Extinction event

From Diversion to Preservation The places where entertainment equals learning any day of the year. Where the wonders of Mother Nature are portrayed, and also offer an opportunity for its visitors to experience a temporary disconnection from the real world. Zoos and aquariums cultivate an appreciation for wildlife because they attract people from all ages, visitors can appreciate animals closer, and people learn about wildlife with tours, pamphlets and experiences. First, these places attract…

Shaping Shaping explains the process of acquisition of more complex sorts of behaviours. Skinner explained shaping as the method of successive approximations. Basically, it involves first reinforcing a behaviour even vaguely similar to the one desired. Once that is established, you look out for variations that comes a little closer to what you want, and so on, until you have the animal performing a behaviour that would never show up in ordinary life. Skinner and his students have been quite…

At the point when Radha Krishna Gharti, a senior veterinarian at Nepal's Central Zoo, is in his office, the adrenaline level in his circulatory system can undoubtedly go from 'zero to sixty' in a matter of few moments. Saturday, May 17, 2014 was one such day. The vet, who is one of the modest bunch of specialists in Kathmandu, who can calm a panther, got a call early morning. A panther had been seen at a home in Kapan in north-eastern Kathmandu, where instances of panther sightings have been…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and His Addiction? “Animals trapped behind bars at the zoo, need to run rampant and free! Predators live on the prey they pursue; this time the predator's me,” sung Henry Jekyll in the play Jekyll & Hyde. Although this quote is from the play, not the book, I believe it is extremely relevant. In the beginning of the book, Jekyll felt that his true self was trapped in a prison of morals. He felt like a caged animal. He wanted to be free, he wanted to do…

Introduction Ever since 1961, humans have been removing orcas out of their natural habitats to go to places such as Sea World, where they are forced to perform tricks for people who pay to watch (Blackfish). Unlike orcas in the wild, captive orcas have been known to live shorter lives and go through traumatic experiences. Also, orca captivity has had negative effects on not only the orcas taken captive, but their families too. Due to the negative changes orcas experience from the wild to…

An invasive species is an organism that is not native and has negative effects on an economy, environment and health of an individual. Moreover, an invasive species can be a plant, animal or other organisms that might create negative impacts to the society. Furthermore, the definition can further be enumerated as a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction creates results that are inefficient to those surrounding it. The impacts that are often created…

Pangolins are unique and strange creatures. They also have some crazy features too. Tens of wild Pangolins are killed each year. They look like a mixture of a sloth and a scaly lizard. It looks scary, cool, and nice. You should take care of creatures cause one day they might be here anymore. They live in different habitats. They all have different lifestyles. All of them have different ways to catch their food, and to defend themselves. First, pangolins are endangered. There two types of…

At the rate that poaching is transpiring, elephants will be extinct by the year 2020 (Mosbergen). The population of elephants has drastically decreased. Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, which is roughly 100 elephants everyday. This ecological impact is immense, and if nothing is done to stop poaching, elephants will become extinct before we know it. Poaching is a serious problem, especially in Africa and Asia and it takes place for commercial…

years to mature and the size of the horn does matter because they don’t take the ones of calves. The other issue is that breeding of rhinos in captivity is very difficult as rhinos struggle to mate. If it was easy Rhinos would not be on the brink of extinction. Again, overstocking land for rhino farming will increase the risk and spread of disease, and captive breeding for profit could put the genetic integrity of wildlife at risk. Again, regular harvesting cannot meet the demand and supply to…

Animals should not be kept in Zoos As a kid, I feel like we all visited zoos with our families as a fun way to pass time. It was a lighthearted form of amusement with exotic and interesting animals. What kid would not love to visit the zoo? When you are young, nothing is ever bad or wrong in your eyes. All over the world there are animals being kept in containment for the enjoyment of people. While it may seem harmless and all fun and games, it is not. These animals are being kept from living…