and found that there were 5‚689 animals endangered and 10‚002 that were vulnerable to becoming endangered (Statisticbrain.com). These numbers increase more and more every year. There are many motives that cause endangerment such as deforestation‚ poaching‚ and species introduction. Although people have created protection groups and funds to prevent endangerment‚ they are also one of the main reasons animals are at risk. There are also laws against most actions that humans take to harm animals. In
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color vary from brown to grey. same as other rhinoceros‚ they get their foods from plants. unfortunately black rhinoceros are in danger of extinction. around 1900 there were more than thousands of them in Africa how ever according to the International Rhino Foundation in 2008 there were only 4240 of them alive in that area. one the main reason that they population decreased was illegal hunting. one of the early hunters are the europeans that went to Africa. first they were using them as a food source
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approved a worldwide ban on ivory trade due to extensive poaching reducing the African elephant population by more than half. However‚ levels of poaching and illegal trade are getting out of control once again. Since 1997‚ certain countries such as Botswana and Zimbabwe have tried to weaken the ban by allowing the sale of thousands of kilograms of ivory to China and Japan. It was not until 2012 that CITIES recognized that elephant poaching had reached unsustainable levels (Elephants and the ivory
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the park are‚ “black rhinoceros‚ which is now reduced to fewer than ten animals do to illegal poaching (CAR‚ 1987).” This should be a major concern that there are fewer then ten black rhinoceros. The small forest elephant are also endangered from illegal poaching‚ which number in the two thousands to three thousands‚ as well as leopard and wild dog are endangering as well. Regrettably‚ illegal poaching of the black rhinoceros and elephant in the park has been so profound‚ that in turn it has devastated
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Indian Elephant Crisis The Indian elephant‚ scientific name being Elaphas Maximus‚ is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephants and is a native animal to the mainland of Asia. Since 1986‚ thee Elaphas Maximus has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened
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Hutchens article‚ “The Law Never Forgets: An Analysis of the Elephant Poaching Crisis‚ Failed Policies‚ and Potential Solutions‚” focuses on the threat of elephant populations‚ failure to ban illegal poaching and trading‚ and possible solutions. Hutchens also points out the reason for why poaching has increased so much. The author provides a background information on the legal trading way back to the 1970s and 1980s and how poaching started to increase again in 2013. Hutchens described the ban at the
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tigers remaining in the wild. The Siberian Tiger was given a life saver when Russia became the first country in the world to grant the tiger full protection. During the 1980’s the population of the Siberian tiger rose to about 500‚ although constant poaching and habitat loss has kept it right under 500. Habitat loss has always been a main factor for all modern animals that have either gone extinct or are currently endangered. There are several reasons
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Kuehn/Plaintiff/ Appellant. Pub Zone/Defendant/Appellee Original Legal Action PL sues D in negligence for damages from injuries suffered caused by the D’s failure of meeting the duty of exercising reasonable care to protect PL‚ a business patron. Facts Rhino and Backdraft were 2 members of the motorcycle gang by the name of the “Pagans”. They were wearing their “colors” identifying them as members of the Pagans when they pushed their way past the bouncer‚ along with their other gang associates‚ into
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Rhinoceros There are two main characters in this book‚ Berenger is the one Im gonna focus in‚ I think that he’s the romantic character and Jean is the modern one‚ as Gergen says‚ Berenger is a person that follows his heart and does whatever he believes is right and will benefit everybody‚ he worries about others and will put the common good before his own. On the other hand Jean is like the perfect character‚ or that’s what he wants everyone to think‚ smart‚ good dressed‚ with a lot of money but
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Save Forests and Wildlife As man learnt about nature he started to interfere with the laws of nature. He cut off the forests for agriculture and tamed wild animals for his food and clothing. Man was able to conquer nature‚ yet he can ’t control it. A balance exists between all living and non-living things in nature. Ecological disasters are bound to happen if there is any disturbance in the natural equilibrium. Increased industrialization and human requirements have led to the destruction of our
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