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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Regardless of age or gender, everyone loves to go to the zoo and observe the wild animals at just a few feet away. We think zoos should exist because we can learn and observe the animals. We think zoos are an acceptable habitat to the endangered species. We think zoos are helpful in preventing the endangered species from going extinct. We think zoos are keeping animals happy and alive. “Don’t judge a book by their cover” they say. We cannot assume that animals are treated right just by looking at
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and rehome animals, investigations and prosecutions. Through campaigning the RSPCA improve the welfare of our nation’s pets e.g. dog ownership, take action for the welfare of farm animals e.g. CCTV in slaughterhouses, protect the welfare of our wildlife e.g. the hunting act and step up for animals used in research and testing e.g. the new UK lab animal law. People for the ethical treatment of animals -focus on major areas of issue such as factory farms, clothing, laboratories and the entertainment
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methods are a very important aspect of zoos. Zoos can not save the hundreds of thousands of beetle species or whole communities of plants and animals, but they can try. More than 7000 animal species are in jeopardy of extinction. Wild animals are being bred in case their (wild) brethren vanish. This is the least desirable route in terms of species conservation. Zoo conservationists argue that captive breeding is of little use beyond trying to save a few critically endangered species.The number of species
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kayla venable, mcneese state university Introduction: 1. Attention Getter: With the economy the way it is now and all that’s happening with the oil spill each and every one of us needs to put effort into saving the environment and our wildlife. The blame for global warming, landfills, and pollution rests in our hands. 2. Listener Relevance Link: What can you do as individuals
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Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) is a beautiful 19.6 million acre coastal plain, and is located in the Northeastern part of Alaska. ANWR is home to numerous species of wildlife and one of the largest untapped oil preserves in the United States. There is an immense debate between the opposing environmentalists and the politicians who want to drill for oil on a section of ANWR, which is only 1.8% of the refuge. Environmentalists who oppose drilling for oil in Alaska say the wildlife and the native
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scrap metal from recycling banks, transport it to the recycling centre and then back to the stores to be resold Heat- all metals must be melted to reuse. Recycling steel means that we save 50% of energy, that we would have used to extract steel from its ore. Recycling aluminium saves 95% energy. Recycling metals save energy and 92% for aluminium, 90% for copper and 56% for steel. Recycling aluminium only uses 5% of the energy used to extract aluminium from its ore. The steel industry
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The Florida Everglades are a popular destination for vacations and are full of wildlife, However, over the last few decades human production and water supply changes are affecting the Everglades because many animals have gone extinct, the Everglades are a main resource for millions of people, and the quality of the water being sent to the Everglades is not good enough. To start off, many rare and exotic species have gone extinct due to changes in the environment. Many decades ago, Indian tribes
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The once thriving and healthy lives wildlife possessed all throughout the planet are diminishing rapidly. The presence of humans and our actions have had an immensely prominent role in affecting species and their natural habitats. The way we treat the environment, directly or indirectly, has a huge impact on species and eventually may drive them to extinction. Species are threatened every day throughout every continent. The rate of extinction has increased drastically since the early 1900’s, starting
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