Conservation biology

teach the public about wildlife conservation and rehabilitating animals to release back into the wild (Lin 2017). They believe that as long as these places follow AZA regulations that call for enrichment programs and maintenance techniques that closely mimics how should be in the wild (Lin 2017). However, this solution does not negate the fact that captivity alters the social and biological behaviors of wild animals. In a study conducted by M Elsbeth McPhee; a conservation biologist, researchers…

Today’s newspaper says the last chicken in the world has died. It had lived its final days in Taiwan, just as its rooster, who’d died several months back. The tabloid even showed a photo of the poor thing. It looked nothing like the Rhode Island Red, or the Leghorn I was used to seeing in my life. It looked scrawny, shrunken, and nothing like it was supposed to look. Chickens were gone now, them, along with the world’s other fowl and eatable mammals. Just like most of the other animal life…

Introduction Australia has some of the worlds most diverse and unique ecosystems, these are constantly under threat from both human impacts and natural processes. I believe that to protect our native species we need to attract people to our National parks, one example of this is Kings Park a state icon in Western Australia with over 13,000 different species located and protected on its grounds. The problem with Kings Park is that it doesn’t receive the attention it deserves. I think by building…

leaders say “that the nation should focus on economic growth instead of setting aside habitat for species that are so similar to one another that the loss of some will have no discernible impact.”() By understanding the historical impact of animal conservation and benefits that animals provide for humans, people can see the importance of forming organizations and making an effort to conserve the Earth’s…

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…

Conservation criminology is an interdisciplinary study of the exploitation of the environment we humans have, while thinking about the consequences our environmental exploitation has on society. The first example of conservation crimes is releasing chemicals or toxins in the environment like estrogen based-pharmaceuticals, antidepressants, and anticonvulsants in aquatic ecosystems. It might not be illegal in some cases, but it's a conservation crime because it affects the aquatic life which can…

The Environmental Effects of Hurricane Katrina: An Annotated Bibliography Brooks, Matthew, Stouffex, Philip. “Effects of Hurricane Katrina and Salvage Logging on Bachman’s Sparrow.” 26 Jan. 2011, http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/cond.2010.100019 Bachmann’s Sparrows are at a near threatened status, so the effects of Katarina were expected to be detrimental to their environment. These sparrows make their homes in the longleaf pine tree located in the savanna area. The path of Katrina…

De-extinction is something that is being thought about by scientists around the world, but some are thinking differently than others. There are two sides to de-extinction: if it should or should not be done. Scientist and even just regular, not fully informed people are debating about this on a daily basis. Some believe it's something that we should do this to "restore traditional values, strengthen families, and encourage education", while others believe that "Being able to do something doesn’t…

My endangered species is called the Bog Turtle. The Latin name for the bog turtle is the Glyptemys Muhlenberg. The bog turtle is the smallest turtle species in North America, growing to only 3 to 4 inches and weighing less than 4 ounces. They are mostly found in the northeast U.S region. My species is going to go extinct because bog turtles are not needed much in the food chain and the animals that do consume it, the turtle isn’t their primary source of food intake, there aren’t many left and…

Conservation of wildlife is an issue that is relevant to today in people’s everyday life. The importance of this topic, was not introduced recently. Although a poem published in 1967, still have relevance today shows the importance of modern contemporary poets, whose voice can be heard to this day. W.S. Merwin’s “For a Coming Extinction” emphasizes the importance of saving animals and the environment that is still relevant to today’s issues. In this short poem, concepts of everyday wrong-doing…