Endangered Species Act

Article Analysis - “Should We Kill Animals to Save Them?” by Satvik Gurram Though the fees for hunting animals may presumably go to conservation and help maintain conservancies and wildlife reserves, many critics believe that endangered and big game animals shouldn’t be killed and the benefits of hunting fees are not significant at all. Nyae Nyae, a wildlife reserve in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert, protects one of the last large elephants in the world. In addition to these elephants, around 3,000…

especially wild animals, could be beneficial. This is because the act helps in reducing the damages on the environment that is caused by these animals, increase in wildlife value, and increased willingness for landowners to tolerate damages by wild animals and removing animals from the general populations before they die (Conover, 529). However, these advantages are hard to quantify or rather measure especially when comparing the act with the suggested benefit. In other words, it is not easy or…

Is it possible to be 16 years old, stranded at sea for 227 days on the same boat as a tiger and come out alive? The answer to this question will most likely be "that's impossible". But Yann Martel wrote a book giving similar instructions on how to do just that. In Yann Martel's novel, Life of Pi, readers follow Pi, a 16-year-old boy, throughout his journey of being stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger for 227 days. Throughout the book, the most definitive theme is survival.…

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) is an endangered species of turtle that lives and nests on the beaches of Georgia’s barrier islands. The Loggerhead Sea Turtles was listed on the threatened species list on July 28, 1978. There are 7 species of sea turtles, and the Loggerhead turtle is one of five found on the Georgia barrier islands. The Loggerhead turtle is the only one of those that nests regularly on the barrier islands. This species of turtle lives in oceans all over the world…

elephants, but many times consequences are not followed through due to lack of authority or corruption from within. One consequence that poachers face is prison time. The Times put out an article stating that “Poachers caught slaughtering Kenya’s most endangered animals are set to face life in prison, in a dramatic change to lenient existing laws” (Hammer). If this is true then why aren't we hearing about poachers being thrown in jail, but instead we keep hearing about the countless elephants…

First, these places attract people from all ages successfully. From children to seniors, zoos and aquariums are meant for the whole family in comparison to other public places. Both places offer the most complete information about the displayed species. The Director of the American…

that is native to south central China. The scientific classification of the giant panda is that it originates from the kingdom: Animalia, phylum: Chordata, class: Mammalia, family: Ursidae, genus: Ailuropoda, and species: A. melanoleuca3. The giant panda has been added to the endangered species list in 2007. Conservation needs to be done by humans to prevent damage to the world that humans have caused. Without conservation, our lives will change and it is important to get involved in…

ecosystem the native species began to decline. The four native species in lab were perch, bass, bluegill, and walleye. Each species had to use a different utensil to collect food. The perch used one plastic spoon, the bass used two knives, the bluegill used one fork, and the walleye used two forks. In graph one it is shown that the smallmouth bass still survived greatly even with the round goby in the ecosystem. In table 2 the round goby began to overrule the native species. The goby began to…

What's the difference between an antelope and a gazelle? The answer is simple: gazelles are a genus of antelopes. Even though the two are so closely related, they are distinct from each other in many ways. The addax antelope and dorcas gazelle have unique appearances, but the two African native animals have a similar diet and habitat. Although they show many differences in size, the addax antelope shares a number of physical similarities with the dorcas gazelle. On one hand, the addax antelope…

Seaworld Struggles to Recover from “Blackfish” Many of us have seen the documentary “Blackfish”. Whether or not you agree or disagree with Seaworld and their practices, one thing is for sure, Seaworld’s sales are hurting and it is all thanks to “Blackfish”. The documentary “Blackfish” surrounds the orca ‘Tilikum’ who is currently held in captivity at Seaworld, Orlando. For the past two years, Seaworld has been struggling desperately to bring up profits and attendance through marketing,…