Resident Evil: Extinction

Animals live all around us. Homes, deserts, rainforests, Arctic regions, the sea, and places we don’t even know about. Our world would be incredibly different if the fascinating creatures of Earth started dropping like flies. Go back to the memories you have of going to the zoo. Relive it. Think of the way you weaved your around the different people to see your favorite animal, the way you stared in awe at the magnificent wonder in front of you. Beautiful fur glides past their shoulder blades as…

Tourism Operations at the Wildlife Safari, Winston Oregon Austin Alexander, Kailyn Gunther, Noah Lapp, & Adam Oakes Introduction The Wildlife Safari is a drive-through zoo that is located in Winston, Oregon. The park was created in 1972 by Frank Hart (History, 2017). Hart’s dream was to create a facility in the Pacific Northwest that would work towards saving rare and endangered species from around the world. The park is 600 acres, allowing around 500 animals to live comfortably on the…

In Operant Conditioning some factual points that stood out to me were two-forms of positive and negative reinforcement and punishment. With the use of positive and negative reinforcement to increase or decrease a behavior could be rewarding in molding behaviors in most cases. With the use of operant conditioning, this could also be a great tool to use outside of the classroom. (Positive reinforcement) If a Childs (Behavior) is good during class (Consequence) a parent could praise them on it…

Wild animals are increasingly being kept as pets in homes. The domestication of such animals should not occur as they belong to the wilderness and would find it extremely hard to adjust to confined surroundings. Since these animals are not domestic, the owners of such pets must have a clear understanding of what is involved once they take them out of their natural surroundings. Their regular functions are disturbed and dependent on the workings of a domestic household. Their sleep pattern is…

Poaching Since 1997, people in Africa and other countries around the world, have been poaching elephants for the ivory in their tusks. Every year it is estimated that over 100,000 elephants are killed and every kill brings elephants close to extinction, which is why there should be stricter consequences for poaching. Currently, in countries around the world, there is a ban and set consequences for the trade of ivory, yet there is no law specifically illegalizing the killing of the elephants.…

from one point of view, the pandas are an endangered species which once desperately needed funds and resources to save themselves from the brink of extinction. They also helped to raise the awareness of animal conservation worldwide. Opposing this viewpoint, some see the pandas as furry black-and-white money pits, who were already on the brink of extinction, but somehow managed to divert the much-needed funds from the other animals who were less adorable but still equally deserving to be…

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…

Gray wolves were rescued from the brink of extinction when the government abolished the law that organised the extermination of wolves on federally owned lands, which led to the slaughtering of more than 25,000 wolves. After the Senate withdrew the gray wolf from the endangered species list, in 2011, the slaughtering of wolves began to escalate again. This caused wolf hunters to fall deeper into their paranoid fantasy that wolves represents a liberal conspiracy against farmland and livestock.…

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…