Plastic disposal in our oceans is becoming a fast problem that needs to be addressed by every individual on the planet. Plastic in the ocean is a devastating epidemic that is threatening our planet with every plastic bottle that to make its way to the recycle bins, becoming a problem for marine animals, humans, and is an issue that we can easily help. Seabirds, sea turtles, fish, and marine mammals often feed on plastic debris that they mistake for food. Ingesting this plastic kills marine mammals. Whales and sea turtles often mistake plastic bags for squid, and birds often mistake plastic pellets for fish eggs.
But currently are up to 73 million sharks are finned alive every year. As a result of these huge numbers of victims, shark species are considered to be in danger of extinction. Sharks can take up to seven years to reach maturity and only have about one or two “babies” per year, unlike fish, who can lay millions of eggs at a time. This is the biggest reason why sharks are becoming extinct. The practice of shark finning is inhumane; we should never treat mammals in such a cruel manner.
Certainly, harsher laws have to be passed about international whaling because it is clearly an unethical, detrimental, and a completely unnecessary practice in today’s modern age. Spreading awareness of the harm of international whaling can help bring about a much-needed change. Through education, petition, and legislation, I will do my part in saving a species, an ecosystem, and ultimately, an entire
The meat was also a big issue during this time because it was not packaged properly, which causes bacteria and infections to grow and my people sick. Laws were eventually implemented to stop this and sterilize everything before sale. Four amendments were also put in place because of the citizens during this time pushing to better the United States and bring down corruption in this country. The one that we all know of would be the dreaded income tax laws that we put up with now, but without those our government would not be at the point that it is at today. Women were also granted the right to vote for the presidential office and other laws during this period of time which led to equality.
Civic leaders and employers feared a Soviet revolution was brewing and scrambled to break the strike. They formed the Citizens' Committee of 1,000 and hired 2,000 "specials" — a militia to replace striking police. The federal ministers of labour and justice travelled to Winnipeg to meet with the Citizens' Committee but refused to meet with strikers. On June 17, ten strike leaders were arrested under the legislation that had been quickly passed in Parliament for that purpose. Without their leadership, and with the violent intervention of the "specials" and the North-West Mounted Police, the Winnipeg General Strike came to a chaotic end after six weeks.
The IWC is an international committee of representatives that help conserve a variety of whale species by eliminating the practice of commercial whaling. Although, many different species of whales are protected under the IWC, dolphins are not included. Consequently, it is legal to slaughter dolphins in many parts of the world. The director attempts to show these devastating consequences by provide footage of dolphin killings. Personally, I will never forget the clicks and screams these dolphins filled the entire cove with.
The symptoms of the Black Death were both emotional and physical damage. A lot of people killed themselves also, so they wouldn’t get the disease or have to deal with having to lose some one from the disease. This disease was the worst thing that happened to England and will hopefully never happen again. People wanted to die because the symptoms were traitorous. The disease ended and England is as strong as it has ever
It is also the nation’s most productive estuary ( Zynjuk, 1995). Although I have seen a drastic decline in fishing, crabbing, bay grasses, and land, this problem has been an issue over a hundred years. It's time for the government and people in general to step up and fight to improve the quality of the water of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Although many people refer to pollution as things we see such as floating debris and garbage, nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous are the biggest killers of the bay waters. Although these nutrients are essential to maintain plant and animal life, excessive amounts are detrimental.
Brevetoxin (also known as red tide) is a problem for not only marine life, but us humans as well. As stated in the first altered oceans video, one of the major problems with the ocean is that it has turned into a bartering field where we deposit our trash and “shop” for food by pulling fish out of their habitat. What if even our fish and trash weren’t the only problem? Well they aren’t. Researchers and even residents around Florida’s sunny coast have been discovering the red tide’s harmful effects on marine life.
Some problems occur from overfishing and hunting animals. Canadian Aboriginals are fighting for the right to hunt and fish commercially, but if this becomes a right as well it could drop the certain wildlife populations. Also this would cause more competition for the local hunters and fisherman who also make their living off these animals. But the natives could hunt and fish all year they could hunt and fish in massive amounts, making it difficult for the competition who begin at the start of a season. Wildlife should not be hunted all year round because the animals need time to regenerate their numbers, also if people hunt and fish during spawning or mating season they could risk killing the offspring.