Introduction: What Does it Mean to be Endangered?
At some point in a human’s life while watching your favorite tv show or movie, you’ve seen a commercial about wanting your monthly or one-time donation to save endangered animals. While watching, you feel the need to donate because you mourn for the sad looking critters and want to do everything you can to help. You call the 1-800 number listed on the advertisement, make your donation and then forget about it until you see a similar commercial. Do you really understand the concept of when an animal is endangered and what it takes for them to be considered endangered?
To become endangered means that a species is on the verge of becoming extinct. When the species is actually extinct, there are no more of them on the entire planet (wonderopolis.org). The two main causes behind this is due to the species either losing their habitat or from genetic variation (nationalgeographic.org). Since 1967, there have been 1,800 threatened and endangered species added to the list under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 including its amendments, the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 and the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969. After being counted for, the species conservation status could change back and forth between
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These include critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, near threatened and least concern. They are known as “conservation statuses” and each have varying reasons as to how and why a species is considered to be in that category. The qualifications that a species has to meet in the first three classifications listed are population reduction rate, geographic range, population size, population restrictions and probability of extinction. There are two additional classifications of endangerment on a higher level, including extinct in the wild and extinct
1973 had the Endangered Species Act which encouraged the conservation of species that are endangered or threated and conservation of their ecosystems.
down into several issues that all tie in together. These include the near extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl, the "business" aspect of logging versus. the environmental aspect, and the role of the government in this problem. In 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed. This enabled the Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of the Interior to place species, either land or.
While some people may think that they’re “protecting” the animals from extinction, that’s not something that they should be doing. That is a job for zoos and animal protection facilities. People should just visit the zoo if they want to see the animals that much
The only number that scientist have given is around 1.9 million animal species and there could be even more yet to be discovered. Scientist believes there are approximately 450,000 plant species in the world but even that number isn’t solid number to work with. We can however calculate the current extinction rate of the known species of animal and plant life and actually track how many die each year. (Dell’Amore
Endangered Species Act History: The date was December 28, 1973 and the U.S. Congress proudly submits and successfully passed one of its largest pieces of environmental legislation ever: the Endangered Species Act. This act was signed by Richard Nixon into law and passed with a staggering 355 to 4 vote. The law was hailed by proud legislators as the right action, and, if anything, long overdue (Dwyer, Ehrlich, & Murphy, 1995). This act prohibits many activities involving endangered species. These prohibitions include: importation into and exportation from the U.S.; taking of species within the U.S. and its territorial seas, this includes all land areas public and private; selling, possessing, carrying, shipping, or delivering any such species unlawfully taken within the U.S., and selling or offering for sale of species in interstate or foreign commerce (WWW site, ESA).
will rise out of the state of being endangered. Although it may seem to be a
Abuse towards animals is recognized by many in the commercials shown on television, including the Sarah McLaughlin song and the pictures of animals starved and beaten. The commercials are shown quite regularly and give viewers a small look into the world of animal cruelty. What the commercials do not show, however, are the countless cases of people getting away with violence, as well as the hundreds of thousands of animals who did not live to make the commercials. Television, radio, and internet ads often depict and portray the lives of animals living in shelters, and ask the public to donate money each month for the cause. Without a doubt, this is the extent of what many people can say their experience with animal cruelty consists of: pictures and short video clips of half-dead dogs and cats left to die in over-crowded housing.
So what is an endangered species? What is an extinct species? What has happened to cause them to become endangered or extinct? What needs to be done in order to save the endangered species from becoming extinct? Can anything be done to save them? The answer to most of these questions is not known by everyone. With all the attention that this subject gets from the government or groups that fight for the environment, it gets the same amount of disregard from the public. Many people want to help or donate but very few of those actually follow through. This is a very important subject that needs to be taken serious by the public. It needs their full attention because they are the ones that can truly make a change. People really don’t understand the concept of extinction. If somethi...
Certain animals need more protection than others because they don’t particularly need to be on the list. Animals like the Bangle Tiger or the Siamang are the most threatened besides others because they are loved for their skins or they are wanted as pets. They go through the pet trade there whole life because they are so rare and beautiful. Just because the animals are a prize kill or to have doesn’t mean people should harm or endanger them.
There are a handful of key terms found within the Endangered Species Act. The law states that an “endangered species” is near extinction within all or part of its range, while a “threatened species” is on the border of becoming classified as endangered. “Critical habitat” signifies crucial living area that contains the resources that endangered or threatened species rely on. “Biological opinions” are statements that express if a development project could potentially harm rare organisms. Lastly, “recovery plans” are blueprints that
If more people are aware of new animals on the endangered species list, there is more of a chance that researchers will get more funds. Zoos also create habitats for animals on the verge of extinction where otherwise there would be none. There is some controversy between zoos and endangered species. Because of the limited gene pool of a species, the variation is greatly limited. This will –as an end result- lead to inbreeding which will create mutations and defects in the offspring.
One of the reasons why this animal is endangered is their habitat is lost as human populations increase and grasslands and forests are converted to agricultural and other uses. They start losing their habitat since humans become their competitors and they fight for the same living space. As the human population increases, the decrease of habitat space for the Asian Elephants decreases.
Although it may not seem saving or protecting endangered animals is important, it actually and truly is important because animals around the world are being killed for wildlife marketing purposes which is illegal and destroys the species population in that environment. Citizens should take more care of these endangered animals before they become totally extinct and will no longer be seen on the face of the earth. Recently researchers have found that poachers (hunters who hunt animals for their value by trading illegal merchandise) are killing thousands of animals a day, and they are doing so even to this day. These species should be treated with more responsibility and care. They are even being killed by human interactions such as deforestation, oil spills, etc.
In the world today there are about five thousand endangered species. Around one specie dies out every year. Some animals become endangered because people are killing them for their horns, as in the case of the Black Rhino of Africa. Others become extinct because pesticides are put on the food we eat, causing the animals that eat the insects off the plant to become contaminated, which causes their predators to become contaminated, which often affects the shell of that organism?s egg. Here is a list of the endangered species, 91 endangered birds, 76 endangered mammals, 36 endangered reptiles, 21 endangered amphibians, 115 endangered fish, 70 endangered clams, 35 endangered snails, 44 endangered insects, 12 endangered arachnids, 21 endangered crustaceans, 594 endangered flowering plants.
In our world today we have approximately 26,021 endangered species. Endangered species are organisms that may possible become extinct. The term 'endangered species' refers to all species that fits this description. However some conservation biologists and scientists normally use the term ‘endangered species’ to refer to species that are put on the IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Red List. Many factors can be looked at when considering the conservation status of a species. Factors such as human threats or environmental threats can cause a species to become endangered.