EFERENCES 5
1. Introduction
Endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), occur when total number of species “decrease below the number required for fruitful proliferation, because organism cannot have mating partners or their genetic pool loses the needed diversity”. In addition, species are threatened with extinction by natural or human adjustment in its habitat. The research which was conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the early 2009 indicated that compared with the figure of ten years ago, the number of recent tigers has plunged by 40 percent, hit a trough of 3,200 tigers. Similarly, the mountain gorillas are considered to be a critically endangered subspecies, with approximately 720 existing in the wild and just over 200 living in national parks. Such figure gives mankind stern warnings about saving endangered species from extinction. Lack thesis statement
Therefore, this paper, with the aim of helping preserve endangered species will discuss the causes, the
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It cannot be denied that if one plant or animal becomes endangered and gets extinct, the potential advantages, especially a source of medicine, will be forfeited. This is because these plants could include thousands of important compounds that can prolong the mankind lifespan. A case in this point is digitalis which interfered the death of millions of people. This herb is used to treat irregular heartbeat, congestive heart failure, constipation, asthma, headache or heal burns and wounds. Besides, animals own medical properties. Researchers utilize sharks for the study of cancer, frogs for producing compounds that prevent infection and lizards for manufacturing toxin that may benefit diabetes sufferers. However, in the not distant future, human being would be able to experience the loss of species along with the removal of great achievements (source?)
The book title the sixth Extinction Written by Elizabeth Kolbert is based on The extinction of species. Author Kolbert discusses personal research and scientific studies of certain species that have become extinct are becoming extinct. One species Kolbert discusses in her research studies is the Panama Golden A discovery of a fugues that has brought extinction of the golden frog from wild and has speared throughout different counties including the United States. Kolbert travels to Panama to document first-hand what she discovers through scientific research of the mass Extinction of the one of the longest living Amphibians.
Is this conservation? According to the video, nowadays Texas has a higher exotic wildlife than any other place on Earth. Charly Seale is the executive director of the Exotic Wildlife Association in Texas. He is known for having more than 120 different species from Asia, Africa, and Europe in his ranch.
Although geladas are not endangered, their population is decreasing. One
The illegal hunting and trade of primate meat is a large contributing factor to the decline of primate species in the tropics. This, in addition to habitat loss and fragmentation, disease, and the pet trade, is putting many primate species at high risk of extinction. Poverty, population growth, construction of roads, emergence of regional and international markets, and new hunting technology are triggering the increased hunting pressure on forest mammals. Primate species are especially vulnerable to increased hunting pressure because of their slower reproductive cycles. The decline of primate species must be stopped to avoid their extinction and the potential consequences that this could have for tropical forests.
Now, may I ask you something? Have you ever seen a primate wandering in its own habitat peacefully? I bet the answer would be no. In this era of globalisation, many forests have been cut down, both legally and illegally, in the name of development. Yet, what we seem to not acknowledge is the fact that the very forests that have been destroyed to pamper our endless lust to materialistic luxuries is also home to many endangered primates.
Have you ever been hunting? Maybe for deer? Could you imagine hunting big animals such as elephants, tigers, and lions? I understand hunting deer, but elephants? No way!
Kimberly Monroe SPCM 200 February 16 2015 Informative speech outline I. [Attention getter]: According to All World Primates, a database with the research from 300 scientists observations on primate behavior, there are about 612 species and subspecies in the world. 30% of these are endangered, including the Orangutans. II.
Have you ever heard the deafening trumpet of an elephant or witnessed the quick and sudden turns of a cheetah? These natural wonders are merely a fraction of the countless species that compose the complex web of life on Earth. However, the continued presence of these creatures is becoming increasingly jeopardized, as human activities like habitat destruction and poaching are carried out. Enter the wildlife protection community, a network of passionate individuals who devote their efforts to preserving endangered species and their associated habitats. The wildlife protection community is a committed group of individuals who recognize the importance of conserving these creatures and their natural surroundings in order to maintain biodiversity,
• I want you to stop for your second and look at the person sitting next to you. What you are looking at is the fine result of over 200 thousand years of evolution; the master piece of natural selection, and a perfectly adapted organism to life on earth. • But with exponential grow in technological advances, unpredictable climate change or even space exploration.
De-Extinction, a interesting topic that most people don’t have an opinion on. De-extinction is a process which uses the DNA of extinct animals and use a surrogate mother and father to bring back an extinct animal. Scientists are working on ways to bring back animals such as wooly mammoths and maybe even dinosaurs. This is a very hopeful topic from different points of view, and a very scary topic from others. Also, some scientists think it’s impossible for certain animals and not for others.
One reason that de-extinction is a horrible idea is that the species, lets say a wooly mammoth, could potentially take important resources away from other species causing them to disappear. In the article The
Moreover, zoos always respond to emergencies, such as deadly threats to one or another species, by providing specialists and establishing breeding and treatment programs (Borrell 9). Thereby, both articles express the opinion that zoos are important for conservation purposes as they provide a wide range of specialists and research data. More significantly, they react on emergencies and do their best to protect endangered
Zoos may be very necessary for endangered species. But, there are different ways how to save and continue endangered species, and every zoo have had choice how they do it. Some zoos are breeding endangered species trying to continue the species, but that is not right, because it leads to very complicated health issues. For example white tiger who are very rare animal, breeding requirements are that all white tigers parents must be white tigers too, to get only white tiger, and so are zoos breeding white tigers fathers with their daughters and mothers with their sons. But some zoos again are preserving and studying endangered species in captivity to save endangered species in the wild.
I looked up why most of them are going are going endangered. I found out that mostly Monkeys/apes/gorillas, rhinos, elephants, big cats, bears, penguins, whales, cold blooded & other ocean animals, canines, birds, and turtles. These are the most endangered groups. I’ll start off with the elephants. Elephant tusks are made out of ivory which is used for several things in China.
Animals such as the Tiger, Pandas and African Chimpanzees are kept inside zoos in order to preserve their species and prevent them from going extinct. They are well protected from their predators which allows them to breed and, hopefully, repopulate their species in order to keep their species alive. One of the examples is that zoos implemented International Breeding Programs in order to help these endangered species breed. As the numbers of that