Wildlife Essay

Exotic Animals As Pets “There are more tigers kept as pets in the United States than roam free in the wild”(CNN). Keeping these large cats as pets has become a large business in which tiger and lion cubs are brought to the United States to be held by the public so that they can get a picture with these exotic animals.Once the cubs reach twelve weeks old they are sold to anyone who wants them. “These animals are then kept in confined cages in backyards, garages and basements because the…

To what extent is animal captivity immoral? Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either domesticated animals (livestock and pets) or wild animals. This may include, for example, farms, private homes, zoos and laboratories. Animals are shipped to and from different locations all over the world, and held in captivity for the rest of their lives for our viewing pleasure. We can ask: is this practice and…

Exotic Animals as Pets Bears, sugar gliders, snakes, black panthers, snow tigers, flying squirrels, bearded dragons, chameleons, pythons, geckos, iguanas, lemurs—these are just a few of the huge list of unusual, or so called exotic, animals that people might own or trade. The availablity of these extoic animals has made it easy to acquire or to sell them. It is harmful to the animals, the environment and even humans. It may be marginally legal to sell and own these animals, however, in many…

people want to see and how much revenue they can make. What they fail to understand and should the people is the little creatures that help this earth everyday to keep it up and running. So as they say zoos also helps to teach people about nature and wildlife, why don’t they care about the animals that make up this earth. It also makes no sense for animals to be trained using electric goads if they are there for education and to help…

Over the course of the last five wildlife management eras, wildlife management methods in South Africa, the American West, and Mexico have proved successful. This is in large part due to the developing strategies and philosophies in the last three eras that helped resurrect declining wildlife populations. For example, buffalo and buffalo grasses are steadily being restored to the American plains, a stark contrast to the near extermination of them in the 1800’s. Another example in the American…

Introduction - Wildlife Justice Commission The last decade has seen an unprecedented rise in the poaching and trafficking of endangered and iconic wildlife species. The very survival of species such as rhinos, elephants and tigers as well as countless less iconic species is at stake. From 2007 to 2014 rhino poaching in South Africa has increased by almost 10,000% (in 2007 there were 13 recorded instances of rhino poaching compared to 1,215 in 2014). In the first four months of 2015 incidences…

in wildlife crime is argued to be a result of “widespread poverty, underfunding of wildlife conservation efforts, lack of law enforcement and political instability in the concerned countries and a rising demand for exotic animal products” (WTO 2014:5). Considering the numerous dimensions involved in illegal wildlife trade, it is only appropriate that efforts to solve this crisis be multidimensional. Further, it is critical that there are intervention efforts at each level of illegal wildlife…

If you placed a child in the jungle all alone, what would become of him? Would the child be consumed, or would the animals raise him as one of their own? Jon Favreau showed that in the movie The Jungle Book. This movie is about Mowgli’s experience in the jungle after his parents had died while protecting him from a tiger. Abandoned by his father, Mowgli had been raised wolves and had become one himself, but was not completely accepted by the animals inhabiting the jungle. Shere Khan, the tiger…

Wild animals are keeping in captivity for different reasons and in different places like zoos, circus and for researches. In my opinion, I am not like animals keeping in captivity for any reason because they are also living things like us. Animals kept in captivity are like a good family outing to some people but for others, it is like an animal is a cell of prison. The discussion of whether or not animals should be held in captivity is one that will not stop. The discussions go both ways. I…

Do the benefits of breeding programmes outweigh the horror of zoos? Zoos are everywhere. Most cities have zoos, where families, tourists etc can go and see a variety of animals. People love to go to the zoo to see the animals, but what about the animals? Does zoo life affect the health and well-being of the animals? Is extinction natural selection? Are animals bred in captivity able to be released into the wild and if not, what's the point in breeding them? These are the questions that need to…