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    Why is trophy hunting not conservation? Trophy hunting can hurt the overall population of a variety of species, and trophy hunting can be linked to poaching. Although trophy hunting can cause a horrendous amount of damage to several species, it is needed to keep some species of animal from destroying resources like farm land. In some areas, many species flourish because of the lack of natural predators. Proponents argue that hunting this species is an effective way of managing their population as

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    Ivan and General Zaroff approaching, he then creates a trap to kill General Zaroff. When Rainsford hears the footsteps stop, he looks back at the trap and “[sees] in the shallow valley that General Zaroff was still on his feet. But Ivan was not. The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed” (Conell 14). This quote proves that Rainsford does not obtain the qualities of an altruistic and civil being. This is due to Rainsford wanting to kill General Zaroff for his own survival

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    spirit bear/kermode bear Spirit bears or Kermode bears and are found off the coast of the British Columbia in a rain forest.The kermode bear is not a Polar bear or a albino.The Kermode bear is a rare white black bear. the bear was named after Francis kermode. Dr Kermit and Craig Newton studied the genetics of the white black bears. The white fur of the Kermode bear is the result of a double recessive of the gene unique to this species. Outside the british Columbia only about one in a million black

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    black bears have been protected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission until their recent decision to lift the ban. Since the ban on bear hunting in 1994 both human and bear populations have grown resulting in more human/bear conflicts. The Black Bears were labeled as a threatened species around the 1970’s, due to over hunting and road kills. Consequently there was a Bear Conservation Rule put in place by making it illegal to hunt , posses , injure, shoot , collect , or sell.

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    Wilson Vs Macomber

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    sort of safari clothes that Wilson wore except that his were new” (pg. 2). The readers perspective of Macomber is that he is very inexperience with hunting. He’s clothes he has on shows how he is new to this and how he wants to be more like WIlson with his clothes and have his perspective of the hunting stage. Macomber is very inexperience with hunting and being out in the woods learning new things. But he also has a fear of WIlson telling his secret with the lion. The readers see how much of a coward

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    It had finally arrived. Moving day. I was finally leaving my home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after five short years and a sort of gloom lingered in the air. Although many teenagers would be excited to reunite with their family, friends, and childhood home, I, however, was frightened of the future. I woke up that morning and just laid there and listened to the sound of the rain pittering against the roof and windows, pattering against the surrounding forest in which I shared many memories. After

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    All my life I have been goal driven, ever since I was a young boy I had the goal to shoot my first bear. I was an avid hunter and I loved to be in the wilderness and hunt what I could. Then finally one year when I back of age, I had my shot. I was hunting up in Swatara, MN and I was in the stand with my father. Directly below me was a 300lb black bear and it did not know we were there. All of a sudden I pulled up to shoot and I ended up missing... I was completely devastated since that was my chance

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    Everglades , located in Florida , this national park has been faced with a threat of pythons . The affect that their presences is having on the animals in the Everglades and how its throwing off the balance. Also how it'll affect humans life.So the problems of the everglades vary. From pythons to pollution . Pythons have been making the Everglades their home even though their unwanted visitors. Florida isn't a natural habitat for pythons or anacondas . So the way they have survived has been messing

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    Florida in not the most positive way by changing the local animal population, the attitude in the people, and the everglades ecosystem. The Pythons are able to do all of this because of their many adaptations. For example they are very skilled in hunting at night thanks to the having chemical receptors in their tongue and heat sensors along their jawline that compensate

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    Doe Season Symbolism

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    displays. The title itself is very symbolic, as well as the descriptive writing used in this short work. While “Doe Season” takes place in a common setting, traversing the woods while hunting, a few aspects of the story are unique in the sense that the story is told from a 9-year-old girl's perspective. While hunting has long been seen as a man's task or hobby, this story follows

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