Endangered Species Essay

The Endangered Species Act, like many of the conservation acts, was put in place because people noticed something needed to be done. Although this act is very complex and can be confusing, it has been successful. Nonetheless, since many species are still listed or waiting to be assessed people criticize the act’s effectiveness. In 1966, congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act. This listed native animals as endangered and gave limited protection. The act was amended in 1969 to…

What is the Endangered Species Act? Why was the Endangered Species Act created? Why do we care for endangered species? The Endangered Species Act was made so that our native plants, animals, and fish would not go into extinction. This Act requires that Federal and State agencies provide suitable conditions for endangered and threatened species, not to jeopardize from federal activities but to protect and save our native species from extinction. Throughout history there have been many events to…

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) was passed by Congress to “protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend” (Fish and Wildlife Service, 2017, para. 1). The ESA is administered by both The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (FWS, 2017). The protections afforded by the ESA, which are in part, found in Sec. 9 which prohibits the taking of any endangered species within the United States, and…

Animal extinction is a huge epidemic that is happening faster than we ever expected. Endangered species are dying off left and right due to natural and unnatural causes. Things like poaching and global warming are constantly effecting our environment and changing the way species are living every day. All humans have a responsibility to take care of our environment, which, in turn, will help protect our species and others as well. The protection of Earth is vital to our survival as a whole and…

melanoleuca) are viewed to be one of the charismatic, interesting and of cultural significant animals in the world. They also the ones that need our protection to ensure their survival in the wild. Standing from one point of view, the pandas are an endangered species which once desperately needed funds and resources to save themselves from the brink of extinction. They also helped to raise the awareness of animal conservation worldwide. Opposing this viewpoint, some see the pandas as furry…

Endangered species should not be killed they are rare, most become extinct people kill them for games. One reason that animals are becoming endangered is because humans are trying to get timber and find new places to settle or sell and destroying their homes. Other reason are because people hunt and fish for food. Tigers are hunted because of games and medicine and people use they fur. Some are killed because of bad behavior and are hazards to human life. Also,because of climate changes and…

estimated that every day we lose 150-200 species from this Earth. Of the 44,838 species that have been assessed, 16,928 are listed as endangered, meaning they are threatened with extinction. The rest of the estimated 8,700,000 species on Earth have yet to be assessed, so the number of threatened species is significantly larger than the current estimate. In the 1970s, many environmental laws were passed to curb the mass extinction of species including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 or ESA.…

I came across this article, talking about how they might under new legislation might get right of the Endangered Species Act all together in the future, and this was appropriate since we have been talking about endangered species in class this past week. There was many reasons I thought this article was credible, one of them was it was quoting different stories from “The New York Times,” a newspaper that has reliable information on this topic. It is also talking about different congressman…

SAN DIEGO >> U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico’s red-crowned parrot — a species that has been adapting so well to living in cities in California and Texas after escaping from the pet trade that the population may now rival that in its native country. The research comes amid debate over whether some of the birds flew across the border into Texas and should be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Parrots in U.S. urban areas are just starting to draw attention from…

Endangered species are such a huge problem that needs to be solved because they are part of an ecosystem and play key roles in that system. People can help by showing and giving support to the government such as the EPA and the DNR they can donate money, get involved with these organizations, and raise awareness. People can look up and endangered species such as endangered birds or small animals and plant habitats and foods for those animals so they have a place to live. People can fund…