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Regulations, Safeguards, and Research Needs
Pages 21-25

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... Moreover, the stimulation of world trade in crocodile hides through the sale of farmed hides might lead to increased poaching of wild crocodiles or eggs. Poachers have fewer operating expenses than farmers, and unscrupulous hunters and dealers can harvest hides, steal crocodile eggs or young, and subsequently sell them through countries that lack enforcement capabilities.
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From page 22...
... The distribution of hatchlings and young reared animals should be supervised by the conservation department. Unless government agencies monitor the wild populations of crocodilians being harvested for hides, eggs, or young, the farms themselves could become a major drain on those populations, leading to their extinction.
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From page 23...
... Other safeguards include: • The use of engraved stamps or seals to authenticate legal licenses and export permits and make it more difficult for documents to be forged. • Internationally accessible data and a retrieval system that allows law enforcement personnel to corroborate the authenticity of documentation and the origin of hides and products; *
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From page 24...
... are the following endangered crocodilians: Chinese Alligator Black Caimen Rio Apaporis Caiman Broad-Snouted Caiman False Gavial Western African Dwarf Crocodile Congo Dwarf Crocodile African Slender-Snouted Crocodile Siamese Crocodile Mugger Crocodile Ceylon Mugger Crocodile Philippine Crocodile Orinoco Crocodile Cuban Crocodile Morelet's Crocodile Nile Crocodile Gavial A lligator sinensis Melanosuchus niger Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Caiman latirostris Tomistoma schlegelii Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni Crocodylus cataphractus Crocodylus siamensis Crocodylus palustris palustris Crocodylus palustris kimbula Crocodylus novaeguineae mindorensis Crocodylus intermedius Crocodylus rhombifer Crocodylus moreletii Crocodylus niloticus Gavialis gangeticus Although signatory countries have agreed to prohibit trade in these species, authenticated captive-bred specimens can be exported and imported when appropriate scientific authorities in both exporting and importing countries can certify that the transaction will not be detrimental to the survival of the species. A second category (CITES, Appendix II)
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From page 25...
... Clearly, research to improve farming techniques will be a wise investment for both commercial operators and the countries concerned. Surveys to determine population numbers and size as well as the structure of breeding stocks and recruitment rates are essential.
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Key Terms

  • law enforcement
  • crocodile eggs
  • dwarf crocodile
  • crocodylus palustris
  • crocodylus novaeguineae

  • mugger crocodile
  • endangered species
  • wild populations
  • crocodilian hides
  • osteolaemus tetraspis

  • unless government
  • annual crop
  • crocodile american
  • american crocodile
  • crocodile hides

  • crocodile orinoco
  • cataphractus crocodylus
  • crocodylus acutus
  • guinea crocodile
  • crocodylus cataphractus

  • porosus crocodylus
  • johnsoni crocodylus
  • moreletii crocodylus
  • crocodylus porosus
  • cuban crocodile

  • crocodile saltwater
  • crocodile african
  • crocodylus rhombifer
  • crocodile gavial
  • mindorensis crocodylus


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