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    is should Sandhill cranes be hunted? In 2014 Tennessee approved the law due to the fact, the population of these specific birds was over 600,000. Along with the high numbers, there population continuously increases. Although the species is not endangered, geologic experts don’t want to have these birds hunted because, Sandhill cranes are one of the oldest birds. In addition Geologic experts have fossils of the birds that are 9 million years old. People who hunt and others who wish to preserve…

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    Ivory Trade Controversy

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    to stop this, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, placed a ban on the ivory trade in 1989. For a while, this action did prove to be somewhat successful,…

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    Ocelot Research Paper

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    species to be on the endangered species list. Endangered species are living organisms that are at risk of extinction since their population is low. Depending on the region the ocelots fur ranges from a golden yellow to a dark brown with irregular patches and stripes. These wild cats are much larger than domestic cats, but are considerably smaller than other wild cats such as jaguars and tigers. Their tail can be as long as ten to fifteen inches. The ocelot is a nocturnal animal meaning it is…

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    Every day tons of animals are poached all over the world, some animals left to rot in the sun. even though others might think poaching is good because it gives us resources, it is the opposite poaching damages ecosystems severely. Poaching has become a huge problem all over the world not just in the U.S. In order to stop poaching we need to be aware about the statistics, what animals are affected by poaching, and why they are being poached. There are becoming less and less of the animals that…

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    Essay On Ocelot

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    The ocelot is a sleek animal with one of the most gorgeous spotted coat of any animal in the world, also is twice the size of the average house cat. Its fur is golden over most of its body, with white or cream on the belly; marked over the background color are all sorts of patterns. Mostly, the ocelot has black or dark brown spots arranged in a doughnut shape with dark tan in the middle. Sometimes these spots connect together and form chains or stripes running along the cat’s sides and back. The…

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    surprisingly, conservationists are ill-equipped to address this fundamental question. Too often arguments to conserve wildlife lack a scientific basis, or are irrelevant from a local perspective.” (Ploeg 2011). We should not have another endangered or even extinct animal, these Crocodiles are one of a kind and we need to make sure that they…

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    The extinction of animals and living organisms is something most humans do not put into perspective, possibly until it’s almost too late. For example, humans don 't realise that their everyday lives are build around these creatures; what we eat, how we breathe, and how our world develops. I myself never thought about a world without whales, manta rays, tigers, plankton and owls and how important they are in my life until I came across the documentary Racing Extinction and the book Sustaining…

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    numbers of extinguished animals have reached catastrophic proportions. According to the statistics published by the Convention on…

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    species back to life. The lost animals and plants may have benefitted their environments in their time, but they may not be able to thrive in current time and facilitate the regrowth of important ecosystems in a way that is worth the money it would take to fund such a project. Some scientists have their opinions on what standards a particular species would have to meet for its de-extinction to be advantageous. These people believe that limits should be placed on which animals or plants are…

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    Hybridization Red Wolf

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    rufus) is a critically endangered canid species that is endemic to the south-east regions of the United States. In the past, the wolves were widespread in numerous American states, but persecution and loss of habitat restricted them to the states of Louisiana and Texas where they then struggled with high parasite numbers and hybridization with coyotes (Canis latrans) (Brzeski et al., 2014). As red wolves are an endangered species, efforts to re-introduce the animals to the wild are…

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