unscrupulous people to carry on their trade. We think of the African transvelde as vast. Knowing the Canadian woodlands and even areas in and around cities, I realize just how incredibly difficult it is to catch these people and stop them. It would be virtually impossible to monitor the practice with any number of paroling officers. High cost intelligence agents, are not really going to be very effective either. We recently ate in a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, where shark fin soup was on the menu. After all the years of public education on this! We wrote to the owners, setting out the environmental dangers inherent in the continued practices which keep such dishes on the menu and asked them to consider removing it. I somehow doubt our letter will change the menu, but hopefully others could be encouraged to do the same thing. Only a huge push to educate people and create peer pressure in every day life can reduce the reasons for poaching and destruction of the food chain. We have lived in Mexico as well and were witness to the proud service of sea turtle tacos by a very wealthy businessman. Nowhere else we stayed and no-one else we met served this dish. Sadly, there seems always to be a certain number of people who are willing to pay enough money to make illegal poaching a profitable and therefore unstoppable business. I really don’t know what the answer is. There are so many people involved in trying to bring reason and balance to the earth. I pray they manage to succeed over those who do not honor the life that sustains us.

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