I believe that Lions are very important for its ecosystem. Lions account for around 85 percent of the predation on the Serengeti’s. Lions have special importance as the only predators on the savanna capable of killing Africa’s largest herbivores, such as elephants and giraffes. Lions prey primarily on herd animals, the attack the weakest animal, since most animals protect their young so they are mostly either old or sick. Since they mostly kill the ones that are either old or sick they lower the other animals of getting diseases so they keep the population balance between the animals.
Humans are the main reason why Lions are endangered because we kill them for sport or for trophies. Also as human development increases more wild savanna
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habitat is being destroyed or used for farming. So humans are destroying the Lions and other animals habitat so that’s decreasing the number of lions. Also if a lion kills or almost kills a farmers animal, the farmer will either shoot and kill the lion or poison it. So since the Lion population is so low that now people are trying to protect the Lion from it being hunted and killed. So humans are destroying the ecosystem were the lions live and the ecosystem will crash. Lions are very close to going extinct. The average lion population has decreased by sixty percent over the years. Since people are killing the lions and destroying their habitat the number in lions has decreased tremendously over the years. Lions are predicted to be extinct in 2050 if they keep up this rate. There is only about 21,000 lions left in the world because they have been killed for sport, and two thirds of the lion trophies have ended up in America, and they have also been dying by disease. Lions are mainly found in Africa but some have been found in India and Asia, they like hot and dry places like the Sahara.
The lions habitat has been destroyed over the years because of humans destroying their land for farming and livestock. So their habitat is destroyed for our needs, but we need to remember that they were here before us and think were to grow our crops and livestock. When the lions hunt they use their habitat to hide in the high grass to kill their prey and since we are destroying it they can’t kill their prey so they are dying and now some can’t kill their prey they are dying and now there might be some increase of other animals dying because of disease. If we proceed to destroy their habitat they won’t have anymore of their land.
So Lions will go extinct if we don’t do anything to save them and their habitat. Also the entire ecosystem will crash without lions. Other animals will decrease in numbers because disease will increase without the lions to kill the ones that have the disease. Now the numbers in lions have decreased over the last three decades. So we need to protect the lions because they have been here longer than us and we need to not destroy their habitat because without lions everything in their area will be affected by
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In July of 2015, national treasure of Zimbabwe, Cecil the Lion was maliciously killed by dentist Walter Palmer. The hunt caused an uproar from many animal activists. The media covered the hunt and the aftermath for many weeks. This heartless act has many questioning why big game hunting is legal. Multiple African countries allow big game hunting, but it is harming the ecosystem. Many innocent, endangered animals are killed. Big game hunting should be banned because it lowers populations, causes further problems, and animal populations are already dropping.
Particularly in the passage¨The Stripes Will Survive,¨ the author Jacqueline Adams presents the idea that zoos are going to protect animals that are going extinct. In the passage it says, ¨Educational programs help the local people understand the need to protect Siberian tigers.¨ This piece of evidence shows the reader that zoos are trying to protect as many animals as they can. These places are trying to make it more comfortable and inviting for the animal. Also, the passage mention that, ¨Siberian tigers in the wild has doubled.¨ This tells the reader that what the zoos are doing actually makes a difference. These tigers were about to go extinct, but with the help of zoos they are no longer endangered.
...leaving a little portion of land to the animals is not that bad. The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone has been very beneficial to the ecosystem. We tried to eliminate this species but in the end, we need to ask ourselves the question, do we really need to eliminate another species based on our own biases and fears? We need to look past personal gain, and leave nature to take its course.
One way the community in Lion King can be changed is by ecological succession. Ecological succession consist of primary and secondary succession, but I am only going to talk about secondary succession. Secondary succession is a result of a disturbance which changes an existing community without removing the soil. Secondary succession occurs in The Lion King when Scar is king, near the end when Simba is king, and it also happens in the real world.
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
As a great deal is being done to help endangered wildlife as well as animals in general, there is still a considerable amount of improvements to make. “The exterminating of predators by governments or individuals is wrong-headed, extremely selfish, cruel and the very worst example of wildlife management. It is failed management. In today's backwards and upside-down world, our wildlife needs our protection, not extermination” (Pitt). We need to instill the good values of animals in today’s society so that we may work towards better maintenance of the future lives of these animals. Instead of mounting an animal’s head on the wall as a prize and reducing wildlife population, we should be proud of the variety of species we have on earth and leave them to live free.
The forest where animals live already deforested because of human activities, for example they build a huge building for office, turn-over the function of forest became farming, and many more. We already felt, the transition of life goes so fast. As the time goes on, people need many foods because human population in the world keep increasing each year. That’s why people cut down the trees and change the forest become farming. But the bad effects that causes animals lose their habitat. Most of them move to another place, find a new place to hold their life, and problems that the chimpanzees face are they can’t find food as usual. Chimpanzees spend six to eight hours each day searching for food. They eat a wide variety of food, 200 different types of plant, and are particularly fond of leaves, fruit, nuts and berries (Banks, 1999). In a long term one by one the chimpanzees died because they can’t survived in their new habitat, that’s happened many times. Beside that they must face new predators likes jungle cat and reptile, it also the effect of human
Several species on Earth are on the endangered species list and are given special protection to insure the species survives. Sometimes the protection of these species is not enough for the guarantee of survival. Many factors including human activity, and the failure of the species to adapt to change has caused the population of the majestic tiger to dwindle. Despite laws such as the Endangered Species Act of 1973, countries all over the world have failed to help this dying species. The editorial, “Tigers are tanking,” published by Globe & Mail, explains that tigers will be extinct in little as 12 years (Tigers are tanking). This was reported 3 years ago, leaving the countdown to 9 years. We can reverse the damage that has been done and it is not too late.
...provide a habitat for animals that had there’s destroyed. Furthermore they need to improve their captive breeding programs and abandon the failed programs. Zoos need to address the concern that animals are not living up to there actual life span and either release them into there natural habitat or find an alternative. Animal stress is also of big concern because it is causing physiological harm.
Did you know that animals and plants are dieing from living and even non living things. So predator - prey relationships have a big deal of the population on plants and animals because the predator will eat them. But with the predator - prey relationships they all have a connection together. The one that controls how the population of all the things is the keystone species because they keep everything in check just like a printable in school. But what happens if the keystone species die and can it affect the ecosystem strongly? So living and Nonliving factors have a big affect on the population of the and and the animals.
In the world where people live in is an enormous responsibility but also the greatest gift that people need to cherish and protect. The human race needs to step up and voice not only their concerns, but the concerns of all the animals endangered or not. Any species which fall into the categories vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered are considered to be at risk of extinction. {Robert Redford} said “I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security defense of our resource’s because it’s just as important as defense abroad otherwise what is there to defend?”
...nnot keep up with the mass destruction of forests. In addition, the tremendous amount of grain used to feed the animals could be transported to undeveloped countries for food supply.
Everyone’s all seen those wildlife shows on tv. The shows on National Geographic and such, showing animals in beautiful environments, everything lush and growing and nothing at all wrong that could threaten these creatures and places. But, have anyone seen the other side? The side where all these beautiful creatures and plants starve, are decimated by predators that have never been there before, and sometime even become poisoned by their very own homes and habitats? Of course no one has. That doesn’t mean that its not happening. It is happening, and its happening everywhere. And guess who is to blame? People. Society. Humans as a race pollute the environment, hunt animals simply for their parts, fish way more than humans will ever need just for the sake of money, introduce new species to new places for our own gain, and even purposefully destroy entire regions just for human expansion. And its starting to take its toll. While it is true that nature is constantly in flux and certain species come and go, humans are causing more species to disappear in the past few hundred years then nature has ever caused since the age of the dinosaurs, and therefore it is up to humans to repair the damage caused, be it cleaning the environment and habitats of these creatures, or taking more direct action to protect and preserve the species that are on the brink of extinction.
The impact of this issue is important in many ways. Up to forty percent of the world’s economy depends on natural resources, and perpetually using these resources inevitably means that they will run out. The economy would suffer greatly. It wouldn’t be accustomed to using other sources of energy after depending on non-renewable resources for so long. Without biodiversity, large amounts of money have to be spent to provide services that were otherwise given to us free of charge.
are at a very high risk of extinction. There are over 3000 endangered species around the world due to many factors including over-fishing, hunting, destruction of habitat, climate change and a decrease in food supply. As the number of endangered species are increasing quickly it is very important that action is taken to preserve them for a number of reasons. If endangered species are not preserved it could easily lead to the species becoming extinct which could upset the food chain and lead to further extinction of other species. This could have not only negative effects on there predators but would eventually lead to having negative effects on species further up the food chain including the human species. Over the years researches have come to discover and find that all species play an important part in looking after our ecosystem and extinction could cause a big hole in the system.