increasing number of reports have demonstrated a considerable decrease in the number of languages during the last few centuries (Romaine‚ 2007). Additionally‚ the future of many languages is also dismal. As a consequence‚ whether or not to protect endangered languages is a quite controversial issue at present. This essay will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of preserving languages‚ which are quite essential for governments and other organisations. One argument put forward is that humanity
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Endangerment is a broad issue‚ one that involves the animals as well as the environments where they live and interact with one another. In order to solve or even slightly elevate this problem‚ every aspect must be studied. So exactly what could cause the endangerment of animals? There are several factors of which only a few will be discussed. One of the main aspects is that of habitat destruction. Of course our planet is continually changing‚ causing habitats to be altered and modified‚ but
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Endangered Species Endangered species are living things whose population is so reduced that they are threatened with extinction. Thousands of species are included in this category. The International Union for the Conservation of nature and Natural Resources publishes a list of threatened mammals‚ birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and (many people do not consider them) plants .CAUSES OF EXTINCTION Millions of years before humans‚ extinction of living things was linked to geological and climate‚ the
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An endangered species is a population of organisms‚ which is facing high risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers‚ or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. There are a lot of endangered species in the world right now. They are moving towards being extinct slowly. In fact‚ since a species is not declared extinct until years have gone by since it was last spotted. Tigers are among the animals that are endangered in Asia. The tiger is native to Asia
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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
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“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic
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Over 9 billion animals are slaughtered for human consumption every year‚ roughly 20 million suffer in laboratories‚ and another 5 million are killed for their fur in the United States alone. Under law slaughtered cattle and hog first must be “stunned” so they are insensible to pain. This is usually done with a blow to the head or an electric shock. But on most plants this stunning doesn’t always work properly‚ with cruel consequences for the animals. The animal is lifted and hung upside down still
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Animal Cruelty Today I am going to talk to you about innocent animals who have been uncared for‚ neglected and most of all subjected to cruelty. If you didn’t know already‚ the RSPCA stands for The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This is the world’s oldest animal welfare organization; originally set up just to look after farm animals‚ later expanding to include all animals. A group leader founded this organisation in 1824 by the name of Richard Martin who was an MP.
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Vaquita In my bibliography paper i am going to talk to you about the critically endangered Vaquita. I will tell you there habitat‚ food‚ amount of reproduction‚ conservation activities‚ physical description‚ man’s impact on the vaquita‚ and how many are left. ¨The vaquita lives in the River Delta Biosphere Reserve in California.¨ The vaquita likes to stay close to shore so they can get fresh water from the little rivers that dump into the sea. Vaquitaś like to live in tropical upwelling habitatś
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"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers." This is a quote by an unknown author referring to the inaccuracy of animal testing. So our question is‚ why do companies and industries spend thousands of dollars a year on these tests? That is something I would like to know‚ along with many other people. Rodents are typically the animals that are used in cancer research‚ however‚ rats are only 37% effective in determining the cause of cancer in humans.
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