The Endangered Species Act‚ enacted in 1973‚ was put into place to protect the world’s wildlife‚ however it was built on the scientific knowledge of species from back then. With advancing technology and understanding‚ the Endangered Species Act‚ while it was great basis for protection for many years‚ it is time for it to be updated to fit the ever-changing world. As more research is conducted‚ it is being shown that keeping genetic diversity is more important to a species then just population size
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Endangered Bears throughout the World Bears are big mammals that belong to carnivorous family. They have a hairy body‚ a short tail and small round ears. They learn with their heels and their sole to walk as human beings‚ but they have four fingers instead of five. Bears are very much endangered. The endangered species of bears are: polar‚ giant panda‚ brown‚ grizzly‚ Koloa‚ black American‚ black Asiatic‚ and Malay. The panda bear is a probably the most famous endangered animal‚ only existing
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The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) also referred to as monkey-eating eagle‚ is an eagle subspecies that belong to the family of Accipitridae and is native to Philippine. These eagle display white-colored plumage together with the shaggy crest‚ averaging 86 – 102 cm (2 ft 10 in to 3 ft 4 in) in length. The weight of these species measure around 4.7 – 8 kg (10 – 18 lb). As far as the eagle’s length is concerned‚ Philippine eagle is the largest‚ harpy eagle and the stellar’s sea eagle being
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"Taking" Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)‚ 16 U.S.C. § 1532(19) (2006). - "The term ’take’ means to harass‚ harm‚ pursue‚ hunt‚ shoot‚ wound‚ kill‚ trap‚ capture‚ or collect‚ or to attempt to engage in any such conduct." § 1538 (a)(1)(B) - "it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to . . . . take any such species within the United States or the territorial sea of the United State." "Knowingly" United States v. McKittrick‚ 142 F.3d 1170‚ 1177 (9th Cir
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1) Ostler addresses the many factors that come into play regarding endangered languages. Explains the causes that are responsible for some of these endangered languages like imperialism. He defends globalization and mentions global languages are only an effect of globalization. This argument is based on a casual argument because its mainly based on a definition‚ globalization being one of them. It also carry’s some complexity to the argument which is a direct cause of casual arguments. 2) The structure
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species’ Scientific names created a buzz. Are we that careless of these natural wealth that had been given to us that we almost always take them for granted and even do not give justice to their names? When I have watched the documentary entitled “The Endangered Tales” I was once again reminded of how richly blessed we are‚ Filipinos‚ that we have such unique and beautiful animals and plants just at our own backyard. I really love the numerous species of orchids that we have and I find it most interesting
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Michael Milosevich Professor DeGraffenreid English 102-WI2015-15103 25 January 2015 Leatherback‚ Loggerhead‚ or Just Turtle Kay Ryan’s Turtle on first read is nothing more than a poem about a stodgy turtle and it’s below average life‚ but the author is undoubtedly articulating life and how humankind struggle throughout each awakening day just to survive. Front page material screams murder‚ mayhem and the apocalypse to the multitude on a daily basis reinforcing what a challenge it is to exist
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family together? Of what importance is family unity in today’s society? Does your family agree and follow any pattern of unity? Describe!) 2. Animals play an important symbolic role throughout this novel. What important qualities does the land turtle have as described in chapter 3? (Include: Do you have pets? What role do the pets in your household play? Are pets important to the people who care for them? What emotional meaning to people do pets have?) 3. What opinions does Casy‚ the former
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Endangered languages: what is to be done‚ and why? The threat to linguistic resources is now recognized as a worldwide crisis. Language death is what happens when the last speaker of a particular language dies‚ or when a language community ceases to exist. It is an extinction that is happening on a massive scale and with astonishing speed. According to Krauss (1992a)‚ as many as half of the estimated 6‚000 languages spoken on earth are "moribund"; spoken only by adults who no longer teach them
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6500 official languages. 2000 endangered languages. Leaves us with 4500 languages. Language death is occurring at a high rate. What are we doing? Do we care about our future generation? Do we have any values regarding our culture? The answer to all of that is very pessimistic. At this point of life‚ we give absolutely zero attention towards the death of the languages. We think that the languages that are vanishing do not matter‚ that is why they are dying‚ so why should we fight the tide? Well‚ I
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