Arctic Deer Anthropology

The author’s inference of the purported decline in deer population as a result of melting of sea ice due to global warming which has disrupted the age old migration pattern of the Arctic deer is based on weak assumptions and unconvincing logics. The author’s lack of in-depth analysis and missing evidences and arguments have left holes in the reasoning of the argument.

The argument is based on the main pre-supposition that there exists a strong connection between global warming and diminishing deer population. However, the author fails to provide supporting evidences and instead bases his reasoning on mere co-incidences. He fails to give statistical data that can serve as testimony for the declining population. The statistical changes of global temperature, the rise in sea levels and the decrease in deer population over the last few decades, if had been provided, would have supported the author’s claim.

Next, the argument assumes that the reports from local hunters to be true. It omits the opinions from environmentalists or researches studying about Arctic climatology, findings from scientists and views from nature magazines or scientific journals. Any opinion, to be believed as true, must be …show more content…
One of the serious consequences of illegal hunting of animals for valuable body parts is endangering them and pushing them towards extinction. The author, in support of his theory, should have provided possible links between the activities of local hunters and deer population, instead of basing his logics on the hunters’ words. Moreover, he has also failed to suggest any reasons of decline due to human intervention and destruction of the ecological niche of the Arctic deer. Any supporting evidence, such as the number of deer killed by poaching, illegal trading or due to destruction of habitat would have strengthened his