What laws are intact to protect endangered species? Should they be stricter? There are currently 25,109 species that are at risk of being endangered. Currently, there are 16,306 endangered species. How do we protect these species? Well, we already started to develop laws to protect these species in 1973 when President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. This act prevents the harassing, harming, pursing, hunting, wounding, shooting, killing, trapping, or capturing of these species. The consequences are different depending on the severity of the offense and if the person does this act knowingly. However, some believe that the act is not strict enough.
Why do these people believe that the penalties are not enough? Well, first what are the basic penalties for violating the ESA? Offenders could be charged up to 50,000 dollars and/or 1 year of imprisonment. If the species is threatened fines up to 12,000 may be charged. However, this fine and imprisonment are not enough. We the human race have 1 chance to preserve these species. Once they are extinct they are never going to come back. Some people believe that these species are walking ATM machines that are always going to constantly regenerate they are wrong. All that it takes is one plant or animal to be killed and the race could disappear. We humans also rely on these animals or
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Wildlife in the surrounding area will also be affected. If one species relied on the extinct species for food then that species might also go extinct. Then another species might rely on that species. It is like a giant Jenga tower and the blocks are the plants and animals. If you take one block out of the grand scheme of things the tower may survive. However, if you pick the wrong species or take to many the whole tower collapses. Also, remember that we the human race is also considered as a species and we could be one of the blocks that come tumbling
...e slowly destroyed, effects would not only be seen at a local level but be noticeable on a global level. Mitigation areas should be established to alleviate any damage already done, and to prevent any further harm. These areas can help support fragile plant and animal life. Biodiversity is essential to our lives and the stewardship worldview should be used in this issue.
There are several environmental risks that go along with the success of de-extinction. Some risks are that “previously benign organisms could become pests in new environments, prove ideal reservoirs or vectors of nasty plagues, or might even harbor dangerous retroviruses in their genomes.” (Document 4, Lines 24-26). These “new” species could spread foreign diseases throughout the environment and completely kill of other species that don’t have the genetic makeup or immune systems to survive, which is a major risk to the human race as
The Endangered Species Act Introduction: Long-term survival of a species depends on its ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions (Murphy, 1994). Genetic diversity within a species, which has taken 3.5 billion years to evolve, makes adaptations to these changing environments possible. Unfortunately, the rate of extinction of genetically diverse organisms is rapidly increasing, thus reducing this needed biodiversity, largely due to the human impacts of development and expansion. What was an average of one extinction per year before is now one extinction per hour and extinct species numbers are expected to reach approximately one million by the year 2000 (WWW site, Bio 65). As a result governmental and societal action must be taken immediately!
Extinction is no longer just a natural process. It is an enemy, slowly changing our world into a barren wasteland where life is as rare as a flower in the Arctic Circle's winter. The wolf, the tiger, the caribou, the elephant, the bison, the cheetah, the sequoia cactus, the redwood tree – all of these and so many more things are on the verge of disappearing from our planet forever. Extinction is the most pressing environmental issue of our time, because if it continues the way it is going without anything being done to counteract its causes and consequences, there will soon be no environment left for there to be debates about.
The first noticeable step towards conserving the natural resources and wildlife in the United States started with the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act was started by Senator John Lacey in 1900 to stop the drastic drop in the number of animals and decrease in natural resources in the United States. Lacey’s act made it illegal to kill animals for sport and sell them elsewhere to escape from the law also known as market hunters. Thankfully an end was put to them. The Lacey Act is the oldest wildlife protection law in the United States and the prominence does not stop there. Multiple amendments have been made to the Lacey Act over the years to help preserve plants and wildlife. Since then, numerous species have been saved and the conservation of our natural
Natural habitats used by man or tampered with tend to become unsatisfactory or unsuitable for the native wild species. As I learned in class, habitat loss is the number one threat to modern primates. Not only do primates suffer, but habitat loss is the greatest threat to various parts of life on this planet that humans have caused. Simply speaking, along with habitat destruction, ties in the extinction of diverse species. “Biodiversity as a whole forms a shield protecting each of the species that together compose it, ourselves included. What will happen if, addition to the species already extinguished by human activity, say, 10 percent of those remaining are taken away? Or 50 percent? Or 90 percent? As more and more species vanish or drop to
Lastly, we have the fact that they will take all the attention away from the endangered species. Science world states that “... no one will care about keeping endangered species in the first place”(ND) This quat backs up my claim because the mindset of people will shift to not letting de-extinct animals from going extinct agine. Also Dominic Button says “species that are deserve to go extinct they don't deserve to vame back”(ND). This quote backs up my claim because animals like the saber tooth tiger deserves to go extinct and for that reason they will take all the
I would argue that at the very least, there needs to be some form of triage implemented. The way the Endangered Species Act is currently allocating funds is mediocre at best and has many flaws. There is no denying there are limited resources so that makes efficient use of them even more important. Each of the systems of triage outlined in this paper have valid points and problematic components. Elements of each system could be combined into a nicely working plan that recovers the greatest number of species on a limited budget.
I strongly believe that the Endangered Species Act should be strengthened, since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 only 3 percent of species protected by the law have recovered to where they are no longer threatened or endangered. There is a lot the Endangered Species Act can do to make their organization better. The Endangered Species Act was established in 1973 and it aimed to protect and recover impaired species and the ecosystems they depend on Major milestones in the history of The Endangered Species Act include the recovery of the bald eagle, the gray wolf and the American alligator, the Endangered Species Act has been good at protecting these species showcasing its Effectiveness. However, some people have pointed out that
Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects not only the decimation of endangered species, but it also helps to recover and ultimately delist endangered species when they are no longer in danger of extinction. When an animal or plant is listed, it becomes illegal to capture, hunt, collect, and therefore destroying the habitats in which they live. Debates on whether to repeal and reform the ESA, or leaving it alone have been going on since the 1940s. The Endangered Species Act needs to have better parameters set in place to provide resources where it is most needed. Legislators need to amend the ESA in order to better help the plants and animals fighting
Humans are destructive. Not a lot of us think about how what we do affects the world around us. We almost act like we are the only ones on this planet. We go around polluting and destroying our world with no regard for our actions. The things that live out in the wild are paying the price for it. Every day that passes there is another animal or plant that is placed on an endangered list. This is happening at an alarming rate. Because of man’s desire to expand and conquer their surroundings, there are animals and plants that are on the brink of extinction that will not be around for our kids and future generations to enjoy if something is not done about it now. This problem has been going on for hundreds of years. There are animals and plants that can only been seen in paintings or early photography. It is because of our early ancestors that we have this problem today and we have to do more to prevent more animals and plants from disappearing forever.
Poaching is only one of the leading causes for animals being on the endangered species, so with all these poachers we need to protect the animals more closely. Animals that are close to extinction need to be placed into a zoo or sanctuary so they can flourish. People need to do this for the animals, they may not like it but it helps get their numbers up.
Biodiversity loss can lead to extinction, and hurt human life. It is our responsibility to take care of the environment. We bring in machines that harm the environment and destroy animal life. We need to limit ourselves on how much land and resources we consume. There are major issues that are causing species to become extinct and hurt our way of life and other animals do to the change in food chain.
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.
Critically endangered species are somewhat different from just endangered species; they face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. Unlike regular endangered species who only face a high risk of becoming extinct. In 1973, the United States passed the Endangered Species Act, this act is one many of United States environmental laws that were passed in the 1970. Simply, the act was passed to protect critically risked species from extinction.