RT Article
T1 Exploring the motivations associated with the poaching and trafficking of Amur tigers in the Russian Far East
JF Deviant behavior
VO 44
IS 3
SP 331
OP 358
A1 Skidmore, Allison
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1856318478
AB Poaching for the illegal wildlife trade is the most direct threat to the persistence of Amur tigers. Despite the recognition that reducing poaching is necessary to prevent extinction, the motivations that drive this activity are not well understood. Understanding this behavior is the first critical step to implementing tangible policy solutions. This study utilizes ethnographic methods to gather empirical evidence about the motivations associated with the poaching and trafficking of Amur tigers in the Russian Far East. By conducting interviews with those directly involved in the illegal tiger trade, three main motivations are identified: status and impunity, poverty (both economic and cultural/traditional poverty), and human/tiger conflict. Economic factors, due to the value of tiger parts for traditional medicine in China, is by far the largest influence on poaching in Russia. It is facilitated and exacerbated by systemic structural inequalities between social classes, including unequal distribution of power and resources and embedded corruption.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 353-358
K1 Wilderei
K1 Wildtiere
K1 Tiger
K1 Handel
K1 Russland
K1 Green Criminology
DO 10.1080/01639625.2022.2045177