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Seeking serpents: Ball python trade in Benin, West Africa
Nature Conservation ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 , DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.50.86352
Christian Toudonou , Angie Elwin , Johannes Penner , Emma Coulthard , John Norrey , David Megson , Mark-Oliver Rödel , Brice Sinsin , Lauren A. Harrington , Mark Auliya , Neil D’Cruze

 Ball pythons are traded as bushmeat, leather and belief-based medicine in West Africa, and specimens are exported in large numbers for the exotic pet trade. Here, we focused on understanding the purpose and socio-economic context of this trade in Benin through interviews with 44 actors involved in the trade of this species. We provided a snapshot of trade dynamics during a period when hunters are not predominantly actively involved in supplying eggs, neonates and gravid females for ranching and export as exotic pets. Our findings revealed that hunters and traders were largely focused on supplying the bushmeat and medicine markets in West Africa during this time. We estimated that the 21 collectors engaged in hunting in our study collectively hunt between 576 and 5,083 ball pythons from the wild each year. Collection rates reported by some suggests that they could earn more than 15,000 USD from ball python sales in bushmeat markets annually. Ball pythons hunted in Benin were mainly sold to local customers as “bushmeat” (53%) or for belief-based uses (39%) (including “fetish”, “medicinal products” and “voodoo”). However, cross-border trade with neighboring countries of Togo, Nigeria, and Ghana (or even further) also occurred. Although profitable for some, the scale of this practice, together with the widely reported decline in ball python populations in Benin, raises concern about the sustainability and long-term economic viability of this type of large-scale commercial wildlife trade in West Africa, especially as it occurs alongside extensive ranching practices to support the exotic pet trade.

中文翻译:

寻找蛇:西非贝宁的球蟒贸易

 球蟒在西非作为丛林肉、皮革和基于信仰的药物进行交易,标本大量出口用于外来宠物贸易。在这里,我们通过采访参与该物种贸易的 44 名参与者,重点了解贝宁这种贸易的目的和社会经济背景。我们提供了一个时期的贸易动态快照,当时猎人并不主要积极参与为牧场提供鸡蛋、新生儿和妊娠雌性动物以及作为外来宠物出口。我们的调查结果显示,在此期间,猎人和贸易商主要专注于供应西非的丛林肉和医药市场。我们估计,在我们的研究中从事狩猎的 21 名收藏家每年总共从野外捕猎 576 到 5,083 条球蟒。一些人报告的收集率表明,他们每年可以从丛林肉市场上的球蟒销售中赚取超过 15,000 美元。在贝宁捕猎的球蟒主要作为“丛林肉”(53%)或用于信仰用途(39%)(包括“恋物”、“医药产品”和“巫毒”)出售给当地客户。然而,与邻国多哥、尼日利亚和加纳(甚至更远)的跨境贸易也发生了。尽管对某些人来说有利可图,但这种做法的规模,以及广泛报道的贝宁球蟒种群数量的下降,引发了人们对西非这种大规模商业野生动物贸易的可持续性和长期经济可行性的担忧,尤其是因为它与广泛的牧场实践一起发生,以支持异国情调的宠物贸易。每年在丛林肉市场上的球蟒销售收入 000 美元。在贝宁捕猎的球蟒主要作为“丛林肉”(53%)或用于信仰用途(39%)(包括“恋物”、“医药产品”和“巫毒”)出售给当地客户。然而,与邻国多哥、尼日利亚和加纳(甚至更远)的跨境贸易也发生了。尽管对某些人来说有利可图,但这种做法的规模,以及广泛报道的贝宁球蟒种群数量的下降,引发了人们对西非这种大规模商业野生动物贸易的可持续性和长期经济可行性的担忧,尤其是因为它与广泛的牧场实践一起发生,以支持异国情调的宠物贸易。每年在丛林肉市场上的球蟒销售收入 000 美元。在贝宁捕猎的球蟒主要作为“丛林肉”(53%)或用于信仰用途(39%)(包括“恋物”、“医药产品”和“巫毒”)出售给当地客户。然而,与邻国多哥、尼日利亚和加纳(甚至更远)的跨境贸易也发生了。尽管对某些人来说有利可图,但这种做法的规模,以及广泛报道的贝宁球蟒种群数量的下降,引发了人们对西非这种大规模商业野生动物贸易的可持续性和长期经济可行性的担忧,尤其是因为它与广泛的牧场实践一起发生,以支持异国情调的宠物贸易。在贝宁捕猎的球蟒主要作为“丛林肉”(53%)或用于信仰用途(39%)(包括“恋物”、“医药产品”和“巫毒”)出售给当地客户。然而,与邻国多哥、尼日利亚和加纳(甚至更远)的跨境贸易也发生了。尽管对某些人来说有利可图,但这种做法的规模,以及广泛报道的贝宁球蟒种群数量的下降,引发了人们对西非这种大规模商业野生动物贸易的可持续性和长期经济可行性的担忧,尤其是因为它与广泛的牧场实践一起发生,以支持异国情调的宠物贸易。在贝宁捕猎的球蟒主要作为“丛林肉”(53%)或用于信仰用途(39%)(包括“恋物”、“医药产品”和“巫毒”)出售给当地客户。然而,与邻国多哥、尼日利亚和加纳(甚至更远)的跨境贸易也发生了。尽管对某些人来说有利可图,但这种做法的规模,以及广泛报道的贝宁球蟒种群数量的下降,引发了人们对西非这种大规模商业野生动物贸易的可持续性和长期经济可行性的担忧,尤其是因为它与广泛的牧场实践一起发生,以支持异国情调的宠物贸易。
更新日期:2022-10-14
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