Today there are only about 790 mountain gorillas left in the world. They are the second most severely endangered subspecies of gorilla and can only survive in the wild. Unlike other gorillas that can live in captivity. My goal is to raise awareness of the decline of these magnificent animals. Although dedicated conservation initiatives have taken place since their scientific discovery in 1902‚ the mountain gorillas are still at great risk from malicious human acts and other biological reasons. Factors
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BIO-220 CLC Group Projects Agreement CLC Course Information Course Name/Section Number: Environment Science Bio220.R Instructor’s Name: Berenise Charlton Start Date of the Course: 23 Feb 2015 CLC Member Contact Information (Who is in our group?) CLC Member Name Primary Email Address Secondary Email Address Other Contact Information Susie Bybee Sbybee82@gmail.com 4326409230 Paulette Senesac Paulettesenesac46554@gmail.com 574-208-2771 Cell Kris seals Mocha1369@msn.com 5099940856 Dawn Johnson
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efforts to protect wildlife in India. Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India In the last few decades‚ human encroachment was one of the biggest threats to facing India’s wildlife. Indian Government built many National Parks in order to facilitate endangered species up to some extent. The first park was established in 1935; besides‚ the Project Tiger was also enacted in 1972. At the beginning of the 20th century‚ there were around 40‚000 tigers in India as compared to the tiger consensus of 2008 which
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political authorities‚ to reverse the decline of a language. If the decline is severe‚ the language may be endangered‚ moribund‚ or extinct. In these cases‚ the goal of language revitalization is often to recover the spoken use of the language. Although the goals of language revitalization vary by community and situation‚ a goal of many communities is to return a language that is extinct or endangered to daily use. The process of language revitalization is the reverse of language death. -------------------------------------------------
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Example Essay on Endangered Species When we hear of the term species‚ a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name comes to mind. However‚ when the term endangered is used in conjunction with species‚ this gives us a different perspective‚ as well as negative. Thus‚ an endangered species is a species threatened by extinction. The Puerto Rican Parrot falls under this category. This parrot has seen an extravagant population decrease over the last five hundred years
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and one by one animals will die out. It affects the food chain‚ it affects everything on the planet Earth‚ including humans. What is considered to be the main cause of animal extiction? Habitat Destruction. Many species are being threatened and endangered because there habitat has been torn down as a result of human demand. Tropical rainforest are hacked down for timber and wood resources‚ development of petroleum resources‚ mineral resources and for cash-crop planations. Habitat changes reduce the
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animals do better in the zoos. Overall‚ it is important to look as both sides of the argument. Supporters of zoos would argue that there are many advantages to keeping animals in captivity. One of the most important of these is that there are some endangered species are protected in the zoos. Like Giant Panda‚ Brown Bear and Siberian Tiger and so on. Moreover‚ zoos give us a close encounter with wild animals. In addition to this‚ zoos make an easy life for animals. For example‚ they don’t need to run
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far below any professional standard and do nothing but cause misery and death to thousand of animal." this sentence gives me another reason why animals in captivity should be ban. Other may say that keeping animals in captivity helps animals or endangered species keep safe in zoos but I believe that animals need to be spread out and be in their real
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aphrodisiac. Amur leopards which are very close to extinction with an estimated 30-40 of them left in the world because of poaching‚ they’re killed for their fur and skin to be used for clothing and decoration. Siberian tigers have been classified as endangered with 3‚000-3‚200 left in the world. They have become so rare that anyone can purchase a small Siberian tiger on the black market for $50‚000. The saola‚ an animal known to the Asian civilians as a mythical creature
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them for trade. They are used for food‚ for clothes‚ wool‚ cosmetics‚ ornaments‚ fat‚ and decorations and even for sport. It is different in every country and affects many species of animals to the point of extinction. Poaching is a crime against endangered species and other wildlife and should be stopped. Poaching is not the same as the regulated hunting sport. Hunters have licenses to practice hunting as a sport and they practice and follow the laws inflicted on them including following the hunting
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