Oil Spills Effects On Animals

Spilled oil can harm marine animals because its chemical components are poisonous. This can take a negative toll on animals from internal exposure to oil through swallowing the oil or inhalation and from external exposure through the animals skin and eye irritation. The spilling of oil penetrates into the feathers and fur of birds, breaks down their plume capabilities which makes them heavier, disabling them from flying and killing them through poisoning and/or hypothermia. Birds that groom themselves to get rid of the oil accidentally swallow the poisonous chemical and die due to the toxic effects. During most oil spills, seabirds are harmed and killed in greater numbers than other kinds of creatures.

When an animal eats plastic, it causes their minds to believe that they are full but plastic does not give them the nutrients that they need and will cause them to starve. The last well known pollutant is oil. “When oil comes in contact with animals, it can coat the surface of their bodies with a sticky film that can irritate and even suffocate them” (Wroble 44). This is a dangerous threat to animals because in most cases oil can kill them. “Crude oil called

Dispersants cause the oil to break up into smaller droplets, which become miscible in water. However, these dispersants may result in more ecological harm than good. The chemicals contain nonbiodegradable toxins that can kill fish and migrate great distances. Dispersants also are blamed for the massive oil plumes several hundreds of feet underwater, harmful to all aquatic life, especially fish larvae and filter feeders. Moreover, because of the large volume of oil that has been spilled, the amount of dispersant required and the amount of oil dispersed simply suppresses the problem, rather than solving

The definition of over fishing is to deplete the number of fish in a body of water by too much fishing. Overfishing is very harmful to the ecosystem, taking a species close to extinction or completely extinct. As a species gets close to extinction it can be very hard to restore them back to sustainability. Even closing the fishing game for that species is not enough for a species to comeback from overfishing. Both recreational and commercial fishing have a huge impact on overfishing, by keeping under sized fish and other aquatic life.

The practice of shark finning should be banned worldwide. It is inhumane, promotes animal abuse, and is damaging to the marine ecosystem. as the demand for shark fin soup increased, fishermen have been trying to fulfil customers’ wishes by finning sharks. 1. Tens of millions of sharks are dying

Think about the poison that’s harming the ones who eat the whale meat. Think about the people who don’t know what they’re eating. Most importantly, think about the harmless whales. So, stand up and fight to put an end to

The pH of such carcasses will drop to around 5,4. If the animal is sick, excited or exhausted and go for slaughter, these conditions cause depletion of muscle glycogen reserves, which in its turn gives rise to a reduction in the formation of lactic acid. In other words the pH of the carcass will not fall so much - to about 6,5 instead of 5,4. These conditions have the following effects such as the meat is more prone to decay since certain pathogenic organisms grow more easily at a higher pH. Certain anaerobic bacteria in the lymph nodes can also multiply and spread to the surrounding meat.

By banning bottled water people would be more likely to fill up their own bottles, thus they would be saving themselves money. Also if bottled water was banned then toxins would not be leaked into the water that they would be drinking. Finally banning bottled water would help to save the lives of wildlife and fish. People believe bottles will not hurt animals or fish but bottles do cause great damage to the environment and damage the ecosystem more than thought to have. Fish lose their kelp habitats to bottles that take oxygen out of the water that kelp and fish need to survive.

Many marine mammals mistake these for food (Greer, Abigail). Plastic kills fish, birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, destroys habitats, and affects animal mating rituals, which can result in devastating results, such as wiping out an entire species (“How Ocean Pollution Impacts Marine Life-and All of

Without sharks, there would be an increase in several other carnivores, leading to a vast decrease in the amount of shellfish and other herbivores in the sea, which can be detrimental to local fisheries. Fishermen hunt sharks in order to sell their meat for money, however, those sharks are crucial to the survival of other desirable marine life such as shellfish, which fishermen also fish. So these fishermen are putting their own businesses at risk because once sharks are gone, everything is

They have social impacts, such as their endangerment of people and domesticated pets that are unaware of the risk they pose, and the blocking of drains and fouling of swimming pools. They also pose a health hazard as they are known to feed on human faeces, which means that they can acquire human diseases, such as Salmonella, and pass them on through their eggs. They impact the economy by placing a significant strain on the financial resources of land managers because of the ongoing need for research and management. Due to the decline in bush tucker species because of cane toad consumption, such as monitor lizards, snakes and turtles can affect Aboriginal communities culturally and economically. Lastly, there are ethical issues relating to the methods of collecting, euthanasia and disposing of the toads.

As humans expand they are producing more waste and need a place for it to go. In some countries, people just pump the waste into the water, as a result it is harming the manatees. The waste that humans are pumping into the ocean is causing toxic algae which the manatee eats and it makes the sick or could kill them. The waste from humans hurts the manatee also by

Water bugs and small fish become contaminated with chemicals from the liquid. The food chain is effected from the bottom up, so when the smallest food sources become compromised, all things above them are in risk as well. Humans and animals both are subject to the poison cocktail that is hydraulic fracturing. The gas corporations try to say that the benefits outweigh the consequences and that fracking is the only option. However, all that needs to be done is to stop pulling the lever and find a different machine.

Introduction Hydraulic Fracturing, commonly called hydrofracking or fracking is the process of drilling holes deep into the ground and pushing enormous amounts of water, sand, and chemicals into the holes to break up sedimentary rock in order for natural gas to escape (CDC, 2012). Moreover, hydraulic fracturing impacts the environment by contaminating the ground water, and affects the health of people, especially the workers that retrieve the natural gas and the animals living in towns that have natural gas drilling (CDC, 2012). The documentary Gasland on YouTube shows the damages of natural gas drilling caused by fracking companies which pollute the groundwater and ignore the dangers that people living next to drilling

There are situations today where ethics have been compromised because of money or because its easier not to think about. Such examples are that of the cutting down trees for our many purposes which destroys animals homes and our environment. Also by powering factories to make products, releases toxic fumes into our atmosphere. I predict that in the future greed and denial will defeat moral when the government continues to dump oil into the sea which will completely contaminate it and kill all sea