Endangered Animals Humans are destructive. Not a lot of us think about how what we do affects the world around us. We almost act like we are the only ones on this planet. We go around polluting and destroying our world with no regard for our actions. The things that live out in the wild are paying the price for it. Every day that passes there is another animal or plant that is placed on an endangered list. This is happening at an alarming rate. Because of man’s desire to expand and conquer their
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strikes off the north-eastern seaboard of the US do not augur well for the species. Fewer than 350 animals Western Pacific grey whale. The most endangered of all great whales‚ and a potential victim of oil and gas exploitation off Sakhalin Island on the far east of Russia. Likely oil spills threaten the habitat of a population of as few as 120 individuals. The death of just three females could mean the extinction of the species. Fewer than 120 animals Bowhead. Once known as the common or Greenland
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March 29‚ 2011 An Obligation Is Not A Choice What defines an obligation? Is it defined as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living or is it something that one has to do because someone says they have to? I would define an obligation as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living. What I do not understand is how one person can dodge their obligations. I see people choose to live a life where their obligations are pushed aside as if
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as mythical as unicorns. Due to factors such as illegal game hunting‚ environmental pollution and human encroachment into habitats‚ more and more species of animals are becoming endangered every day. It is society ’s duty to discover the source of the problem as well as find solutions for them in order to sustain what precious wildlife is left. By instigating protective laws for the threatened species‚ breeding them in captivity and releasing them in the wild‚ banning over-hunting‚ and many other
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Edward Island Preserve Company is a manufacturing and retail company founded by Bruce McNaughton in 1985. The company manufactures and sells specialty foods with over 80 items made primarily from island produce‚ including Preserve‚ sauces and syrups. P.E.I. Preserve products are available through retail‚ wholesale‚ mail order catalogues‚ restaurants and kiosks. Approximately three-quarters of retail sales come from the company’s products. Of these‚ three-quarters are jam Preserve. The products produced
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Are Endangered Animals an Issue? There are around 41‚000 endangered species‚ and around 16‚000 of them are on the edge of extinction. There are many reasons for animals to go endangered‚ such as habitat loss‚ pollution‚ disease‚ predation‚ illegal killing‚ and poaching. Habitat loss happens by a mixture of things logging‚ agriculture‚ the building of roads and cities‚ and forest fires. Habitat loss affects China’s giant panda because of the expanding buildings in China. Pollution is affecting fish
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a period of days or weeks and mark their territory with urine and feces. Across their range‚ tigers face unrelenting pressure from poaching‚ retaliatory killings and habitat loss. They are forced to compete for space with dense and often growing human populations. POPULATION- as few as 3‚200 WEIGHT- 220 - 660 pounds LENGTH- 4-10 ft. HABITATS- Tropical rainforests‚ evergreen forests‚ mangrove swamps‚ grasslands‚ savannas‚ and temperate forests Pandas This peaceful creature with a distinctive
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Should We Be More Concerned With The Current Rate of Extinction? Preserving endangered species isn’t an unfamiliar concept – everyone has seen the tiger commercials looking for donations‚ and most people are familiar with the “Save the Whales!” ballyhoo‚ but the question is: is it as big of a concern as people make it out to be? Some people think no‚ it’s not because extinction is a natural process that has been occurring since life existed on Earth and that the issue is being exaggerated. However
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Though the tiger is one of the most powerful mammals‚ it also faces the worst chances of being extinct. In fact‚ as many as three subspecies of tigers have become extinct in the last 30 years and there is danger of even more of the species becoming extinct. Recent estimates put the population of all tigers (including the ones in captivity) at somewhere between 5000-7500‚ with only about 3200 in the wild. At the beginning of the century‚ this number was closer to about 100‚000. This shows how fast
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Should Black Men around the World Be Placed on the Endangered Species List? Larry T. Johnson Ms. Diane Lee LSTD3333 Friday‚ March 12‚ 2010 . We have developed the blood bank‚ created the automatic traffic signal and invented the gas mask that saved the lives of countless American men in World War I. However‚ under the World War I slogan “Making the World Safe for Democracy” black men were not allowed to join the Marines‚ Coast Guard or Air Force. We have
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