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    The Endangered Species Act

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    accusations of what this cause may be, there is an understanding that human interaction is a key factor when it comes to the extinction of animals. Human’s interactions have increased over the past few decades both good and bad. This threat has evolved from a local to a global scale. Scientists have predicted that “50 percent of all species may be lost during the 21st century” ()unless some effort to protect animals from extinction is made. In fact, an impact at this scale could interfere with the worlds growing population effort to feed and heal its…

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    Endangered Species Act

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    The Endangered Species Act is the most successful and important conservation act in the United States of America. More than 2,000 plants and animals are protected under this act and 93% of these species have remained stable since they became protected under the ESA. The Endangered Species Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ESA has helped prevent some of our most beloved creatures…

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    Endangered Species Imagine the world where species are dying because they couldn’t find food because there food is extinct. The world would turn into chaos just because of one species. So if the government could save that one endangered species then we could stop the world from going into chaos. Endangered species have a huge impact on the world and if they go extinct it can mess up everything. “Endangered species does not just refer to wildlife but rather any living organism whether in the…

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    Endangered Species Act

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    choose to do my write my paper on endangered species Act. The reason I choose to do my paper on that is, because I love animals and they are very interesting to me. The endangered species act started in 1973. The endangered species Act of 1973 is one of many United States environmental laws passed in the 1970’s. Why should we protect threaten and endangered species? The Endangered species Act is America’s most powerful wildlife and protection law. This act have been the most positive for…

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    deep amber bellied, Passenger Pigeon. Over the years, human activity has harmed the natural world, driving some species to near extinction, to the point of helplessness. But even the people that brought destruction and tragedy upon these animals can save them from the neverending darkness of the grave. The human race needs to help rescue endangered species of animals because the laws that have been passed to help endangered species of animals do not work, there are still endangered species.…

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    Endangered Species Dbq

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    over consumption, disease, predation, insufficient regulations, or different human-caused factors (Endangered Species Act). Subspecies and clear population segments are given protection if it is proven that the organisms are crucial to an ecosystem (Matsumoto). The law requires that the listing of a species is based solely on biological status. It is illegal to list or delist an organism when there is insufficient scientific data to support the conclusion. It usually takes less than a year to…

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    Why is It Important to Preserve Endangered Species? Individual Research Project Global Perpectives Over time the amount of endangered species on the planet has increased. An endangered species is a species that exists in very small numbers and is at risk of extinction. Animals are affected when humans damage and pollute the environment – their homes can be destroyed and Why do animals become endangered? There are many reasons why animals become endangered. There are both natural causes and…

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    According to scientists, around 150-200 species of plant and animal go extinct every 24 hours. This statistic doesn’t seem so shocking until the realization comes that this is almost 1,000 times the natural rate for extinction. Humans contribute a great amount to this pandemic. A prime example is that of the dodo bird, which was famously hunted into extinction. Around 20,000 species are currently listed as threatened by extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).…

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    “The Endangered Species Act was designed to recover species to a level at which they are no longer considered endangered and therefore do not require the Act’s protection” (Seasholes, 2007). The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a very well known act that works to prevent extinction from various species and plants. It provides protection in and outside the United States and while, “the law has been highly successful in the revival of some creatures...it also has been receiving a bit of…

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    use proper care and help protect these species that are endangered in North Carolina. The ecosystem is a fragile system and the strain caused by a certain animal going extinct could possibly cause the entire ecosystem to collapse Which would be a tragic thing; it would not just affect the environment, but it could also affect humans and their daily lives depending on how drastic the change is. Therefore, something must be done to prevent that from occurring and preferably something soon. In a…

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