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    decades and will continue to increase in the years to come. Poaching has the ability to destroy communities‚ cause extinction in animals species‚ and devastate environments. Communities are at risk of falling apart‚ because of the side effects of poaching. Countless animals have been killed‚ and the killing will continue to increase until something is done to stop it. And poaching

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    Keiflin‚ R.‚ Vouillac‚ C.‚ & Cador‚ M. (2008). Level of operant training rather than cocaine intake predicts level of reinstatement. Psychopharmacology‚ 197(2)‚ 247-261. doi:10.1007/s00213-007-1026-2 Conklin‚ C.‚ & Tiffany‚ S. (2002). Applying extinction research and theory to cue-exposure addiction treatment. Addiction (Abingdon‚ England)‚ 97(2)‚ 155-167.

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    clearly separated African elephants‚ Asian elephants‚ and mastodons as distinct species. Then he presented a similar work on modern and extinct sloths. These two works were important in defining the concept of extinction. Indeed‚ it was the

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    _____Cameron Kashani_____‚ a review of: Spicer‚ John I. 2009. Biodiversity. New York: Rosen Pub Biodiversity and its decline is a subject often overlooked when talking about the dangers facing our planets ecosystem. A main reason for this seclusion is the vague nature of the word biodiversity. It is a term that has so many different meanings because of people’s different subjective interpretations. However at the Convention on Biological Diversity at Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil in 1992‚ the term was

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    animals in captivity? Introduction Do you know that there are approximately a hundred million wild animals‚ and about twenty thousand species that die every year? Wild animals are in great danger from nature‚ diseases and worsening environment. The extinction of animals has become a critical problem leading us to think whether or not we should keep animals in captivity. Body – Danger In recent 50 years‚ nearly two thirds of the world’s forest has been cut down for human industry and agriculture

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    beasts of both legend and myths. To kill off a part of one’s culture simply for material needs is vulgar and incompetent. To use and then torture animals for personal needs has not only dropped the population of the animals to the point of near extinction but also have brought conflict amongst the people and brought psychological damage to both species. Calves are orphaned at a young age not being able to get the parenting that they need and even then some of those calves won’t make it to adulthood

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    human benefit or entertainment. Food‚ pets‚ and traditional medicines Anthropologists believe that the Stone Age people and hunter-gatherers relied on wildlife‚ both plants and animals‚ for their food. In fact‚ some species may have been hunted to extinction by early human hunters. Today‚ hunting‚ fishing‚ and gathering wildlife is still a significant food source in some parts of the world. In other areas‚ hunting and non-commercial fishing are mainly seen as a sport or recreation‚ with the edible meat

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    able to see animals that are not from the country or even continent. Also‚ some animals have lost or that might be extinction so they create a zoo to keep the animals safe. There are some benefits and negatives of keeping animals in zoos. Frist benefit for keeping the animals in zoo is to prevent them from extinction and other from lost. There are many animals about to extinction because people are hunting them so the put those animals in zoo to help them to survive and keep them safe from those

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    you see who kills the animals only to get their skin and fur. Conclusion In conclusion‚ today we talked about the three factors of extinction.They are poaching is the greatest contributor to the extinction of many species‚ habitat destruction can also affect wildlife and contribute to extinction and introduction of exotic species has driven species to extinction.We also talked about the reason of protection‚ which are protection of endangered species will lead to increasing of economic values

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    Wildlife Conservation Wildlife is a vital part of our ecosystem. Wildlife includes all animals and other organisms. Many animals are in the danger of extinction and strongly need to be saved. Animals add to the natural beauty of the earth. Humans’ activities become a big threat to the animals. Hunting and fishing is a sport or recreation for some people. Animals get killed indiscriminately. Some people kill animals for making profits by selling their skins‚ meat etc. Poaching is done in some of

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