Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with its varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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For millions of years‚ some animals have been dying out and other species have been appearing. The animals that died out‚ like the dinosaurs‚ may have done so because of sudden changes in the world’s climate‚ or because other species appeared that could hunt them or beat them in the competition for food. Tigers are among the animals that are endangered in Asia. The tiger is native to Asia from the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea to Siberia in the north and Indonesia and even in Borneo and the Philippines
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Humans‚ animals and plants have a great relationship with each other‚ they need each other‚ and they make each other’s lives better. Without plants and animals‚ human won’t be able to survive or can not live till now because humans need plants and animals to feed themselves. On the other hand‚ plants aren’t able to grow‚ too because they need to be taken care by humans. Therefore‚ human should protect both animals and plants. But human couldn’t take good care of animals‚ most of the animals in the
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What is a hyper-connected world? It is the accelerating inter-connectivity between people globally at all time. This increasing connectivity has in so many ways made our lives so much easier and has also improved the standard of our lives greatly. This inter-connection has virtually managed to influence every aspect of our day to day lives. Social media‚ e-commerce‚ smartphones‚ healthcare – you name it! Digital connectivity has permeated it all and in fact our dependence on it is growing exponentially
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Zoos A zoo is a facility in which animals are kept in confined spaces or enclosures‚ displayed to the public and can be bred. Other names for a zoo are zoological park‚ zoological garden and a menagerie. Zoos around the world cause concern for animal rights‚ which is a problem because zoos normally keep wild animals rather than domestic ones. It is believed that zoo’s began around 3500BC‚ which is when the oldest zoological park is recorded. The oldest known zoological collection was revealed
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Human intervention are both advantageous and disadvantageous to the biodiversity of the Felidae family. The way human intervention affects each of the following species of the family are explained below. CHEETAHS Cheetahs are endangered and even extinct in many areas today largely due to human intervention. Human beings have taken over much of the cats’ habitat and killed off the prey that the cheetahs hunt for food. People have also killed many cheetahs directly. By the early 1970’s‚ the fur trade
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Our topic is about tree kangaroos. They are one of the many endangered species on our world‚ and we think that the tree kangaroo should be saved. This essay is going to tell the reader about tree kangaroos‚ and give reasons to preserve this species. Tree kangaroos should be saved because they are a type of animal in our world and they should stay that way. In the vast planet we have learned to call home‚ every animal counts. The tree kangaroos’ population is slowly disintegrating. Before we talk
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Exotic Animals The term exotic animal describes any type of animal that is "more unusual than the standard cat or dog" (Slater). Larry Keller writes‚ "Every year thousands of animals are brought illegally into the United States… illegal trade includes animals both dead and alive. The taking of endangered [and exotic] species from the wild‚ and the pollution and destructions of their habitat is decimating many species." Television‚ movies‚ magazines‚ and other forms of media attractively portray
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The Fading Feline The jaguar is a magnificent creature. It owns a prized fur and holds a top speed of sixty-four miles per hour. This powerful‚ poised‚ and potent cat species is gradually diminishing. In the later years of the twentieth century‚ “…around eighteen thousand jaguars were killed [each] year” (Miller). Due to habitat loss‚ human intolerance‚ and poaching‚ there are only an estimated fifteen thousand jaguars left in the wild. Although there are specific organizations and government funds
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Scott Lodde: Description of how genetic variation and genetic drift affects extinction of various species. http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/9834092339/student_view0/chapter20/simulation_of_genetic_drift.html http://anthro.palomar.edu/synthetic/synth_5.htm Genetic drift has many factors that can be linked to the extinction of a species. Genetic drift is a change in allele frequency which can rise or fall over time. Genetic drift lowers genetic variation every generation. The strength genetic
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