Ban Zoo Background By definition‚ a zoo is a facility in which animals are kept and displayed to the public. It is a short form of Menagerie‚ zoological park and garden. The word zoological refers to zoology which means study of animals. An Egyptian queen called Queen Hatshepsut decided to build a zoo about 1500BC and about five hundred years later a Chinese Emperor named Wen Wang founded the Garden of Intelligence. The Garden of Intelligence was an enormous zoo which was full of different kind
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According to the article‚” If we are to save many wild species and restore and repair ecosystems we need to know about how key species live‚ act and react. Being able to study animals in zoos where there is less risk and less variables means real changes can be effected on wild populations with far fewer problems.” Zoologists use zoos to study
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biodiversity. Refer to protected areas and/or reserves‚ seed banks‚ botanic gardens‚ zoos‚ sperm banks In Situ Conservation Methods In-situ conservation‚ the conservation of species in their natural habitats‚ is considered the most appropriate way of conserving biodiversity. Conserving the areas where populations of species exist naturally is an underlying condition for the conservation of biodiversity. That’s why protected areas form a central element of any national strategy to conserve biodiversity
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Should we keep animals in captivity? Introduction Do you know that there are approximately a hundred million wild animals‚ and about twenty thousand species that die every year? Wild animals are in great danger from nature‚ diseases and worsening environment. The extinction of animals has become a critical problem leading us to think whether or not we should keep animals in captivity. Body – Danger In recent 50 years‚ nearly two thirds of the world’s forest has been cut down for human industry
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White tigers are an endangered species and it is said that less than a dozen have been seen in India in about a hundred years. In fact no sightings have been reported since 1951. This may be caused by the fact that the Royal Bengal tiger population has dropped from 40‚000 to 1‚800 in the past ten years and as few as one in every 10‚000 tigers is white (www.cranes.org/whitetiger). White tigers are neither albinos nor a special species. They differ from the normally colored tigers by having blue eyes
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(the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) CITES is an international agreement between governments which aims to protect wild plants and animals and to ensure that international trade does not threaten their survival. Although many of traded wildlife species are not endangered‚ the existence of CITES agreement would safeguard these resources end ensure their trade is sustainable. The trade of wildlife species could be in the form of live animals and plants
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leopard‚ they are a placental mammal. It is characterized by their distinct fur. Panthera uncia is found in the harsh and hazardous mountainous areas in Asia. The species is rated as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. They are currently on a downward population trend. The trend can be traced back to the systematic hunting of the species for fur and retaliation for preying on farm animals. It is thought they there less than 7000 left in the wild (Jackson et al 2008). The thick white‚ yellow and
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------------------------------------------------- Wildlife conservation Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting endangered plant and animal speciesand their habitats. Among the goals of wildlife conservation are to ensure that nature will be around for future generations to enjoy and to recognize the importance of wildlife andwilderness lands to humans.[1] Many nations are government agencies dedicated to wildlife conservation‚ which help to implement policies designed to protect wildlife
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macaw parrots are actually endangered in the open with six species that already are extinct. The greatest complications threatening the macaw people has been the speedy price of deforestation and the unlawful capture of the exotic birds to end up being sold as pets. The types mostly seen in your pet trade will be the large colorful macaws such as for example scarlet macaws‚ gold and blue macaws‚ military macaws‚ mini macaws are harder to discover but consist of species such as for example Hahn’s
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cat or dog" (Slater). Larry Keller writes‚ "Every year thousands of animals are brought illegally into the United States… illegal trade includes animals both dead and alive. The taking of endangered [and exotic] species from the wild‚ and the pollution and destructions of their habitat is decimating many species." Television‚ movies‚ magazines‚ and other forms of media attractively portray the owning of exotic animals as pets. Owning exotic animals seem to be a symbol of status amongst the rich
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