Dylan Altman
Biology 102
Abstract
This paper is to discuss endangered species. It is meant to help understand how a species becomes endangered. It tells who decides which species are considered endangered and what conditions would lead them to become endangered. The paper tells about how endangered species can affect the lives of just a few people but an entire town. Examples are included in the text about how this has happened before. It is easy to understand how a species can be considered endangered but the purpose of the paper is to distinguish the difference between a species and a subspecies. The status of whether a species is a subspecies or a species can have a drastic impact of human lives.
The survival of every species that is still living on Earth is very important to a lot of people. This is so important there is a day dedicated to celebrating Endangered species that are no longer endangered and the species that are still in danger. Endangered Species day is celebrated every 3rd Friday of May (National Wild Life Federation). Sometimes these species can have a great impact on human lives. The ESA or Endangered Species Act is a very strong environmental legislation. It gives the government right to act on private land. This can involve shutting down whole companies that are impacting the survival of a species; this can lead to the crippling of an entire town. Species can be considered a species of a subspecies. This taxonomic status of an organism can have a significant economic and social impact. This is what gets a lot of heated debates started between companies and environmentalist. The companies always argue that the species is not a subspecies but is part of the main species. The environmentalists always argue that the species is a subspecies that is genetically different than the main species. For a species to be considered endangered it has to qualify for the protection status of
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