Indonesia is home to five species of porcupines, three of which are island endemics. While all five species are currently assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, impacts of harvest and trade have not been factored in. To gain a fuller understanding of the porcupine trade in Indonesia, this study examines seizure data of porcupines, their parts and derivatives from January 2013 to June 2020. A total of 39 incidents were obtained amounting to an estimated 452 porcupines. Various confiscated commodities revealed porcupines are traded for consumption, traditional medicine, trophies/charms as well as for privately run wildlife/recreational parks. Targeted hunting of porcupines for commercial international trade was also evident. Porcupines are also persecuted as agricultural pests and wildlife traffickers take advantage of such situations to procure animals for trade. What clearly emerges from this study is that porcupines are being illegally hunted and exploited throughout their range in Indonesia facilitated by poor enforcement and legislative weakness. Porcupines are in decline due to habitat loss, retaliatory killings and uncontrolled poaching. It is therefore crucial that effective conservation measures are taken sooner rather than later to prevent further depletion of these species. Including all porcupines as protected species under Indonesian wildlife laws and listing them in Appendix II of CITES to improve regulation, enforcement and monitoring of domestic and international trade trends involving porcupines in Indonesia would contribute significantly towards this end.

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在印度尼西亚非法猎杀和开采用于肉类和药品的豪猪

印度尼西亚有五种豪猪，其中三种是岛屿特有种。虽然目前世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）的《濒危物种红色名录》将所有五个物种都列为最不关注物种，但并未考虑到收获和贸易的影响。为了更全面地了解印度尼西亚的豪猪贸易，本研究调查了豪猪的缉获数据，从2013年1月到2020年6月，他们的零件和派生产品共获得39起事件，估计有452头豪猪。各种没收的商品显示豪猪可用于消费，传统药物，奖杯/魅力以及私人经营的野生动植物/游乐园。针对商业国际贸易的豪猪的针对性狩猎也很明显。豪猪也受到迫害，因为农业害虫和野生动植物贩运者利用这种情况来采购动物进行贸易。这项研究清楚地表明，由于执法不力和立法不力，豪猪正在印度尼西亚的整个范围内被非法猎杀和剥削。由于栖息地的丧失，报复性杀戮和失控的偷猎行为，豪猪正在减少。因此，至关重要的是尽早采取有效的保护措施，以防止这些物种的进一步枯竭。将所有豪猪都纳入印度尼西亚野生动植物法的保护范围，并将其列入《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》附录二，以改善监管，