Their goal is to educate the public‚ conserve‚ and protect the animals that are on the endangered species list. Hosey‚ director of the psychology and life science department in Bolton Institute‚ stated‚ “Zoos often encounter conflicts among their goals. For example‚ the possibly of being physically close to and interacting with animals increases
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To begin with‚ big game hunting should be banned because people aren’t killing innocent game for food or survival‚ they’re killing them for decoration.. In the article published in the LA Times‚ the author stated‚ “Every lion or rhino or bear that is hunted purely to get a trophy is a Cecil in some way-it may not be famous‚ but it is a sentient being‚ killed for its value as an ornament.” To further explain‚ on July 1‚ 2015‚ Cecil the Lion was killed illegally in Zimbabwe. Big game hunters lured
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Black Saturday The alarming Black Saturday bushfires commenced on February 7th 2009‚ igniting in Victoria‚ Australia. The fires affected more than 78 communities resulting 173 deaths‚ over 400 injuries‚ 2‚100 homes destroyed and over 7‚500 people displaced. The fire was an event due to extreme hot weather conditions. Wildfires are natural events that occur frequently in Australia‚ but the ongoing drought and warm winds resulted temperatures to each 46 Celsius degrees with winds in excess of more
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1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result Mauritian biodiversity is amongst the most threatened in the world. Figure 2.1 Forest cover in Mauritius (Page and d’Argent‚ 1997) Fifteen vegetation types have been classified (Vaughan & Wiehe 1937)‚ varying 13 in species composition and structure‚ and ranging from coastal sand dune vegetation to cloud forest. Remnants of some vegetation types
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instinct since everything is given to them. It’s still a good idea to have zoos to help endangered animals get back on their feet. 3 reasons to keep zoos around are they make people feel wonder and amazement‚ teach them how to protect animals‚ and ordinarily the animals live longer and better than they do in the wild. I think that we should have zoos because they help educate people on what they can do to help endangered animals‚ and also fills them with amazement seeing all kinds of cool animals. As
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communication. Today there are around 300 thousand chimpanzees in the wild and 2‚000 captive in the United States; out of those 2000‚ 850 are in laboratories‚ 600 in sanctuaries and 250 in private hands. (savethechimps.org). That lists chimpanzees as endangered species‚ rapidly decreasing in numbers. Being that chimpanzees are wild animals‚ their natural instincts are wild. Yes they are gentle loving creatures but what us humans don’t seem to comprehend is that they are wild animals‚ like lions‚ sharks‚
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Trophy hunting is a sound and effective solution to the extinction crisis that plagues the large game in Africa. Allowing a few animals to be hunted can benefit the larger population and aid in their protection and long term viability. Trophy hunting is an essential conservation and wildlife management tool and can fund anti poaching efforts. Wildlife management programs are extremely costly to maintain. The South African government spent 7 million dollars to support anti poaching security
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Sloths have many predators‚ like an jaguars and humans‚ there are many more but we are just going to talk about these. Jaguars are the top predator on the ground. Sloths go down to the forest floor once a week‚ and when they go they can’t protect themselves from jaguars. Humans shoot sloths so they can cut down their homes. When they shoot them they stay hanging in the tree because their claws have such a great grip‚ and the hunters have to climb the tree just to get the sloth. But in my opinion
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Would you let the government close down zoo’s. My opinion is no. Because zoos save animals from poachers. Also they help injured animals that got hurt from their natural habitats. Also help endangered animals. So when zoos help endangered animals across america by breeding endangered animals. Also zoos save animals from poachers that are killing off animals. Example is white rinoas. poachers
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tropical rainforest has higher species richness than the tropical grassland ecosystem. However‚ when based in the indices on Diversity‚ Similarity and Dominance in the tropical grassland and tropical rainforest data‚ the Simpson Indices favor the data for the tropical rainforest as more diverse than the tropical grassland. The Simpson Indices‚ as defined in Cuevas et. al (2012)‚ is based on dominance and as the number of dominant species in a community are few‚ the species has low diversity. The tropical
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