Should all scorpion species have some level of legal protection?
I've been thinking about this recently and I'd genuinely like to hear what people who know more about conservation, arachnology, or envronmental law think.
Scorpions have been around for roughly 430 million years (i think) and they've survived multiple mass extinction events. But unlike alot of other animals, most scorpion species dont really have any meaningful legal protection unless they're already considered threatened or are covered by internatioal trade regulations.
My idea is that all wild scorpion species should have atleast some basic legal protection, while rare or threatened species could have stronger protections. This could mean protection from unnecesary killing, large-scale collecting and habitat destruction, while still allowing people to safely remove scorpions from homes when needed.
I know theres probably some practical problems with this idea, so I'm genuinely curious what people think. Would this actually be a reasonable conservation approach, or is there a good reason why it wouldnt work?
sorry for bad english..