Wildlife

Would you want to be held in an enclosed area your whole life and not know what it’s like to live in your own natural environment? Animals deserve to live in their own environment remaining untouched. My uncle once had a pet alligator and an exotic snake. His life was at risk all the time until he finally got rid of it properly. These animals are becoming endangered and it’s our fault. This must end. Keeping exotic animals can be a very big risk to your health and others near you. What would…

Wildlife Population Data: After observing populations of two different species of birds, we were able to come to conclusions using data of their populations over a time interval of 43 years. By looking at the year vs. population, one can see general trends of both the bald eagle data as well as the data from pheasants both tend to generally increase. We inserted the data from Table 9 into individual graphs of the population of pheasants and bald eagle breeding pairs. When looking at Figure 15,…

Throughout the history of deer hunting in the United States, management tactics have rarely been taken advantage of. However, in recent years outdoorsmen across the nation have been driven by their passion of wildlife to begin implementing new, more sustainable practices. Wildlife management in the hunting industry stems from multiple sources, whether it be the pursuit of larger antlers or simply the need to put meat in the freezer. Nevertheless, the foundation of any program remains to be the…

Hunting is the act of tracking or trapping wildlife for a source of food or sport (Hunting). It began at least 2 million years ago with the world 's earliest ancestors. This event has been around for a variety of generations, and is said to be a type of tradition, ritual, and, or bonding experience for families everywhere. Hunting not only benefits the ecosystem and economy, but it also helps with the population control of wild animals. Many people say that hunting is bad because hunters kill…

vital component of the wildlife and natural resources field of work. Increasingly it has shaped my professional interests and career choices over the last several years as its importance is made clear by mounting threats to biodiversity and ecosystem balance. Without the ideology and practices developed in the field of conservation biology many of the species we consider common today would have easily gone extinct in the early 20th century due to a lack of well-considered wildlife management.…

transmissible infectious degenerative neurological disease that attacks the brain and neural tissue of mule deer, white tailed deer, and elk”(Capps). With the rabies virus, the average lifespan of the infected animal is usually between 10-14 days. “Wildlife overpopulation can lead to parasitism such as mange, as well as diseases such as rabies and distemper. As more and more animals crowd together, diseases often increase. Large die-offs due to disease are common under these circumstances. Some…

Wildlife in Captivity Throughout the years, we have been made to believe that wildlife in entertainment is fascinating. However, what we do not know, is the way these animals are being treated behind closed doors. Since 1959, SeaWorld has made it seem, as if it is an incredible place for their marine animals. Though, what SeaWorld does not advertise, is how these animals have been captured by SeaWorld’s own poachers. Now SeaWorld is not the only entertainment park that exploits their wild…

“Whitetail deer are one of the most recognized wildlife in Alabama”-(Outdoor Alabama). This quotation proves that Whitetail deer are important to Alabamians and the people of the South-East region. To obtain a whitetail trophy, hunters need to know about the deer in Alabama, specifically the management, population, habitat, and eating patterns, so they can pursue deer hunting as a career. To have trophy Whitetails you need to have three things, and one is good management. To have good…

it requires years of school and classes. Becoming an officer requires a bachelor's degree in wildlife management, natural resource sciences, criminal justice, and police sciences.…

our time at the Audubon Center of the Northwoods in Sandstone, Minnesota. The weather was sunny with splashes of clouds and it felt especially humid. The first part of the day was spent contrasting the prairies we observed yesterday at Sherburne Wildlife Refuge with the newly restored prairie at Audubon. Historically, the new prairie was an old agricultural field; the team removed the old plants, sprayed to remove the plants, burned off the older vegetation and then replanted with specific…