MAJESTIC Bengal tigers‚ wild dogs‚ sarus cranes‚ ancient turtles‚ and Asian elephants—these are just some of India’s animal species in danger of extinction. Consider the largest land mammal‚ the elephant. The elephant’s ivory tusks are very much in demand. Japan is one of the largest users of ivory‚ and there is similar demand in China‚ where ivory chopsticks are still popular. How has the demand for ivory had an especially adverse affect on the Asian elephant? Some time ago The Times of India
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What is a wetland? Wetlands are areas that are inundated by water cyclically‚ intermittently or permanently and can have fresh‚ brackish or salt water. The main wetland types include swamps‚ marshes‚ bogs‚ and fens. Wetlands are the link between land and water and are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Depending on the type of wetland‚ it may be filled mostly with trees‚ grasses‚ shrubs or moss. An area doesn’t need to be permanently wet to qualify as a wetland. It just needs to
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El Paso zoo educates over an estimated 350‚000 people a year many of them being students on school field trips. The Zoo offers many activity’s for volunteer work‚ and holds educational programs and tours including sleepovers‚ and a behind the scene tour on how and where the animals kept afterhours. If that’s not enough you can also get involved with the zoo by being a volunteer working with zoo keepers‚ interacting with public visitors and helping in special events held at the zoo‚ you can also donate
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CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) CITES is an international agreement between governments which aims to protect wild plants and animals and to ensure that international trade does not threaten their survival. Although many of traded wildlife species are not endangered‚ the existence of CITES agreement would safeguard these resources end ensure their trade is sustainable. The trade of wildlife species could be in the form of live animals
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ecosystem depending on the fish. The next destructive is the Stern Trawling. This is destructive due to the method of capture‚ in the sea for long periods of time. While this might seem beneficial as it can catch more fish‚ it may catch sea mammals or endangered creatures that aren’t intended for capture. It has a low accuracy of the specific creature to be caught and less time to save from the possible entanglements due to the length of time in the water. Activity- Part 3 Bycatch majorly impacts the environment
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EVS REPORT – BATCH 2 – THE MAP OF ENDANGERED No one will ever again see a paradise parrot flash its rainbow colors across the sky or see the Tasmanian tiger slink through the wet Tasmanian forest. They are gone forever – they are now extinct. It is very sad‚ but it is too late. Extinction is forever. Plants and animals have become extinct before. Dinosaurs are an example. However the process is slow‚ taking thousands of years and longer‚ allowing sufficient time for other life forms to adjust to
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| |Order: |Unionoida | |Family: |Unionidae | |Genus: |Alasmidonta | Alasmidonta mccordi was listed in 1996 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) as Critically Endangered due to
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months after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico‚ spilled oil still fouls beaches and wetlands‚ birds and endangered sea turtles continue to suffer crippling effects‚ and the government has yet to deal with the significant risks that offshore drilling poses every day to wildlife and the environment. So far‚ more than 6‚100 birds‚ 605 sea turtles and nearly 100 mammals‚ including dolphins‚ have died.
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Zoos A zoo is a facility in which animals are kept in confined spaces or enclosures‚ displayed to the public and can be bred. Other names for a zoo are zoological park‚ zoological garden and a menagerie. Zoos around the world cause concern for animal rights‚ which is a problem because zoos normally keep wild animals rather than domestic ones. It is believed that zoo’s began around 3500BC‚ which is when the oldest zoological park is recorded. The oldest known zoological collection was revealed
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Created by: Carrie Rhein Hazelwood Central High School Teacher Page Activity Teacher Page • The learner will be able to classify living things into groups based on structure. • The learner will be able to understand that organisms are classified according to their structural similarities which mirror their evolutionary relationships. • The teacher can use this production to show similarities and differences in vertebrates. • The students should use science journals to write in answers as the teacher
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