Persuasive Essay On Invasive Species

Imagine that you went to Australia.

While you are there, you see a European baby bunny, what would you think?, Awwww, so cute, adorable, and you would try to pet it, little do you know that that was invasive species.

An invasive species is… “An organism that is not from around the place and is causing damage, usually connected to native or naturalized species.” says John Odenkirk, helping Florida get rid of the Northern snakehead, a invasive species. They don’t have any natural predators,so nothing eats them. Therefore, they growth goes unchecked.

A european bunny is an invasive species in Australia. “They destroy Australia's trees, eat the food of their native animals, and cause soil erosion.” says Zoologist,Joanna Bagniewska

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⅕ of all extinct animal are due solely to invasive species. European Environment Agency estimates that the economic losses caused by biological invasions amount to 12 billion euro (2,487,740,000 dollars) EACH YEAR!! “They may be bigger and more aggressive than local species, so they take a larger share of any available food.”

Some can also affect humans. They can harm other animals, which humans need to survive. Mosquitoes can carry viruses, such as the West Nile virus, that infect people. Some of the snails carry a parasite that can cause meningitis (an infectious disease) in humans.

Nutria is a furry rodents, ranchers brought from South America in the 1930s to raise them for their fur and because they looked harmless, but they damage crop areas along U.S. coastlines.

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You may wonder if we are ever going to get rid of this animals, but don’t worry,the Branches of Government are helping, and so can you.

Laws have stopped people from selling exoctic pets or fine people who let their pets into the wild. For animals who already invaded, captured and moved them back to their original homes. You can help stop before they establish, by finding invasive species and calling an invasive species