Wildlife Is Being Threatened But We Can Protect It

The scale and pace of change is dramatic; for example, the extinction of species is occurring at around 100-fold pre-human rates4. The population sizes of vertebrate species have, on average, declined by half over the last 45 years5. More than 2.3 million km2 of primary forest has been felled since 20006. About

Forests have been cut, crops planted, pastures seeded, and urban areas paved. One of the most troubling consequences of human modification of ecosystems is an ongoing loss of species and therefore a loss of biodiversity around the world. The current extinctions have a human cause: habitat loss (such as clearing of tropical rainforests); the introduction of invasive species; unregulated hunting and fishing; and pollution of water, air, and

A report from Recovering America’s Wildlife Crisis states, “More than 150 species have already gone extinct and about 40% of freshwater fish species are imperiled.” Animals are being killed off by the minute. Now the wildlife species are going to abolished from Earth.

For example, the more roads we built, the less space animals could have. The more cities expand, the less shelter animal has. That means if the animals has less space, they have also less shelter and less food resources. For instance, a Wolf issue is still controversy in Minnesota. In the 1800th, Wolf lived in all over state of MN. In the early 1900th, the Wolf actually pushed out by either hunting down or the habitat was not longer in the area because of farming. As a result, now everywhere is almost farmed. Whenever a farmer sees the Wolves, the farmer shoots at them because as you may already know, the Wolves are going after the livestock’s such as sheep, goat, etc… As a result, Minnesota had lost too many Wolves. However, good news is Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) has reintroduced the Wolf into MN and these Wolves are in save habitat at

Initially, habitat loss possibly poses the greatest threat to species as their homes (biomes) are harvested for industrial purposes and human

How is this destruction happening? There are many causes for this crisis of animals habitats being destroyed. One is overflowing landfills, once these landfills are full people still stack and pile the trash on. This causes pollution for the animals to eat, which could make them very sick and possibly kill them. Animals can get trapped in the trash that these landfills make. Animals could swallow a piece of floating trash and choke or not be able to digest the trash. This is also an effect of littering, littering is just as bad and overflowing landfills. Littering is when people do not properly dispose of their trash and it floats on the water or blows across fields. According to the litter in america article about 51.2 billion pieces of litter are on roadways nationwide. People are careless about litter they see it but

“[...] people hunted or ruined their habitats…” (Archer, Back From the Dead). This quote is showing that people destroyed a lot of animals habitats, which causes animals to die off quicker than they would if people just hunted them. “The habitats of the old animals are gone so they would have to adapt, says Sarah Zielski.” (2017). This quotes support my claim because it is telling you that the old habitats are gone and that the animals would have to adapt to the geography that we have

As housing developments grow, species lose their habitat and are forced to wander into cities and places with a greater human presence in search for food. When deforestation occurs animals’ homes are destroyed, and there is not enough land for the food chain to properly function. Prey animals, such as deer and rabbits, diminish in numbers. Then predators die off because of lack of food. Finally, prey animals repopulate and over populate because of the lack of predators (Deforestation). Some people believe that even as we build more buildings and cut down forests, animal populations will continue to thrive and balance themselves out. They also believe animals do not need to be hunted. This is not true. The presence of humans in the environment creates a situation in which animal populations become irregular due to habitat shrinkage. The problem increases with the human

Terrestrial wildlife is a key segment of tropical woods groups as pointers of environment wellbeing and suppliers of critical biological system administrations (Ahumada et al., 2011). Wildlife customarily alludes to undomesticated creature species, yet has come to incorporate all plants, parasites, and different living beings that develop or live wild in a territory without being presented by people. Wildlife could be found in all biological communities. Deserts, woodlands, rain backwoods, fields, meadows, and different zones including the most created urban territories, all have particular types of natural life. While the term in mainstream culture as a rule alludes to creatures that are untouched by human components, most researchers concur that much natural life is influenced by human activities. This will cause the possibility of wildlife being extinct before their numbers are known. People had verifiably tended to separate human advancement from untamed life in various ways including the lawful, social, and good sense. A few creatures, in any case, have adapted to rural conditions. This incorporates such creatures as tamed felines, pooches, mice, and gerbils. A few religions pronounced certain creatures to be holy, and in present day times sympathy toward the regular habitat has incited activists to challenge the abuse of wildlife for human advantage or use. When productivity of wildlife decreases, people tend looking for them in new area. This step would allow for

This is very baffling when thought about extensively. If someone were to throw a cigarette into a forest, that cigarette might cause a fire or an animal might eat it, both ending in death, but deforestation causes animals to move from their homes after their homes have been tore down and go into unfamiliar places which is dangerous. This causes deer jumping into traffic to get food, wild animals being witnessed “attacking” domesticated animals, and wild animals being found in places not welcoming like in gated communities, backyards, and in or near garbage.

Each environment can only handle so many animals before the environment crumbles and the over populated animals starve to death and overlap into other animals’ food and kill off many other animals. “Wildlife levels have been on the rise and are now at a point of overflowing their carrying capacities” (Emmons 3). So the need for controlling animal populations is growing. Thanks to the increase of population of humans, we are taking more and more land which is making many environments become much smaller or disappear. With the shrinking environments it becomes easier to reach the carrying capacity because the carrying capacity shrinks due to the limited environment they can access.

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.

One of the primary causes for the loss of a species habitat are humans. Like I said before we humans need and want things and will exercise that action at any cost. More good and space is required as the world’s population grows. The only way to get those things is by taking it. Agriculture land is in high demand with the amount of people that need to be fed and housed. We are able to achieve these lands by

This paper was constructed to give an overview of the vast majority of species that are disappearing and have disappeared from the earth. With informative knowledge and accurate numbers the reader was introduced to the different ways that animals are becoming extinct, deforestation, overpopulation, economic prosperity, population growth, urban environment, global perspective and science and ethics. Each of these is affecting different species at different rates, but what was concluded by comparing numbers is that humans are truly responsible for their actions and the actions of causing the exaction and endangerment of animals. Humans are the

There are several results of development beyond the cities on native wildlife and their habitats. “Urban sprawl and human population growth have clear and measurable consequences for wildlife” (Jacobson & Decker, 2006). More people are moving into areas