is that monkeys have tails, and great apes do not(Chimp Facts, Articles, Recommended Reading - Save the Chimps). Two other great apes that are closely related to humans are gorillas and orangutans(Chimpanzee | African Wildlife Foundation). Chimpanzees are an endangered primate with many human characteristics. Chimpanzees are great apes (Chimpanzee| Basic Facts about Chimpanzees | Defenders of Wildlife). Most commonly they are black but they can turn partly grey as they age. They often have short
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November 9, 2015: Wildlife extinction is a growing issue in the world that human beings play a large part in. Everyday people hear advertisements begging man kind to take action against these terrible losses and do something to help preserve our wildlife. Sadly, most people do not realize the harsh reality that some our world’s most beautiful creatures will not be around for their grandchildren to see one day. Every single day, we hear on the news or on the internet about how our wildlife and nature are
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The Fish and Wildlife service has conserved and monitored the Gray wolves in 2012-2017 as part of their 5-year act to save the species. This has worked so far since the wolves are the least concern on the endangered species list since April 26th, 2017 which was the last year for their service to these wolves ruled by the U.S Court of Appeals. Because of this recovery act, there are now 5,691 Gray wolves in the United States. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been asking the public
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harming the earth in order to save money. A major contributor to the environmental harm that big businesses cause is deforestation. The removal of trees and plants cause a massive decrease in wildlife population, drives climate change, and increase the speed of soil erosion. Large companies also contribute to their common stigma of failing to care about the environment by polluting the air, waters, and, illegally discarding waste. The impact companies have on wildlife and habitats are astronomical
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problems in the water. As stated by Source 2, “Low dissolved oxygen conditions caused by excess nutrients are the primary reason bottom sections of the Bay are unsuitable for blue crab habitat.” Excess nutrients are a huge problem for both plants and wildlife. It affects oxygen and sunlight exposure, which can determine the wellness of these
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don't recycle, but not a single one is reasonable. Everyone should recycle, it protects wildlife, reduces pollution and waste, and creates new jobs! Why wouldn't you recycle? Recycling can help save wildlife and the places that they live. “According to Green SC, over one million seabirds, 100,000 sea mammals and 50,000 fur seals die annually as a result of plastic litter floating in the water”, Recycling helps save these creatures. Recycling reduces the amount of waste (litter) in our oceans, rivers
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Decline in world wildlife population-“We need to act” The term wildlife refers to the animals those are generally not domesticated and live in the great outdoors, scattered around different parts of this mighty planet, Earth. Their existence is important as they support ecosystems. Recent studies show that, Earth has lost more than half of its wild animals, in the last 40 years. The main reasons, amongst the numerous others, for the declination of this population to such a great extent, would be
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protected areas in existence worldwide. These areas include parks, wildlife refuges and other reserves. They cover a total of nearly 2 million square miles (5 million square km), or 3% of our total land area. * Aquatic species, which are often overlooked, are facing serious trouble. One third of the United States’ fish species, two-thirds of its crayfish species, and almost three-quarters of its mussel species are in trouble. Why Save Endangered Species? * Plants and animals hold medicinal, agricultural
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Tess McMillan 4/22/15 Importance of Recycling Recycling can be for everyone. People that learn to recycling can help save the environment by helping saving the trees, the animals and their lives, and also help stop polution in the world. Learning to recycle can be easy and fun. Households can make a game out of it between people in the household. Knowing how and what to recycle can also teach responsibility to children within the household. Landfills are dirty and nasty. Landfills also polute
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south east.The green areas indicate rainforests. Rainforests are disappearing very quickly. The good news is there are a lot of people who want to save rainforests. The bad news is that saving rainforests is not going to be easy. It will take the efforts of many people working together in order to ensure that rainforests and their wildlife will survive for your children to appreciate, enjoy, and benefit from. Deforestation and hunting have been the greatest threats to the rainforests. However
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antelope, swans, cougars, turkeys, wolves, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, boars, and other woodland creatures (Compiled by The Fund for Animals with data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state wildlife agencies). Less than seven percent of the U.S. population hunts. Hunting is permitted on 60 percent of U.S. wildlife refuges and in many national forests and state parks. More than 200 million animals are killed every year on federal land alone (more than half a billion acres).The stress
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“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” - George Bernard Shaw. Antarctica is in dire need of change. There are many problems with Antarctica. Many of them could threaten its existence in the next couple of generations. There are three general problem categories: environmental, polar ice caps, and land claim. The environment of the antarctic is being threatened due to overfishing, pollution, and global warming. The polar ice caps are
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and more impacting way. And that was how she got to know about the mass, illegal killings happening in Africa and the many animals at risk of going extinct in early 2015. For an animal lover like her, it's only natural that Africa and its natural wildlife would appeal to her so much that when she learned about what was happening to animals in Africa, she decided to visit Africa with her only dog at the time, Peanut. She now resides in Cape Town, South Africa
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the harmful problems that EMR can cause is UV rays killing wildlife, particularly amphibians. The reason ultraviolet (UV) rays are killing wildlife and particularly amphibians is due to the fact that many dangerous chemicals are being used by humans that are slowly causing the Ozone layer around the Earth to break down, which means for the ultraviolet rays from the sun to enter the Earth with a lot more power. Thus, it is killing wildlife, mostly amphibians because they are not created strong enough
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forcing green energy is the most effete way to live. Now think about it if we limit or found another way to transport the oil without the breaks of oil lines, or flipped over oil tankers that pollute the ocean and kills the wildlife we would save much more than just wildlife we would save a lot of money as well. It helps me think of cheaper renewable energy such as solar panels the most effete source of saving energy followed by Hydroelectric Electricity generated by running water through a dam's turbines
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rising sea level (Braasch Intro). D. According to the Wildlife and Global Warming web site, The National Wildlife Federation considers global warming to be "the most dangerous threat to the future of wildlife" (How does Global Warming Affect Wildlife, par. 1) 1. With rising temperatures, the thinning ice leaves fewer places for both the polar bears to hunt and the seals to raise their young (How does Global Warming Affect Wildlife: Polar Bear, par. 6). 2. Rising temperatures are causing
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organization? Wildlife guardians When were they founded? They were founded in 1989 Why were they founded? (This information may be found in an “Our Mission” section of the website.) They work to protect and restore wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health in the American west. What do they actually do? Advocating to end activities that threaten to
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Many people still perceive nature to have little connection with themselves; therefore they are unable to understand why the preservation of wildlife is significant. For instance, in a personal interview with locals in Southern Kalimantan, Indonesia, where the proboscis monkey is the mascot of the province, it is discovered that despite living in close proximity with the wilderness, in regards
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habitats. In fact, it is nearly impossible to release captive-bred animals into the wild. A 1994 report by the World Society for the Protection of Animals showed that only 1,200 zoos out of 10,000 worldwide are registered for captive breeding and wildlife conservation. Only 2 percent of the world's threatened or endangered species are registered in breeding programs. Those that are endangered may have their plight made worse by zoos' focus on crowd appeal. In his book The Last Panda, George Schaller
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enlighten locals and foreigners not to encourage buying ivory from the ivory trade dealers (Orenstein 180). Countries need to be involved with various conservation organizations and treaties such as CITES, TRAFFIC and World Wildlife Fund, which tries to stop wildlife trade, monitor wildlife and monitor ivory seizures (Hutchens 936 & 962 and "African Elephant") Lastly, by applying the "...shoot-to-kill laws", by making all countries work together in unifying an approach at harsher punishments in which would
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just one reason trophy hunting shouldn’t be allowed. Trophy hunting should not be allowed or legal. People think that killing lions is protecting themselves and other humans, but that just means that the food chain will be thrown off. People and wildlife need to get along and with trophy hunting that might not happen. To begin with, trophy hunting should not be allowed for the revenue is not used properly. The text entitled Africa’s Uneasy Neighbor it states that “Little as three percent of the
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been doing a lot of essays. I'm one of them as a superhero essay, which we call our narrative. We had partners that we would read it to and that helped me a little to talk in front of people. Then we wrote a controversial wildlife essay about why we should save Kentucky Wildlife. I had to have a thousand words in it and I had to read it to go over it to check it. For social studies, we wrote a historical figure for Black History Month over at NTI with a partner. We both had a part in it and we had
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Joan Hamilton talks about a massive fire that occurred at Perkins Canyon on September 8 2013. It was a horrible tragedy that forced 100 homes to be evacuated and burned over 3,100 acres of meadow, chaparral, and woodland. The devastation was palpable but what Joan considered the heart of Perkins Canyon was untouched. At first Hamilton was appalled by the way the bulldozers, that helped put out the fire, had rammed and leveled trees in an area that had no signs of fire. But once she realized
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Some communities don't want parks in their area because they are afraid they will ruin their wildlife and plants, but parks exist to protect such things. There are thousands of plants and animals in the Grand Canyon Park, "sixty-three plants found there have designated special status by US Fish and Wildlife Service." (United States National Park Service). There are more than "90 species of mammals" along with approximately "1,737 known species of vascular plants" in Grand Canyon National Park. (United
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The first step to stopping poaching is for the global community to recognize the war on poaching as an actual war. Like I’ve mentioned many times before, rangers face injury, death, and even torture. In 2008, a Congolese ranger was tortured and beaten to death by poachers while his comrades watched helplessly (Neme). And outside of real physical torture there is a kind of mental torture rangers face when the constantly come across carcasses of poached animals, each one a reminder of their failures
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Should Rhino horn be legalised? Rhino poaching is a huge concern of mine and there are lots of arguments on whether or not rhino horn should be legalised. Before we look at both sides we have to look at the reason as to why it’s happening. Rhino horn is meant to have medicinal qualities such as being able to cure cancer. Ruth Becker published an article to Africa check about medical claims for rhino horn. The articles heading was “Medical claims for rhino horn: you’re better on an aspirin or biting
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medical field. Potential advances include treatments for cancer, medicines for harmful diseases, and vaccines and other medications that are destroying the most important life on this planet: humans. The loss of several animals with the potential to save hundreds of human lives is without question a major advantage for society, despite the outrage and protests of animal rights activists worldwide. Breakthroughs and advances in the medical field will lead to improved medications and possible cures for
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for the citizens of Alaska. While the biodiversity here is limited, Alaska natives and tourists alike treasure the beautiful glaciers covering the mountains that line the bay. While it may seem as if the melting of these glaciers does not affect wildlife around the bay, this is a false conclusion. If the glaciers were to completely melt, the bare rock underneath would need to undergo primary succession before it would be suitable for life. This means that the 3.3 million acres that the glaciers
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Briana Guevara Final Draft of Work One Let’s Save Earth Together The world has changed drastically in the past 50 years, from population and technology to even new medicinal breakthroughs. There have been so many advances in cultures everywhere it’s no wonder people are unaware of serious environmental issues. Such as the billion hectares of earth’s rainforests that have been destroyed in the past 50 years. (Taylor) The rainforests of the world are crucial to thousands of animals, ecosystems, and
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people and the wildlife. We explore the many possibilities of what could been done to fix and prevent these catastrophes and what programs and processes have been implemented to save and preserve these great lakes. Determining Causes and Effects: An Exploration into the Pollution of Lake Huron The Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Michigan, Huron, Superior, and Ontario, are our largest freshwater lake system. Lake Huron, like all the other Great Lakes, contains many species of wildlife in its ecosystem
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