plus 90% of accredited mammals were born in zoos‚ and now zoos are really striving to improve the lives of their animals. Many will claim only an infrequent quantity of animals become self-sustaining again after being placed into a zoo. “Only 16 species have established self-sustaining populations in the wild…” (Laidlaw 17-18) Although this may be correct‚ “today more than 90 percent of the mammals in accredited facilities were born in zoos and not taken from the wild.” (Hutchins 49-52) This demonstrated
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A lot of animals have been vanquished from the Mother Nature due to some natural reasons or human’s insatiable hunger for money‚ particularly the endangered species of animals that require more attention to prevent them from being extinct in the near future. One of the major factors that are leading to the extinction of animals is deforestation. Mass deforestation by human has cost a lot to the habitat of animals. The animals are being forced to move away from their natural habitat as it is being
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The Threatened Northern Spotted Owl Imagine you’re a spotted owl mother who just hatched her 4 newborn owlet children. Obviously you’re thrilled to be starting this new chapter of your little owl life with a brand new family but you’re also shadowed with the fear of the young ones safety. The Great Horned and Barred Owl are stalking your new members for a late night snack and the opportunity to run you out of your home like the true savages they are. As their numbers in population increase‚ your
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Mountain Gorilla Biological name: Gorilla beringei beringei Habitat: Currently the mountain gorillas are protected national parks in two regions of Africa. One part of the gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The other group of Gorillas are spread over three national parks in the Virungas mountain. Any left over Gorillas live in lowland rainforests or mountainside forest Population: The mountain gorillas population has gone up and down throughout the years
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incredible animal that resides in mountain‚ forest areas; they mostly resemble the average dog. Wolves are very necessary to balance the ecosystem by naturally controlling the population of animals that eat vegetation. Wolves also help evolution in other species. These creatures are needed by the natural community to maintain the delicate balance of life. Without them‚ caribou‚ deer‚ elk and rabbits and many more animals would clear the land of plants‚ and the ecosystem would be unable to maintain itself
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Animal Trafficking Animal Trafficking‚ I’m interested in this topic because I have known for a while about animal trafficking in Brazil. Animal trafficking is a really big issue in Brazil because there are a lot of endangers and different varied of species. Animal Trafficking became a major issue and know is one of the issue that many people are trying to help and stop. Animals from different part of the world are also being trafficked. It just isn’t animals its everything‚ for instance some plants
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Should Scientists Bring Back Extinct Beasts? | | By: Megan Gannon Published: March 21‚ 2013 The Source: http://www.wunderground.com JONATHAN S. BLAIR/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC This photo shows a museum worker inspecting a replica of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)‚ a relative of modern elephants that went extinct 3‚000 to 10‚000 years ago. Biologists briefly brought the extinct Pyrenean ibex back to life in 2003 by creating a clone from a frozen tissue sample harvested before the goat’s
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While they are not an endangered species‚ they are hunted mercilessly by the fish industry especially off the coasts of China‚ Japan and parts of the North Pacific by the Russians (Ivashchenko 73). This extreme hunting has left the oceans with an unknown number of whales and thus‚
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biodiversity degradation in the Mediterranean countries. The Red List of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) records today some 16120 endangered species in the world. In this context we conducted this study of the coastal dunes vegetation in Oran‚ a subject whose work remain incomplete‚ and in the order to validate the presence of plant species threatened‚ vulnerable or likely to be so designated. A sampling was conducted during the year 2014 .All samples were identified using several reference
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Lemurs are a type of primate that are native to Madagascar. There are many different species of lemurs and they are all endangered. There are several reasons why lemurs are facing extinction; lemurs are being put at risk by deforestation‚ hunting‚ and climate change (Dunham et al.‚ 2008). Deforestation in Madagascar is especially significant in affecting lemurs. Deforestation leads to habitat loss and habitat fragmentation‚ which may have negative consequences for lemurs (Craul et al.‚ 2009). Lemurs
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