The mountain pine beetle epidemic is causing environmental and social impacts to much of British Columbia. Our forests are very important and will no longer be able to maintain their role if changes are not made. The devastation has had a sweeping impact on B.C.’s ecological, and economical well-being. Additionally, recent studies are drawing attention to the carbon-emitting properties of the dead forests, which is a global concern. A popular misconception developed that the current provincial mountain pine beetle epidemic began in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Some of these actions were unregulated hunting and government-sponsored poisoning. The only place you could find a Gray Wolf in the 1960s was small pockets in Minnesota and a few areas in Michigan. Traditionally, the Gray Wolf has dark fur around their eyes and along their backs. The rest of their body is covered in white fur, but they can also be all black or pure white to blend into the northern environment where the Grey Wolf has flourished. In the 1970’s, the Green Revolution was started and the endangered species list “ESL” was founded.
China happens to contain a total of 60% of the habitats compared to those areas. Snow Leopards prefer broken terrain of cliffs, rocky outcrops and ravines. These types of habitats provide good cover and a clear view to find prey. Invasive Species It’s not competing with any other invasive species at this point in time because these animals can eat animals up to two times their own size. However the Snow Leopard does compete with hunters who illegally hunt them for the selling’s of their organs.
Logging can also contribute to these problems. The reason why the population of Amur Leopards has been decreasing is because of hunting, loss of habitat, negative causes for inbreeding, development projects, and lack of protection. The lack of political commitment to conservation, meaning the people who are supposed to watch out for this endangered animal are not doing such a great job. And as you can tell, hunters and poachers are not allowed to kill this animal, but according to, Critically Endangered Amur Leopard Only 35 Left In Wild, in the year 2002 in Russia, nine Amur Leopard skins were found. Moreover, two were killed in China.
Timber Rattlesnake The timber rattlesnake is one of many reptiles in New Jersey. Conserve Wildlife says they are usually shy and do not bite unless provoked. Timber rattlesnakes make their home in mountain areas or near swamps. They usually mate from spring to autumn but do not produce many offspring. Many people hunt and kill them for sport or collect them as pets.
Whitetail deer usually have twins but unfortunately sometimes one of them dies. Male deer also called bucks are very territorial and usually stick to a one square mile radius, when the food conditions are adequate. The bucks grow antlers which fall off yearly and grow back bigger. When the antlers fall off they are called sheds and can be found and used to make chandeliers. The bucks scrape the trees to mark their territory.
Humans are one of the main reasons that the Florida Panther is an endangered species. They were heavily hunted in the mid-1950s, which took a big toll on the population. They have always been hunted for one reason or another by humans though. The panthers were hunted for several reasons. Since panthers sometimes eat livestock off of farms, farmers would set up traps, poisons, or even just shoot them in order to prevent them from eating their livestock.
For example in areas of Nepal, they cut down the vegetation to provide wood for heating and construction, the fertile topsoil is eroded by rain because it is now without the protection offered by natural vegetation. The hillside fields then become unproductive, incapable of supporting the people who have settled there. Because they didn’t carefully develop the vast forest area, they lost the land now. In the World, some countries used tropical zones to provide employment and earn money from exports. Because overexploitation of tropical forests affect the global climate.
These birds have a productive way of life. When hunting for their prey, the locate it in the darkness by noise, and they have special. They mostly eat small mammals, but they also eat rodents, nocturnal insects, fish and other birds. So obviously, they are carnivores. They do not build their own nests, they use old ones, and if they cant find any old ones they go to trees, ledges, holes in the ground or they burrow.
When Arctic wolves hunt, they hunt in packs and they share their food together. They are very protective of their food. They aren’t extremely fast runners so they depend on stamina when hunting. They eat meat, such as: aribou, muskoxen, arctic hares, seals, ptarmigan, lemmings, and waterfowl; they also eat rodents sometimes. Their prey is sparsely located so they have to travel far to get their food.