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JOSIE'S POEMS
Animal-Hunting Poems
(The Tiger)
By Josie Whitehead
Threats to Tigers
Poaching is the number one threat to the tiger’s existence and may drive this big cat to extinction.
Tigers are hunted by poachers to meet demand from the $20 billion a year illegal wildlife trade. They are mercilessly targeted for their body parts, including their skins, bones, teeth and other organs.
Every single tiger organ is sold on the black market today. Tiger parts are used for traditional medicines thought to cure ailments ranging from arthritis to epilepsy, with the greatest demand coming from China. Tiger skins and other parts are also used for décor, indicating status and wealth across Asia.
WE'LL NOT COME
ON YOUR TIGER HUNT!
By Josie Whitehead
We'll not come on your tiger hunt,
To put skins on our floors!
And cutting down their forest homes?
It’s something we abhor.
We’ll not kill birds or animals
As sport for human game,
And wearing bears' fur on our heads
Seems such a dreadful shame.
We’ll not kill noble elephants
And steal their tusks for wealth –
Or grind up horns from rhinos
For the sake of ‘human health’.
We’ll not take panda habitat
And the only food they eat -
And a woman’s scarf of silver fox
Is not what we call ‘sweet’!
We’ll not destroy the rain forests -
The place where wildlife roam.
We love the creatures of our world
And the places they call home.
So we’ll not come on your tiger hunt
Or join you in your fun.
We’re children who respect our world
As so should everyone!
Copyright on all my poems
See: TIGER FACTS
This poem was Published by Chrysalis Books 2022
SEE ALSO: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT and HUNTRESS OF THE SERENGETI
