The Goal Of The Endangered Species Act

Since earth was created, there has been a natural phenomenon of species across the globe appearing and disappearing. However, in the past century, many species of animals have been disappearing at an alarming rate. Mainly, this rapidly occurring issue is caused by humans. Humans that contribute to the harmful actions that cause side effects such a pollution, deforestation, habitat loss and poaching. The natural rate of extinction pales in comparison to the extinction rate caused by all of these. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the current rate of extinction is 11,000 times greater than the natural extinction rate. Several different efforts have been made in order to stop or slow down the extinction of earth’s species. The Endangered Species Act is possibly the most successful example of these efforts. It’s main purpose is to get a commitment from the American people that they will work hand in hand to help save species that are at risk of becoming extinct and never returning. This act was put in place in 1973 and since then, no other law about the disappearance of wildlife has been quite as accomplished. Many different species that are protected under this law are either fully recovered or on their way to becoming safer. Laws like these are helping many different creatures left and right, however, at the alarming rate that they are disappearing, something else needs to be done. What people don’t seem to realize is that we depend on many of the animals that we are

Many species that exists today are becoming endangered to extinction. In the past era where humans did not exist, extinction occurred due to natural causes. On this present time however, extinction of species are threatened by humans’ existence. Humans are the only moral agent; in which, it has the intellectual capacity that animals and plants do not have. Thus, humans are powerful and dominate over any species. Many practices that humans do such as: tree logging, environment pollution, exploitation of animals and others has led to many species being endangered to extinction. Thus, humans have a moral obligation to preserve endangered species for such reasons focus on

An endangered species is a plant or an animal at risk of becoming extinct. Scientists have estimated that up to one-third of species in the U.S. are at a high risk of extinction. In addition to donating millions of acres of land, this is essential to the recovery and survival of the endangered; the Act has shown a ninety percent recovery rate for species in the U.S. The main causes of endangerment include loss of habitat, excessive hunting, and pollution.

The National Wildlife Institute has published “Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act: A Promise Broken”. Their critique of the Act includes questioning the programs undertaken as a result of the Act have played sufficient roles in the recovery of species that were delisted, as well as questioning the allocation of funding to programs intended to aid listed species.

A few of these remaining species are extremely close to extinction and if we don’t do something soon we may very well lose them good. They’re becoming extinct from the destruction of their natural habitat.

Do you know how many endangered species there are in this world today? There are many things that people can do to help save endangered species from becoming extinct. "Mining companies, oil companies, and large-scale agricultural operations all threaten vulnerable species to a certain degree, by nature of their extractive activities, and development of previously untouched areas of land."(Whittaker). Many different species are becoming endangered because of the things that are going on around them, their habitats are being destroyed so they don 't have anywhere to go to be safe

Many animals are endangered and why is because too many are dying. They are either dying to many times at once or little are hunted at once but hunted often or they have died from the people killing their environment. One animal that is endangered is the tree kangaroo, this species has somewhat died from hunters and the environment. Many of these creatures die everyday even though they are such fantastic animals. It is sad seeing everyday these animals dying and one of them is the amazing Tree Kangaroo.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found and deals with the perseveration of wildlife which is threatened with extinction. The U.S Fish and Wildlife services is the government agency entrusted with the enforcement of it provision.

The ecological problem on our planet is complicated. There are many controversies surrounding endangered species because people don’t believe we should strip natural resources, there are not enough policies in place to protect species, and many people argue it takes too much money.

In 1973, the Endangered Species Act was enacted by Congress in order to provide for protection of rare, threatened, and endangered animal and plant species from extinction. The ESA prohibits take and trade without a permit, requires Federal agencies to avoid jeopardizing the survival of species categorized as rare, threatened or endangered, and requires actions to promote species recovery to levels where protection would no longer be needed. Despite the controversy surrounding the Act it was passed easily because legislators assumed that the Act pertained exclusively to protecting charismatic megafauna from overhunting and other direct causes of

some developers, dam builders, miners, loggers, and farmers are out to gut the Endangered Species Act, if they can’t eliminate it entirely. Environmentalists think it needs more teeth and more funding. Both sides complain that the Act isn’t working well, for different reasons, all of which are

Extinction is nothing new to animal and plant species around the earth. Over the course of time on the earth there have been five mass extinctions, with many predicting that a sixth has already begun due to human fault. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was designed to save both animal and plant life from these great feat. The ESA has seen only a 2% recovery rate since it enactment (Why is U.S. Recovery Rate (2%) for Endangered Species So Low?). Many critics and politicians have been calling for a reformation of the act for years. The ESA is in need of a change in the following areas funding distribution, time it takes to list a species on the endangered species list, and habitats on private land.

Main causes for endangerment is destruction of the biome, hunting, and pollution. Some of the endangered animals include gorillas and bengal tigers. Gorillas are endangered because of destruction of the environment and hunting. There is an estimated 80% of gorilla population extinct. The bengal tiger is endangered because of poaching. Since bengal tigers do not die easily from bullets poachers would kill them with poisoned meats to cause the tiger a long and agonising death. There are also endangered plants, such as the orchids and mangrove trees. The orchids are endangered because of how beautiful they are and people just want to pick them. Mangrove trees are endangered because of poachers trying to get there bark off of the tree. So many plants and animals will be extinct if there is not a

Bill Freedmen, author of “Endangered Species—Human Causes Of Extinction and Endangerment” notes, “scientists approximate that present extinction rates are 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the average natural extinction rate.” These distressing numbers should be acted upon to save the endangered species and avoid the catastrophic change to this planet if these species were to become extinct. In order to produce change, people need to recognize that habitat loss, climate change, and poaching are all factors in why our animal species are going extinct.

How would you feel if some of your favorite animals became extinct? Throughout history animals have always struggled to survive. In recent years, many studies have shown species are becoming extinct for different reasons. Some species endangered status are created by competition with other species, natural disasters, diseases and even human involvement. These endangered species should be preserved because of the effects it has on other animals, the significance of each animal on the ecosystem, and because of the role humans take on their endangerment.