Javan Tiger

effect known as ghost striping. For each species, an imperative combination of alleles is essential to stimulate a surplus of melanin production. In leopards, melanism is conveyed by a recessive allele, and is distributed through five subspecies; the Javan leopard, African leopard, Indian leopard, Indochinese leopard, and Sri Lankan leopard. In jaguars, melanism is conferred through a dominant allele. Consequently, black panthers in South America may produce pure black cubs or spotted cubs.…

The RHI-SPY and poaching Poaching is a serious crime which needs to be controlled or stopped. Poaching is the greatest current threat to tigers, rhinos, elephants, gorillas and other African and Asian species. (WWF) In the year 2011, 448 rhinos were killed in South Africa alone and the numbers are increasing each year. Every day rhinos are being poached for their horns, and by mid-2012, 300 more had been poached. “Currently a rhino is being butchered every 6 hours in Africa, and the issues…

2009). We ourselves are animals, and since the extinction of a species can potentially lead to the extinction of another, it is more than possible that humans may become the end extinction result. An example of a recently extinct species is the Javan Tiger, which became extinct around 1980 mostly due to habitat loss and hunting by the increasing populations of Natives of the Indonesian island of Java (Farter,…