Products

About

©2019 StudyMode.com

Animal Extinction

Topics: Endangered species, Conservation biology, Extinction Pages: 4 (1146 words) Published: May 28, 2013
In centuries ago, there were various types of animal species that lived in this world but these species cannot be found for the meantime and forever. There are many efforts had been done in order to preserve endangered species but the numbers of endangered species are still increase rapidly. However, there were still numbers of selfish people that did not even concern about the animal species that disappeared. Animal extinction can be defined as animal species no longer stay in the earth as it already disappeared. The factors that lead to animal extinction are irresponsible human’s hands that destroyed animal’s habitat by deforestation, illegal wildlife trades and climate change.

Deforestation is the main causes that lead animal species loss their habitat and become extinct. If people loss their house, they will not have any shelter and live without protection. This situation also happened to the animal species in this world. “Deforestation is a great way to eliminate the terrestrial species in this world” (Greenwell 2007).There are many functions of animal habitat to the human being as the human population is increasing. These areas which natural habitat to animal growth rapidly used as industrialized, commercialized, urbanized and for agriculture. When the animal’s habitat destructed by deforestation, animal would not have food supplies and lose their own habitat. The growth of this area happened with many skyscrapers that had been built and animal cannot adapt in new situation. As a result, the animal species are lost and extinct from this world.

Wildlife trading also the cause that leads to the animal extinction. Money is the most significant thing for human being and act as necessity of life. Wildlife trade is a big business that run by dangerous international network and estimated can earned into hundreds of millions dollars (Illegal Wildlife Trade 2013).The most renowned animals species in this illegal trade are elephant’s ivory and tiger’s skin. The...

References: LIST
* Chronicle, Atlanta. Animal Extinction Causes and Effects. 2012. ACME Articles. Accessed May 8. http://www.acme-articles.com/article/Environmental/Animal_Extinction_Causes_and_Effects/88197
* Climate Change-effects on animals, birds and plants. 2013. Climate & Weather. Accessed April 29. http://www.climateandweather.net/global_warming/effects_on_animals.htm
* Greenwell,Michael.The Impact of Wildlife Extinction and the Importance of Biodiversity. 2007.Exit Stage Right.Accessed April 26. http://exitstageright.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/the-impact-of-wildlife-extinction-and-the-importance-of-biodiversity/
* Illegal Wildlife Trade. 2013. World Wildlife Fund. Accessed May 8. http://worldwildlife.org/threats/illegal-wildlife-trade
* Whitty ,Julia.Animal Extinction-the greatest threat to mankind.2007.The Independent.Accessed April 26. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/animal-extinction--the-greatest-threat-to-mankind-397939.html
Continue Reading

Please join StudyMode to read the full document

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Animal Endangerment Essay

    ...Animal endangerment is a broad issue, one that involves the habitats and environments where species live and interact with one another. The three main things that this essay will hit on is explaining animal endangerment, human causes, and threatening factors with habitat destruction. What is going to happen to the wild animals if we continue eliminating them at this rate? They will become victims of animal endangerment. What is animal endangerment? Endangerment of an animal means that the animal species is close to extinction. When discussing the causes of endangerment, it is important to under stand that individual species are not the only factors involved in this dilemma. Although some measures are being taken to help specific causes of endangerment, the universal problem that cannot be solved until humans protect the natural habitat where endangered species dwell. Our planet is constantly changing, causing habitats to be altered and modified. Natural changes tend to occur at a gradual pace usually causing only a light impact on individual species. However, when changes occur at a fast pace, there is little to no time for an individual species to react and adjust to new circumstances. This can create disastrous results, and for this reason, rapid habitat loss is the second most primary cause of species endangerment. The strongest forces in rapid...

    Read More
    939 Words 3 Pages
  • Animals Extinction Essay

    ...Animal extinction Animal extinction has been dramatically occurring and this is the biggest issue in the planet. The governments and scientists try to figure out the better ways to prevent and preserve the disappearance of animals. Human attitudes, degradation of nature and climate change are the causes that lead to animal extinction. I think that if these causes are still occurring without protection and preservation, the environment will become in less healthy state by 2050. The world human population has been rapidly increasing, and it means that the human attitude is one of important reasons that leads to the extinction of species. As a consequence of the population growth, the demand and consumption are more and more rising. A lot of wilderness, forests and drained swamps are destroyed and exploited by the loggers, illegal people that don’t have any responsibilities and awareness of their actions. High buildings, industrial areas, factories, urban areas, transportation and houses are dramatically building to response human’s demands; therefore, the animals will lose their principal food supply or the space to live. Additionally, the problem of air pollution, water pollution or erosion of land will accelerate the imbalance in wildlife population and damage to ecosystem. They also degrade and destroy the environment as the nature habitat of...

    Read More
    887 Words 3 Pages
  • Animal Extinction Among Endangered Species Essay

    ...Animals Extinct Join AllFreePapers.com Category: Science Autor: anton 30 March 2011 Words: 2389 | Pages: 10 I. INTRODUCTION An endangered species is a population extinct organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in number3, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. It is a taxonomic species, but maybe another evolutionary significant unit such as a subspecies. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been evaluated through 2006. Many nations have laws offering protection to these species: for example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves. Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection. Many more species become extinct, or potentially become will become extinct, without gaining public notice. The high rate at which the species have become extinct within the last 150 years is a cause of concern. While species have evolved and become extinct on a regular basis for the last several hundred million years, recent rates of extinction are many times higher than the typical. The risk of species extinctions at present is estimated at 100 to 1000 times "background" or an average extinction rates in the evolutionary time scale...

    Read More
    2468 Words 9 Pages
  • CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS Essay

    ...refers to the existence of wide range of different types of organism in a given place at a given time . It refers to the variety of life on Earth and the variability among living organism & their interactions , both within species & between species, and also between ecosystems. FLORA AND FAUNA The plants and animals found in a particular region are known as Flora and Fauna respectively, of that region. THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE PRODUCTS poses a threat to the plants and animals . For example –specific body parts like skins (tiger), furs (bears, fox), bones, ivory (elephants), sex organs, bile, skeletons, and claws(tiger) are highly valued as ornaments, jewelry or as medicines . DESTRUCTIONS OF HABITATS TO GET ADDITIONAL AGRICULUTURAL AND COMMERCIAL LAND has lead to the depletion of plant and animal species . POLLUTION DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES has resulted in global warming and climate change . This in turn has resulted in reduction in no. of species. INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC SPECIES around the world is also a threat to bio diversity. THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY GENETIC POLLUTION- Endemic species can be threatened with extinction through the process of genetic pollution, i.e. uncontrolled hybridization, introgression and genetic swamping. Genetic pollution leads to homogenization or replacement of local genomes as a result of either a numerical and/or fitness advantage of an...

    Read More
    1033 Words 29 Pages
  • Essay on Causes of animal extinction

    ... Animal extinction is happening nowadays due to the multiple factors of environmental degradation. The primary cause of environmental degradation is human disturbance. Extinctions caused by human are generally considered to be are recent phenomena. When humans convert wild areas for agriculture, forestry, urban development, or water projects including dams, hydropower, and irrigation, they reduce or eliminate its usefulness as a habitat for the other species that live there. The temperature of the environmental impact varies with the cause, the habitat, the plants and animals that inhabit it. Fragmentation of habitat carries long term environmental impacts, some of which can destroy entire ecosystem. Habitat loss poses the greatest threat to species. Some wildlife species require large land in order to meet all of their needs for food, habitat, and other resources. These animals are called area sensitive. When the environment is fragmented, the large patches of habitat no longer exist. It becomes more difficult for the wildlife to get the resources to survive. A more critical result of habitat fragmentation is land disturbance. On the other hand, natural disaster is also one of the courses of animal extinction. Mother Nature causes environmental problems too. Things like landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and wildfires can completely decimate...

    Read More
    1003 Words 3 Pages
  • Animal Extinction Paper

    ...Animal Extinction Preventing Extinction Not much is thought about extinction in today’s society. One might argue that it is a small problem, and completely irrelevant; but according to statistics of scientific research, extinction is an important issue nationwide. Extinction of a species over time is undisputable, and inevitable; however, the burden of mankind on animals and their environment has caused extinction to increase severely. The extinction of certain species is outrageous; it affects all living organisms due to the Food Chain and Circle of Life. According to research, there is an average of 5 million species that exist on earth (Endangered Species/Species Extinction). 1.7 million have been discovered and identified, and since the 17th century, 83 mammals, 113 birds, and 869 plants have become extinct (Endangered Species/Species Extinction) Mankind should be attempting to preserve earth’s valuable habitants, not destroying their environment for human benefit. The growing rate of extinction can be reversed, but we, as humans, must first realize that it is important to stop the main causes of extinction: exploitation and disturbance, global climate change and pollution, and most importantly, habitat destruction....

    Read More
    1582 Words 5 Pages
  • Essay on Brink of Extinction

    ...Brink of Extinction In Malaysia today the survival of wildlife have taken second place to human activity. All major wildlife species are now threatened with extinction. Does saving these endangered species and taking necessary actions for those who are on the brink of extinction means anything to you? Most of us are not aware that our Malayan Tiger, Clouded Leopard (Roy Goh 2011), Pygmy Elephant, Sumatran Rhino, Orang-Utan and Turtles are in the under-extinction animals category. Malaysian should be grateful for owning these animals in our tropical rainforest. However, we destroy the forest, hunt these animals and export them to other country. Without realizing it, these animals are under extinction. That's mean, we're almost losing them from this world. If we keep ignoring them, We might not see the Leatherback turtle in Redang island or the Malayan Tiger in the zoo, or Borneo pygmy (elephant) or even the orang utan anymore, if actions are not taken In future ,our grandchild will not able to see them in real.. or just in the documentary in National Geography channel or encyclopedia “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” ( Mother Teresa 2006) But another kind of wildlife is being threatened with much greater ferocity. The kind of...

    Read More
    1630 Words 5 Pages
  • No to De Extinction Essay

    ...Anna Drabovskaya Mrs. Ene European Literature Period 4 26 February 2015 No to De-Extinction           Whether it is bringing people back from the dead or resurrecting an entire extinct species, for hundreds of years, scientists everywhere have had the desire and craving to try and reverse nature’s kiss of death. Modern scientists are exploring the possibility of resurrecting species, that we and our ancestors led to extinction, through the process of de-extinction or also known as “resurrection biology”. Scientists believe that this project would not only allow us to redeem our mistakes but also provide breakthroughs in the field of genetic engineering. This concept was first presented to the public in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film, Jurassic Park that also shows how there are much greater repercussions of this experiment than there could be scientific gains. Even though these projects have purely good intentions, similarly to Frankenstein’s experiment, good intentions of a science experiment, which tampers with life and death, often have a greater chance of going south and causing more danger than benefit. Although astounding scientific breakthroughs may come to be as the result of a successful de-extinction project, there are many greater dangers that could develop for the human race through bringing back certain extinct species. While evolution may be cruel, it is never wrong therefore there was a reason for the...

    Read More
    2107 Words 7 Pages

Popular Essays

Become a StudyMode Member

Sign Up - It's Free