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    Wheelan's Incentives

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    desired result. In the market‚ companies consider the consumer’s incentive to promote sales while individuals consider their own incentive to make decisions. Wheelan provides an example of protecting the black rhino because tourists will pay to see them. Otherwise‚ hunters kill the rhinos for their horn‚ as it is highly in demand‚ and very rare and expensive. Similarly‚ in order to get people to buy more electric cars

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    Bones and dust‚ A memory of the‚ Past         One word visual       Haiku Music blaring loud They walk among us‚ but their Heads filled with sound   Terse verse Sweet‚ Treat Mother goose take-off Dino‚ Dino‚ not a rhino Ran away from the people‚ Dino ran and ran and ran some more‚ Till he can’t be seen anymore. Epigram If you’re not working hard‚ You’re hardly working. Grammar Downtown‚ Plain and strange‚ Mix together‚ Like water and dirt‚ If only

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    Conservation of Grizzled Squirrel In Sirvilliputhur Grizzled Wildlife Sanctuary Sirvilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in southern Tamilnadu also known as Grizzled Wildlife Sanctuary because Grizzled Squirrel is the flagship species of this sanctuary. It is declared as Sanctuary in December 1989 & is spreads over 480 km² area. Range of habitats are present in sanctuary right from high elevation Montane forest & grassland‚ mid elevation Wet Evergreen‚ Semi Evergreen‚ Moist Deciduous‚ Closed

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    extirpation or global extinction (Naughton-Treves‚ 1997; Madden‚ 2007; Parker & Osborn‚ 2006). This risk of extinction is already ongoing with the increase of poaching due to high international ivory traffic. This poaching obliges elephants to find refuge near humans’ settlement; Central Africa is maybe the last refuge for forest elephants against poaching (Breuer‚ Maisels‚ & Fishlock‚ 2016). This situation pushes the classification of forest elephant as an endangered species (Blanc‚ 2008). Even though this

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    Animal Extinction

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    hunt for fun or a hunt for the handsome amount of reward that it pays‚ it is still considered as illegal hunting. Delicacies such as shark fin‚ Bluefin tuna‚ and sea turtles are being poached for their high price tag and demand. No matter it is a rhino or elephant‚ human will hunt them down for the sake of their horns and tusks. These horn and tusks are being sold in black market. Illegal hunting has cost a lot to the ecosystem‚ government should empower rules that prohibits illegal hunting. Last

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    Chinchilla the Chinchilla

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    captivity are their descents. Chinchillas are raised for their soft fur‚ which is used for clothing. Wild chinchilla populations have been threatened for centuries by human activity. The species’ original population was nearly exterminated due to poaching‚ hunting‚ habitat destruction‚ competition from cattle and goats‚ strip-mining activities‚ and deforestation for firewood extraction. Since the 1920s‚ chinchillas have been protected by legal measures‚ but their populations continue to decline.

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    Essay: A Visit to the Zoo

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    of the presence of the crowd. Closeby was an enclosure for the deer. It covered a vast area and the deer were roaming about freely- Near to the enclosure we saw a buffalo-like animal. It was the rhino munching some maize plants. It looked dreadful with its sharp horn on the nose. The sight of the rhino at once reminded me of the adventure of Colonel White as given in our text-book of English. On our way back we saw some elephants. They

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    Conservation of Wildlife

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    I am writing on the topic wild life. I’m writing on studied mode first time The large scale poaching (killing) of wild animals residing in the forests by man is a serious threat to the survival of many animal and bird species. This also disturbs the food chains in which these animals occur resulting in undesirable consequences for the whole ecosystem. This point will become more clear from the following example. Snake is a wild animal. The skin of snakes is in great demand for making fancy

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    Big Five

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    Five: lion‚ buffalo‚ rhino‚ elephant‚ leopard Lion: This‚ the so-called King of Beasts‚ is on everybody’s list of animals to see. This fascination is no doubt due to the size and awesome power of this large cat‚ and its hunting abilities. Elephant: The African Elephant is the largest land mammal and perhaps the continent’s most charismatic creature. Today‚ visitors to Africa’s wildlife reserves and wilderness areas are captivated by the power of these animals. Rhino: It’s grey‚ wrinkled

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    Siberian Tiger Panthera Tigris Altaica Alejandra Benavides Biology Class Period 7 • September 26‚ 2012 1 Introduction The Siberian tiger‚ also known as the Amur tiger‚ is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly in the mountain region of Primorski Krai in eastern Russia. The population has been stable more more than a decade due to intensive conservation efforts. Surveys from 2005 indicate that the tiger population is declining‚ showing the species is still endangered. Unlike the Bengal

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