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    Movie Review- The Hunter Looking for something unique and unforgettable? The Hunter is the one. It has a great meaning behind the story and great visual affects. This film has a very adventurous feel to it, which keeps the attention of the audience. I would definitely recommend this movie to my peers and anyone interested in the hunting community because, the movie represents the key skills to become a great hunter such as scouting, tracking, and patients. In the 2012 Australian film, The Hunter

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    Quolls

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    Quolls are carnivorous marsupials, but their pouches are different from other marsupials. Instead of pouches like the kangaroo, they have a fold of skin on their bellies. They have long pink noses and white spots on their brown fur. They are nocturnal, but like to lay in the sun. Quolls eat a mix of seed, fruit, insects, frogs, birds and small mammals. When their babies are born, they are only the size of a grain of rice. Marsupial babies attach themselves to a nipple when they are born. Quolls have

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    rather have a nice keychain and fancy piano keys, or would you rather have a smart creature go extinct and never be seen again? If possible, there are many organizations you could donate to that help elephants. They are wonderful creatures, and the species deserves to live a long life on this planet. Works Cited “About CITES.” Bloody Ivory. 2016. Web. 9 Mar. 2016. “About Us.” Ivory Ella. 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Armstrong, Franette. “The Truth About Tusks.” The Dodo. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. “Elephants are

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    Ivory Poaching: Are Elephants Becoming Extinct? Poaching for the ivory tusks from elephants has become a more prominent idea within the past twenty years. Elephants are killed for their tusks made of ivory. These are typically used for jewelry, ornamental carvings, and art objects. (Perlez, 1989, n.p.). The elephant population has slowly dwindled down throughout the years because of the poaching for ivory and it has caused elephants in some countries to become extinct. The poaching of elephants

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    Keeping animals in zoos and aquariums dates back in 1963 when the first zoo the in Paris, France. The main purposes of zoos were to educate science and natural history of animals and todayhave are used for entertainment, education and even scientific research. So far there are about 3000 animal exhibitors held in the US, and they include zoos, petting farms, marine mammal parks and circuses among others. Out of these, less than 10% are approved by Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) which sets

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    The Hawaiian Monk Seal

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    consists of 29 existing species of earless seal that have been left from the initial 40. Out of this moderately sized group, we will be looking at the Hawaiian monk seal, Southern elephant seal, and the Crabeater seal. Hawaiian Monk Seal Picture found on: http://king-animal.blogspot.com/2013/04/hawaiian-monk-seal.html#.Vjr4NzZdHIU Also known as (Neomonachus schauinslandi or formerly as Monachus schauinslandi) Name Hawaiian Monk Seal Conservation status Critically endangered Location Northwest

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    center, and event co-chair. Since 1990, a partnership among UMSL, the St. Louis Zoo, and the Botanical Gardens has granted the World Ecology Award to those raising public awareness of ecological conservation issues and helping to conserve Earth’s species and habitats. Previous luminaries to earn the honor include: folk singer John

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    Recent surveys by the U.S. fish and wildlife service have shown that over 40 million fishing and hunting licenses were sold in 2014. Fishing and hunting products such as lead bullets, lead fishing weights, and lead hooks have been released into the environment for many years now. After talking to my dad about a recent story of California condors being lead poisoned and killed after ingesting lead from dead animals, it made me think of how much lead is truly in the environment which sparked my curiosity

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    Giant Panda Decline

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    This world may soon lose something loved by almost all of humanity. The Giant panda, known to be one of the cutest creatures in the world, inhabiting the bamboo forests of central China and many zoos across the world. The Giant panda has a bear like body shape with black fur around the eyes, ears, legs, arms, and shoulders, while the rest of the fur is white. The Chinese consider the Giant panda almost sacred and have done so for a long time, trying their best to not interfere with the animal. This

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    Rhino Poaching Essay

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    Poaching of Rhinos: A Growing Transnational Crime Industry In 2011, the West African black rhino was declared extinct by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation and Nature). Now all five rhino species left are in the endangers list (Poaching: The Statistics). The reason the rhino population has nearly been driven to extinction is due to poaching. The rhinos are being hunted and killed for their horns, which is a valued ingredient used in traditional Asian medicines (Poaching of Rhinos in the

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