...Endangered Species Our planet earth has produced many wonderful and bewildering things. Our planet was once lush of vegetation, plants and amazing animals. There are numerous plants and animals that are now extinct, either due to natural selection, climate change, or urbanization. Knowing this, we should not take advantage of what earth has to offer, this includes animals that are now endangered species. According to Richard T. Wright, “endangered species is a species that has been reduced to the point where it is in imminent danger of becoming extinct if protection is not provided (page 254). Although some animals may seem unimportant to most, many of these animals are what help keep the earth’s ecosystem in equilibrium. There is much controversy on endangered species and the devastation of their habitats. Before someone establishes their own opinion on the subject matter, it must be understood what an endangered species is and how it came to be, along with the controversy between it. Endangerment is a very broad issue that involves habitat, the surrounding environment and the interaction between other species. There are many factors that have lead to endangerment and possible extinction to earth’s animals. One of the biggest factors is habitat destruction. Habitats are constantly changing due to the earth’s constant change in climate and movement, although that is only a slight change. The biggest component to habitat destruction is the result from human activity...
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...Poaching of Endangered Species “The main reason for animals endangered is the uncontrolled human activity.” This quote was stated on a website called Animal Port. There are many reasons why this statement is true, one of them are poaching. Poaching occurs out of greed to make money. Although there are several laws to protect certain animals, this is a horrible act to any animal. Especially for the animals that are already endangered. Poachers minimizing these animal’s numbers for their own pleasure is not good. People who are against poaching should do what they can to stop this act from escalating, or there will not be any balance on this world. Animals are being killed every day from illegal hunting or capturing, that is called poaching; it’s getting worse and worse in certain places and we should do whatever we can to try and stop it. Poaching happens all around the world. Mainly in parts of the world where there is more game to hunt and a lot of money involved. A social science graduate from Makerere University Kampala in Uganda named Peter Galyak Magellan said that humans have been hunting for survival for a long time now and not because of pleasure. He stated “While primitive humans relied largely upon hunting for food, the agricultural revolution (approximately 10,000 years ago) reduced the need for survival hunting in most parts of the world. Hunting has continued, however, for several reasons, and poaching remains a possibility wherever hunting is...
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...Should people and nations of the world feel responsible to help people who are suffering or endangered in other nations, even if it means going to war?In passage 2 “Charles Lindbergh’s speech to the America First Committee Meeting” it says “We must turn our eyes and our faith back to our own country before it is too late.”This is true because if we don’t focus on our nation something bad will happen.And people will die or pay from their nation going to war. First,reason why people and nations should not feel responsible to help people who are suffering or endangered in other nations, even if it means going to war is something bad might happen if we don’t focus on our own nation .It says in passage 2 “Charles Lindbergh’s speech to the America First Committee Meeting” it says ”We have weakened ourselves for many months, and still worse, we have divided our own people by this dabbling in Europe's wars.”This is saying that if our nation is helping another nation in war we would be weaker or the people will be part of something that's...
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...Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act is a federal law that protects endangered species and threatened species from becoming extinct (dying out).Some individuals may think the Endangered Species Act would not make a difference to today's current society. Should the Endangered Species Act still exists after 10 years ? Generally speaking, the endangered Species Act should still exists because it’s gonna have a huge impact later on for our future generations. One main reason for the endangerment of certain species is because of poachers. The main things poachers are mainly know for is hunting illegally and selling animals parts that are illegal to hunt. Poachers have also killed aproxximentky...
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...Hewes February 27, 2014 Professor Helmke Business Public Policy Endangered Species Act Extinctions have occurred throughout our planet's natural history. Some species develop as others die out, making space in the ecosystem for those best suited to any given habitat's natural conditions. Long before human beings arrived, fossil records show that populations of animals evolved, thrived, declined, and became extinct. However, the rate of extinctions in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries drastically increased to an estimated 100 to 1,000 times the normal expected rate of extinction. The majority of these accelerated extinctions can be directly traced to mankind's impact upon the natural environment in the form of hunting, fishing, agriculture, development, pollution, habitat encroachment, disease, and global climate change. Due to the increasing number of endangered species, as well as, species becoming extinct, the United States Congress decided to take action. Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1966, providing a means for listing native animal species as endangered and giving them limited protection. The Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Defense were to seek to protect listed species, and, insofar as consistent with their primary purposes, preserve the habitats of such species. The Act also authorized the Service to acquire land as habitat for endangered species. In 1969, Congress amended the Act to provide additional protection...
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...Pandas are endangered, many other animals are also endangered 2. What are the key details that stand out? What are the supporting details? Big tuna wearing a panda mask and other unmasked tuna. 3. What issue does this seem to reference? We as a race try to save the “cute” well publicized animals. The less pretty or tastier animals are ignored. 4. What side of the debate is this visual taking? What perspective does the visual take? If tuna were cute or more publicized people would care and do more to save them. 5. How do we know what side the visual is taking? What specific claims are made? “Would you care if I was a panda?” 6. What does this visual want from its viewers? What message does it convey? To make people think about the fact that if an animal is considered “cute” or beautiful everything possible is done to prevent its extinction, and that people need to think about other animals as well. The picture portrays a school of blue-fin tuna in the ocean, but focuses directly on one wearing a panda mask. The text underneath it states, “Would you care more if I was a panda?” We all know that the panda is an endangered species and is near extinction. This visually argues that the blue-fin tuna is also becoming endangered, but with much less worry over the likelihood of extinction of this species. People care more about the panda than this fish. The reason the blue-fin tuna is becoming endangered is likely due to excessive fishing. People are more...
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...entire species as extinct, is why we have the ICUN’s endangered animals list. b. Humans are contributing to the loss of these animals in huge ways, but also becoming more aware and trying to help more than ever in previous years. c. The purpose of my speech today is to inform you on a few ways humans are hurting and a few ways humans are helping wildlife. II. Humans are affecting different species in many ways and most for the worse. A. “Habitat loss is probably one of the greatest threats to the variety of life on this planet today.” (WWF) 1. Habitat loss can be in many different forms, like loss of areas populated by different species or mating grounds. Also erosion and vegetation loss can cause lack of shelter and food for animals. 2. One of the biggest areas that is experiencing deforestation is the amazon rainforest because of human settlements and development of the land. B. Pollution is one of the main ways in which humans have caused change and threats to wildlife habitat. 1. Pollution can be defined as the human alteration of chemical or physical characteristics of the environment to a degree that is harmful to living organisms. (marinebio.org) 2. Synthetic chemicals like DDT and dumping waste in to lakes and oceans is one of the main causes of pollution, effecting not only water animals but land animals too. C. Trophy hunting of already endangered or rare animals is also a big problem, although some people believe it is helping bring animals...
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...Discussion The Ridgway’s Rails, as discussed previously, are a highly endangered species living in saltwater marshes and mangrove swamps in the Bay Area. They are especially important to the tidal marsh ecosystem as they are an indicator of tidal wetland health. If they were to go extinct in Bay Area’s marshes, such as the marshes in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, naturalists will not be able to tell whether the marsh is healthy or not. (“Clapper Rail”). Without knowing this, the marsh cannot be observed and cared for, resulting in habitat degradation for the Rails and many other endangered species. This infers that the extinction of this one important specie can eventually result in the decline of an entire...
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...will be discussing the issues involving endangered species and why it is so important to me as an individual. What are endangered species? An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. Did you know, 40 percent of all organisms are likely to become endangered or even extinct. Unbelievable. Causes of extinction: Endangerment and extinction are not random events which just occur, they do in fact have many causes. Most cases of extinction are a result of the work of humans. For example we create pollution, we chop down rainforests and create many buildings which all severely destruct animal habitats so they have nowhere to live and nothing to eat. Another huge problem is humans introducing new plants and animals on to small islands. This can result in older species being completely wiped out. In addition many people overexploit animals. For example they buy and sell rare and exotic animals for their skins such as crocodiles. Even though this is illegal in many parts of the world, people still do it. Over 5000 elephants per year are also killed for their ivory tusks which are used for jewellery and medicine in some countries. In my opinion this is very inconsiderate and selfish of us humans. Would you enjoy elephants hunting you down for your teeth or skin? Why are animals important? Why should we protect animals that are on the brink...
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...Endangered Tigers Today wild tigers exist in Eastern Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bhutan, India and Nepal. In order to live in the wild, tigers need water to drink, animals to hunt, and vegetation in which to hide. As the mountains, jungles, forests, and long grasses that have long been home to tigers disappear, so too, do tigers. Agricultural expansion, timber cutting, new roads, human settlement, industrial expansion and hydroelectric dams push tigers into smaller and smaller areas of land. These small areas of forests are surrounded by rapidly growing and relatively poor human populations, including increasing numbers of illegal hunters. Tigers compete with an expanding human population and industry for land and food, many tigers are killed by poachers who sell the tiger’s body parts as ingredients for traditional Chinese medicines. If these trends continue, the wild tiger may evolve from being an endangered species and off the endangered species list to become an extinct species. Without wilderness, the wild tiger will not survive. If the world is not careful, one of the beautiful creatures on the planet will become extinct. Everyday more and more tigers are being slaughtered for their skin, bones, meat, and other organs to produce clothes, home décor, medicine, food and even alcohol. For example bones are soaked in alcohol to make wine, and ground up bone mixed with herbs is believed to relieve pain such as arthritis...
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...Endangered Sharks Rapidly declining shark populations has already been noticed and will continue to decline unless further steps are taken to ensure their protection as endangered species. 50 out of 307 shark species, listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are either vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. However, of those 50, only three, the White, Whale, and Basking sharks are protected internationally under CITES. CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Sharks as a whole, represent the highest percentage of threatened marine species listed on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Some well-known species that are endangered are Hammerheads, Tiger Sharks, Whale Sharks, Great White Sharks, Shortfin Mako Shark, and many tropical reef sharks. The decrease of shark populations has already had devastating effects on local coastal communities. Two of the world’s largest fish are on the endangered list. The Whale Shark is listed as vulnerable for extinction. They migrate seasonally and are targeted by commercial fisheries. Whale sharks feed on krill and plankton so they do not harm humans, the most harm one could face would be to get struck by its massive caudal, tail, fin. Whale Sharks are beneficial to many tropical reef areas. In addition, the Basking Shark is also listed as vulnerable. These are the second largest living fish left. They are found in all the worlds’ temperate oceans and are a...
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...Animals for Rent In our society today, with all our advancements and breakthroughs, life in the 21st century is noticeably better than before. However, some problems will never go away, like war and death. Aside from that, a problem which has recently plagued our society is the practice of animals-for-rent. Animals, like humans, have their own habitats, and they live in what we collectively call the wild. Some humans have decided to pull these animals out of their homes and rent them for profit through the inhumane practice of animals-for-rent. These ignorant people are very cruel; they treat the animals as objects that only serve as entertainment to the public in the form of rental books or DVDs (Animal Aid, 2007). This unsafe and exploitative practice has gradually weakened animal rights and rips deeply into human morality and conscience. It is often the case that the people involve in this practice, this so-called exotic pet markets, give no regards to the survival of these animals, which are often on the endangered list. According to Richard Farinato (in The Humane Society of the United States, www.hsus.org), wild and exotic animals are favorable vectors for diseases and parasites, often the outbreak of diseases cause the death of a mass of animals. If this situation is continue without any resolution, these animals might become extinct. Because there are no concerns to the needs of the animals, the livelihood will decrease rapidly, and eventually they might not be...
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...The King’s Hairstreak is a butterfly. This butterfly has an illustrious blue spot with orange on its hind wing and the body is a cocoa brown. This butterfly lives in the habitats of Maryland and Delaware to the coastlines of Texas, but also seen in North Carolina. Butterflies and moths belong to the Lepidoptera family meaning they are scaled winged insects. It is an endangered species and the population has been on the decline. One of the primary reasons is the forest habitats disappearance, due to land development. Rapid climate change with the temperatures during the spring has increased in the last few years from too cold to hot. Another is due to their low reproduction rate and the survival of the eggs. Lastly, the gypsy moth is a threat if their growth continues the reason being in the spring insecticide spray is used to control this pest, but also kills the habitat the King Hairstreak butterfly eats (Vaughan and Shepard, 2005). The Kings Hairstreak feed on foliage called Common Sweetleaf Pictures were from WordPress...
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...“The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.”-Norm Dicks.More than 600 kinds of plants and 324 different animals in Missouri are of concern to conservationists because they are uncommon or their numbers are low or declining.Do you think that everyone in Missouri knows what is happening to many species of plants and animals because of the things we as humans are doing to them and their environment? The Endangered species Act is the most important federal law protecting imperiled wildlife and plants. For nearly 40 years, the ESA has helped prevent the extinction of our nation's wildlife treasures, including beloved American icons such as the...
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...People think that if Hawaiian monk seals become extinct it won't affect land animals but it will affect the marine ecosystem. “Monk seals serve an important role in the marine ecosystem, as do most species in these complex webs. Like manō and Ulua, monk seals are apex predators and serve to control levels of numerous prey populations to maintain a healthy functioning ecosystem”(Kehaulani 5). This is important because without the Hawaiian monk seal it would affect the ecosystem in bad ways. “Monk seals have been part of Hawaii's fragile marine ecosystem for millions of years, they, like all animals of the sea, are children of Kanaloa. We have a kuleana to keep this system healthy and in balance. Their loss added to the past and ongoing disappearances of so many species will leave a Hawaiian ecosystem that is broken and diminished for future generations. We cannot allow this to happen”(Kehaunani Watson biopic for eNews 3). This a result if we don't help the Hawaiian monk seal survive. This proves that we must persevere the Hawaiian monk seal so that the Hawaiian ecosystem stays healthy and...
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