Introduction The Endangered Animal I picked is a koala bear. I picked this animal because I think its really cute and cuddly, and I also wanted to learn all about them. I didn’t know that the koala bear was endangered. Which makes me sad to think some day we might not have koalas. Koalas have a very unusual diet that could kill other animals and are very tiny.
Bio 100 Homework due 11/05/12 Name : Nicholas Oliveira Go to the website on cheetah conservation www.Cheetah.org and read the following sections under the tabs About Cheetahs: Intro, Genetic Diversity, & Race for Survival 1. Why are cheetahs endangered? Our attitudes and misconceptions about these species have led to their endangerment because many people deal with their fear by eliminating predators. 2. What are the 5 most common causes of extinction?
This makes for a very bad situation for any other animal, including humans who venture too close. This made them very vulnerable as I come to find out after a couple of black rhinos were killed for their horns. They will stand their ground rather than run away. Now looking back at those days I started doing some research as to why they kill rhinos for their horns. It turns out that they believe the horns have medicinal and magical healing power.
What is more, zoos are like prisons for animals as they live in small cages and do not get necessary food. In addition, animals become very aggressive and unpredictable as they get older and often attack zoo keepers and other people. However, most people think that zoos help endangered species survive. But this is not true because most rare animals are extremely difficult to breed in captivity. Besides, in zoos, it is almost impossible to meet the animals’ natural needs.
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.
Florida Panthers The Florida panther is a highly endangered type of cougar (Puma concolor) that survives in the low pinelands, palm forests, and swamps of southern Florida in the United States. These animals are currently only occupying five percent of their historic range. Today there are about eighty to one hundred living panthers. There are many biological issues concerning the Florida panther that include: habitat loss and fragmentation, automobile accidents, territorial disputes among panthers, inbreeding, and disease. A major concern to non scientists is the danger to domestic animals and livestock.
In Africa there are two species of rhinoceros, the black rhino and the white rhino. According to Business Day, there are about 20 000 white and 1 700 black rhino in South Africa. In recent decades, rhinos have been hunted to the point of near extinction. The world rhino population has declined by ninety percent since 1970. We only have five species remaining in the world today, and all of them are endangered.
Due to aggressive poaching operations in South Africa over the past five years, the species of the Rhinoceros has radically grown to become threatened to being critically endangered. I am extremely passionate about all animals and the conservation of them on this planet. More specifically the Rhino’s and the threat at which they have come under in the more recent years as poaching continues to become more and more of a problem in the Eastern hemisphere. There are five species of Rhinos, two of which are African and three that are Asian. The African species are the white and black Rhinos and the Asian Rhinos include the Indian, Javan, and the Sumatran Rhino (1).
Hundreds of millions of animals every year are being taken from their natural habitat to be sold illegally. The main types of animals that are being sold illegally are reptiles and birds which are most popular in the USA, Japan and Europe. In Australia, the main animal to be sold illegally is the black cockatoo species, which can be sold for up to $30,000. The demand for trading of illegal animals has risen extremely high over the past few years, increasing the value of illegal trading. The trading of illegal animals is the third most common illegal trading, the first being drugs and the second being human trafficking.
The Extinction Of Panda Introduction Nowadays, numerous innocent animals have been shots, starved, tortured, clubbed and slaughtered by humans, thus creating the endangerment of certain species. When half of the earth covered with trees, animals were able to enjoy life, the animal could scout around miles and miles without ever meeting humans and could run around carefree without fear of mankind. Now, only one fifth of the world is covered with trees due to the actions of human beings. Wild animals have little room to live where they will not be disturbed by humans and many other animals are also being mistreated, causing their species to go extinct despite the numerous Endangered Species Acts. It have impact the population species of animals have decreasing around the world.