Persuasive Essay On Endangered Species

Conservation of our biodiversity not only demonstrates foresight, it protects the natural resources so vital to our own continued existence. The value of any single species to an ecosystem is immeasurable; the environment will not endure without its species, despite size or niche. These animals are not dispensable. And, they are apt to face extinction in the not too distant future, unless a resolve for their preservation is insisted by the public and enforced by governments internationally.

Biodiversity exists in every type of environment. Our existence, as humans, depends greatly on these environments, whether it be for food, materials, or energy. Thus, the conservation of this biodiversity is crucial in sustaining life on Earth. Currently in Australia, the risk of extinction is very real for thousands of species. This is not only detrimental to the actual threatened species, but also for all of the other species in the ecosystem that depend on it. Australia’s biodiversity is constantly being threatened by habitat loss, unsustainable practices, overuse of resources, and climate change. Unfortunately, once biodiversity has been lost, it can never fully be restored, thus, we must act quickly and efficiently to ensure that the least amount of permanent loss occurs.

"Oil drilling and coal mining are killing endangered wildlife, polluting rivers, creating smog over wilderness areas and blocking wildlife corridors in America's most treasured landscapes." Said conservation expert Lydia Millet. People are a main part of animal extinction. Endangered species are critical to our ecosystem. Without them the world would be unstable. Some of these species are slowly fading away and we need to defend them. The question people are asking is should we do more to save and defend animals, well I believe that that everyone should take measures to help benefit the survival of threatened animals. In this passage you will learn why species are endangered,

For to long the world has ignored China's Speciesism and it's repugnant miscynist citizens living inside and outside this vile country

The three levels of biodiversity are as follows: diversity of the ecosystems, diversity of species within the communities and diversity within species. The loss of species within the ecosystems and within the community can cause a catastrophic result, as species live and feed on other species. Species close to extinction are endangered species, therefore protecting them from predators and offering the chance to reproduce and repopulate. Unfortunately, with little support within the environment, a species can become extinct due to population density. Proper monitoring of an endangered species is required in order to keep species actively reproducing and changing with the environment around them.

Preserving a species and its habitat is one way to ensure an increase in biodiversity.

“It’s frightening but true: our planet is now in the midst of a sixth mass extinction of plants and animals” (Greenwald). I know what you are thinking. Does this include humans too? No, not yet at least. But, animal species from all over the world are struggling to survive in their own habitats. Why? Well, because of you, and by you, I mean the human race. Animal extinction is caused by humans because we cause climate change, poach endangered species, and we destroy habitats.

The article “Animals Survivors” explains solutions to a few endangered species. “With help from humans , some endangered species are bouncing back to the brink of extinction”. Scientists and conservationists help endangered species safe and grow. In safe environments, the animals are better able to survive with the help of humans.

When people hear the word extinction, most think of the unfortunate faith of a leopard, elephant, or bird. But the sad truth is that they are a small portion of the extinction crisis. According to WWF, the rate of species extinction “1,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate” (Para. 2) and humans are part of the cause. To solve such problem, the United States passed a law known as the endangered species act (ESA) in 1973 under the Nixon administration. The purpose of the ESA is to “protect all animal and plant life threatened with extinction, including in this category endangered species” (www.merriam-webster.com, n.d), meaning the act is protecting species who are considered endangered or threatened for

The endangered species are native species which are under threat of total or partial extinction of species in the future. Such extinction of endangered species may or may not be under any biodiversity law, but can be included in the list of endangered species.

Since the beginning of life itself, some species have lived and prospered while other species have gone extinct never to be seen again by mankind. Because of this, some would claim that extinction is natural and not significantly problematic to the world that we live in. Others, however, understand that due to climate change, habitat loss, and poaching, more and more species are becoming endangered which leads to a chain reaction that can be devastating to ecosystems. Species such as the Chinook salmon, gorillas, tropical sharks, and polar bears are all directly affected by climate change, species such as northern spotted owls, Sumatran tigers, and lemurs are greatly harmed due to habitat loss, and species such as the sea turtle, Javan rhinoceros, African elephant, and the Red-Fronted Macaw are all affected by poaching driving them all closer and closer to becoming extinct.

In the planet that we live in exists more than 8.5 billion of species that extend all the way from fish to wild animals, about 525 million of the 8.5 billon on the whole world are dogs, on an investigation that was proceeded by Stanley Coren on “Psychology Today”, estimated that approximately out of the 42.5 million of houses that are located just on the United States, each house owns 1 to more than 2 dogs, it all adds up to just in the United states there are more than 78 million of dogs.Out of the 78 million there are 3.3 million of dogs that are unowned that live on the streets or are on animal shelters.

Poaching, when thought about the main focus is to think about deer, elephants, or rhinos. But what is the actual definition? Poaching is defined as “the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission,” but how does a person steal game from a forest? There has been some addition to what falls under poaching, now what is included in the term is wild plants. Poaching is such a lucrative business, the income overall is estimated to be worth $70-213 billion a year, the money is such a desirable aspect to get involved, but is the extinction of an animal race a good enough reason? The money will always be there, however, these animals may not. It is something that happens all the time at many different rates, the more common the animal or large and exotic it is, the more likely it is to be poached. The pangolin, even though they are hardly known in the United States, has been huge on the poaching scale in Africa and Asia, with China being their main buyers. Making legislation to help safeguard these animals is hard because it is not like you can put a fence around them in hopes it would ward off poachers. Though Congress has tried to make strides in helping protect them by insisting that all species of the pangolin, which is 8, be put on the endangered animals list. This, in turn, adds even more of a consequence to those who try to hunt them.

Mahatma Gandhi a social activist once said “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” The way that people treat living organism shows how we may treat each other. Many people have different views on animals, some look at them as companions others see them as science projects. Each year 100 million animals are killed in U.S laboratories for medical training, cosmetic testing, and biology lessons. Animals are living organisms like everyone else and they have feelings too. There is no reason why these living things should be subjected to this cruel and unwanted torture just to serve the needs of people.

In an ever-expanding world where resource scarcity is discussed in side conversations and overpopulation is being combatted by concerned nations, worldwide struggle of equal allocation of vital resources persist. Biological resources and biodiversity in general are at the forefront of these concerns. Decreasing biodiversity does not just pose a problem for the plants and animals that are becoming increasingly endangered; individuals who have constructed their livelihood around the availability of such resources face dire circumstances as scarcity arises. The greater the variety of abundant plant and animal species present in the world, the greater the potential opportunity, opportunities such as medical discoveries and newfound scientific knowledge that increase the sustainability of life on Earth. However, tragedy of the commons, has led to overuse of biological resources across the globe, throwing the issue of sustainability into question. While species extinction is a natural process in the world ecosystem, the rate at which it has increased is not. In the past 65 million years the rate of extinction has gone from one to five species per year to roughly 1,000 to 10,000 times that rate (Diversity, 2013, pg. 1). This is no longer a matter of natural selection; this is a matter of ineffective resource regulation worldwide. Despite extensive amounts of environmental legislation actively in place, specie scarcity will continue to grow. The greatest challenge now