The giant panda‚ infamously known for their black markings and playful behavior‚ is among one of the most endangered species in the world. Pandas in the wild have few natural enemies; their species decline is mostly due to overpopulation of humans who continue to take up land space and lack of food during the intervals of bamboo blossom season. This paper will discuss the pandas’ ecology‚ subdivided into categories of their diet‚ habitat and behavior‚ how humans first developed a relationship with
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1. Title: Asian Elephant-Elephas Maximus 2. Purpose: To learn how and why the Asian Elephant got on the endangered species list. Elephants are one of the largest land mammals in the world and they have been targets to man and other animals. 3. Background: My overall background the Asian Elephant is very limited. I know that they come from Asian and many were hunter for their tusks. You can find a few Asian Elephants at the local zoos and there is always controversy on elephants and the
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Neighbourhood Watch Setting up a Neighbourhood Watch is the perfect solution to reducing crime. The volunteer members keep their eyes open for suspicious activity and report it directly to the police‚ who can then take action. They can also help educate residents in ways to reduce crime‚ especially stopping burglaries.The problem‚ of course‚ is that it requires a commitment of time‚ especially from the Watch Co-ordinator‚ and that might not be for everyone. Community Initiatives If there’s no group
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Endangered Species Study: Jaguars I. The jaguars of Central and South America have been being killed for game and protection. This cat used to have homes around the United States to Uruguay‚ but ever since the fears of extinction the jaguars have moved to the undeveloped rain forests in Latin America. Jaguars are being killed due to many people fearing for their own lives and many are also being killed to protect cattle. Jaguars do stalk and ambush their prey‚ however‚ they rarely ever attack
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environmental damage: deforestation Increase in indigenous population = poaching of gorillas The Mbuti Pygmies Protected their way of life from outside influence Introduction of coltan mining: coltan is refined into tantalum – a metallic element used in components for cell phones etc Mbuti recruited to mine coltan (worth $80 a kg in 2001) Result: environmental damage: deforestation Increase in indigenous population = poaching of gorillas The Mbuti Pygmies After World War 2: end of colonial
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is drastically going down and even thought their police for has tried to stop this from happening their efforts still have not made a difference (Fang 38-39). In Tibet‚ their government launched Operation No.1 which is a $60‚000 campaign for anti poaching. On the highway of the Tibetan capital the government set up a tent and asked if they had any illegal weapons or skins. This campaign
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Project Tiger was launched by Kailash Sankhala in India in 1973. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats and also to protect them from extinction‚ and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage forever represented as close as possible the diversity of ecosystems across the tiger ’s distribution in the country. The project ’s task force visualized these tiger reserves as breeding nuclei‚ from which surplus animals would migrate
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According to a Wall Street Journal article‚ Africa’s elephant population dropped more than 30% from 2007 to 2014 due to poaching and trophy hunting (Anderson). That means over 100‚000 elephants were killed in seven short years. Trophy hunting is when hunters kill animals for money‚ bragging rights‚ and their own greed. This can cause drops in population or affect the ways animals survive. Even though it is major and causes so many problems‚ trophy hunting is looked past as if it is not an issue.
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Endangered Species: Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) By Natalie Hegwein The common name for the species is Bengal Tiger and it belongs to the genus/species Panthera tigris tigris. The Bengal Tiger usually has a reddish brown coat with narrow black‚ gray‚ or brown strips going in a vertical direction accompanied by a cream or white underbelly. Although some have a mutation gene which causes the skin color to be white instead of the usual color. Since the tigers generally hunt at
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Dust dramatically illustrate what once was‚ and is now in danger of becoming a distant past. The animals have become ghosts in their former landscapes. The scenes expose a monumental and complex problem that not only includes the issue of illegal poaching‚ but also encompasses human expansion‚ overpopulation‚ and the environmental and social stresses of economic development. The series serves as a call to action‚ a startling realization of the social and environmental price of human
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