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    of death for elephants. So as you can see‚ foot infections are bad‚ but they can be prevented. Some people would argue that zoos are better for elephants. I disagree‚ but they have their reasons to believe that. There are no poachers in the zoo. Poaching is one of the main causes of drop in elephant population. People also believe that elephants are safer from human conflict when they are in zoos‚ Jeffrey Cohn‚ author of “Do Elephants Belong in Zoos?” said that wild elephants are often poached in

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    between scouts and poachers. “The Hunted‚” can be connected to conflict theory due to the overwhelming amount of actual conflict that occurred between the stratified groups of poachers‚ scouts‚ and activists. People as hopeful as the Owenses that poaching‚ specifically an illegal killing of elephants in a Park in South Africa‚ can partake

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    CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction This chapter comprises of the background‚ statement of the problem‚ objectives of the study‚ research questions‚ significance of the study‚ the scope of the study and the conceptual framework. 1.2 Background to the problem Every 10 years‚ the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) brings together conservation experts from around the world to share information and ideas‚ and set a global policy agenda for protected areas. The 5th IUCN World Parks Congress was held

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    Zoo Essay Reasoning for animal extinction There are many reasons for animal extinction in the wild‚ here are some of them: Some animals due to adaptive radiation can become more effective in hunting and reproducing which increases their chance of survival and their ammount of offspring which means the other animals become more prone to decline in numbers. However‚ there are reasons for animal extinction as a result of human action: Habitat Destruction – Animal Habitats are

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    from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show in 1985 there were approximately 155‚000 giraffes. In 2015‚ it was discovered that there were only 97‚000 left. Some of the major causes of the species population decline are poaching‚ political strife‚ and loss of habitat in Africa. Prior to 2015‚ giraffes were listed by the IUCN as “least concerned” status. The problem is giraffes are curious creatures‚ which makes them easily accessible to hunters. They are a valuable food

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    thousand pounds! We giraffes have suffered significant declines in our population in the past decade with a total dropping of thirty percent across Africa alone. A mix of habitat loss‚ habitat fragmentation‚ impacts of war and civil unrest‚ and poaching are contributors to our extermination. Some people are astonished and shocked that we giraffes are threatened. Other people are in such dismay that they simply do not believe that we are threatened.

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    Insurance sector faces high rate of attrition Radhika Menon N.S.Vageesh |When the rejections start and the doors start getting banged in the face‚ new agents confront failure. The dropouts begin. | Mumbai/Chennai ‚ March 9 YOU might have heard of high job attrition rates of between 15 per cent and 20 per cent in the software sector. But even these pale in comparison to the kind of turnover that the insurance industry witnesses with its agency force. Conservative estimates

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    Good evening to our lecturer‚ Chef Shakir and to all my lovely friends. My name is Nurul Shahanum and today I will to present my speech about “The Giant Panda”. The giant panda is also known as the panda bear‚ bamboo bear‚ or in Chinese as Daxiongmao (the large bear-cat). Its scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Giant pandas are found only in the mountains of central China. They live in dense bamboo and coniferous forests at altitudes of 5‚000 to 10‚000 feet. The mountains are covered

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    is also one of the major reasons for the loss of wildlife and marine life. Deforestation causes loss of habitat which forces the animal to move away or it just dies‚ either due to less source of food or being a source of food. Illegal hunting and poaching has further increased the rate at which animal species are disappearing. About 18% of Malaysia’s endemic species are listed as “endangered”.

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    Safaris to organise tours for charity fundraisers which will include the opportunity to visit the gorillas in a sustainable way. The permit fee‚ paid to the Ugandan Wildlife Authority is reinvested in gorilla conservation. Part of this includes anti-poaching measures and education into the importance of gorilla conservation for the local community. Bwindi is one of many areas where Uganda’s Mountain Gorillas live but the area has been designated by the government as a location where gorilla tourism is

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