Is it cruel to keep animals in zoos? In my opinion it is very cruel to lock animals in cages because their freedom is taken from them and neither are they able to run around in the wild. Instead they have to be stuck in the cages with little kids chucking rubbish at them at any time of the day. It is all right to put in a zoo endangered animals like the cassowary because the zoo looks after them and gives them food. But if the cassowary was in the wild it would get killed and make it more endangered
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solution‚ while failing to recognize the overexploited status of the forest resources targeted for such use. What‚ in your opinion‚ are the most urgent threats to wildlife? By far the most urgent threat is the pressure from illegal hunting or poaching. We still have substantial amounts of forests left in some areas‚ particularly in the huge swathes of the tribal belts of Central and North East India‚ but they are “empty forests”. The wildlife in them has mostly been killed off‚ eaten or sold.
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assumed an almost sacred-like status in the West‚ while other animals such as the pig… well‚ have lost out. The Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove‚ which aired Sunday night on ABC1‚ is a masterfully crafted spy-like thriller telling the story of dolphin hunting practices in Taiji‚ Japan. The documentary shows terrible scenes of dolphins being rounded up‚ netted and then slaughtered with spears. It is shocking to see an animal‚ any animal‚ being killed. So what about the meat that makes it to the
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ANIMAL DIVERSITY Systematics • study of biological diversity and its origins Its arms TAXONOMY focus on properly describing‚ identifying‚ classifying‚ and naming of organisms. CLASSIFICATION focus on placing organisms within groups that show their relationships to other organisms. Writing a scientific name. • Kimberlicus beltranus • Kimberlicus beltranus The Protozoans Protozoa Alveolates Ciliates Sporozoans Dinozoans Amoeboids Amoebozoa Cercozoa
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Poaching Poaching‚ as defined by Webster‚ is the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission. Today‚ that definition seems slightly vague as the nature of poaching has changed drastically in recent years. Poaching is an ever growing epidemic that plagues every continent of this world. Animals of every type are pursued for a variety of economic reasons despite the ecological consequences associated with disrupting the natural
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Many elephants are dying because of the ivory trade. The ivory trade is a trade for elephant tusk. The ivory trade takes place in Africa. Most of the ivory is hunted for illegally and is mostly by poachers. Poachers are people who hunt illegally‚ and don’t have a license from the government. However‚ most poachers aren’t using the ivory the Chinese are. Three fourths of all ivory hunted is bought by the Chinese. Ivory is used to make many objects like rings‚ jewelry‚ chopsticks and other objects
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test on animals According to PETA‚ Each year‚ more than 100 million animals...are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons‚ medical training‚ curiosity-driven experimentation‚ and chemical‚ drug‚ food‚ and cosmetics testing. scientists do animal testing so they can make sure that it works so that way they will not harm the person that they are using the product on or what ever they are going to do on the patient. Even though i think that it is not right to do that to the animals they should
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There are 1‚920 cases of animal cruelty reported each year in the media. Sixty percent of abuse is directed at dogs‚ eighteen percent towards cats‚ and twenty-two percent is directed at other animals; it’s a big problem. Animal cruelty is any mistreatment of animals‚ including not responsibly caring for them‚ or refusing them food and water‚ and is illegal. There are many types of animal cruelty‚ but a large percent of it is neglect. Animal neglect is when an animal’s owner fails to provide anything
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"Brazen Killing of Rhinos Reignites Fears of Poaching" An act of cowardice and pure malice was displayed when four black rhino’s were recently slaughtered at a national park in Nairobi‚ Kenya. A thirteen-year-old calf and its mother were among two of the fifty-one black rhinos at Tsavo East National Park to have been murdered. The slaying of black rhino’s by poachers has been an epidemic that has increased within the recent years. The population of the black rhino’s had been decreasing in
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Poaching is a huge problem for many endangered species. Examples of poaching include shooting animals out of season‚ catching more fish than allowed‚ and “spotlighting‚” which is when a hunter shines a powerful light into a deer’s eyes to incapacitate them. These are the types of poaching seen in America. Commonly poached animals in North America include white tail deer‚ Canadian geese‚ and numerous types of river fish. All of these are common animal. In other parts of the world‚ the poached animals
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