...TN Ready trying to make road crossings safer for turtles since more than 98 percent of turtles are killed from their first road crossing. More than just turtles will be affected by making the roads safer. Reptiles are being killed by road conditions and even more. Recently, the government has tried to build tunnels to help the turtles cross the road safely. They have also tried other methods but it is hard to find one that works. To make a crossing safe they must do many things. One way they thought would make it easier was to track turtles. What would they do at a road crossing? How can we make it safer for the turtles? The government also tried to put tags on the turtles. This way scientists can tell how the turtle died. If it was by road...
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...SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF FORESTRY AND NATURE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT PROPOSAL TITLE: OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING AS A TOOL FOR SURVEILLANCE OF PARASITIC DISEASES IN WILD ANIMALS; A CASE OF MIKUMI NATONAL PARK STUDENT NAME: KIBONA, Juma A REG. NUMBER: WLM/D/11/T/0057 A SPECIAL PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BARCHELOR OF SCIENCE IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT FROM THE SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MOROGORO – TANZANIA SUPERVISOR: Prof. E.K. BATAMUZI 2013/2014 0 Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 BACKGROUND OF INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 2 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem .................................................................................................... 4 1.3 OBJECTIVE ....................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3.0 General objective ............................................................................................................................. 6 1.3.1 Specific objectives ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS...................
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...TNReady Argumentative Many species of wildlife have been killed from the trying to cross the road, but not making it without getting ran over. This is also known as “road kill”. Many places in America have put culverts under highways so that turtles and other animals can get across the road without dying. I believe that they should continue to build more and more culverts to prevent some animals going extinct or endangered. I think that the U.S. should put more culverts under highways in areas where there is a great population of turtles. More turtles are likely to be killed here than in an area where there isn’t as many turtles. It's not fair for the turtles that they can’t read a sign, but humans can. So the people driving should be more...
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...Many animals have died trying to get passed a highway or a road because people can not stop to let animals pass across to safety. Many places have tried to make animal crossings but not many have fully succeeded the way they thought it would turn out to be. There has been many problems with the crossings and the turtles just refusing to use them. Studies show that if we build better fencing then the tortoises and other animals would have a better chance at living and become less known to as roadkill. Many people and many places has tried different methods. Examples would be fencing around the sides of the road and underground crossing. Many projects have been experimented with and have been improved on to help wildlife. Studies show...
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...Take this test! But don't scroll down until you finish! * First, write 1 through 11 in a column. * Then, in the first and second spaces, fill in any two numbers you want. * In the 3rd and 7th spaces, write down the names of members of the opposite sex. * Write anyone's name (like friends or family...) in the 4th, 5th, and 6th spots. * Write down four song titles in 8, 9, 10 and 11. Scroll down to see results. Do not scroll until you finish writing! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results * The name in space 3 is the one you love. * The person in 7 is the one you like but can't work out. * You care most about the person you put in 4. * Number 5 is the one who knows you very well. * The name in 6 is your lucky star. * The song in 8 is the song that matches with the person in 3. * The title in 9 is the song for 7. * The tenth space is the song that tells you most about your mind. * And 11 is the song telling how you feel about sex! From the following sixteen facts, try to determine: A. Who drinks the water? B. Who owns the zebra? 1. There are five houses. 2. The Englishman lives in the red house 3. The Spaniard owns a dog 4. Coffee is drunk in the green house 5. The Ukranian drinks tea 6. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house 7. The Old Gold smoker owns snails 8. Kools are smoked in the yellow house 9. Milk is drunk in the middle house 10. The Norwegian...
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...tracking tubes, anecdotal reports, and consulting historical records or museum samples. Abundance estimates provide researchers with the number of individuals of a species within an area. Techniques to quantify abundance include: cameras, transects, point counts, road-kill surveys, numerous trapping methods, and several tracking devices. Presence-absence data collection tends to be considerably less expensive than abundance data collection; however, abundance data provides more information. Tracks refer to the imprints left behind by an animal after it walks over a substrate. While tracks do not provide a reliable estimate of density, they do, however, indicate that a species is present in a particular area. A drawback of utilizing tracks to determine presence-absence is that they are not preserved for long periods of time. Depending on the environment, tracks can be damaged or destroyed if say a climatic event like a...
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...INDEX Sr. No. Topic 1 Acknowledgement 2 Preface 3 Adolf takes over a bankrupt state 4 Cancer prevention strategy and public health 5 campaign initiated by Hitler 6 Animal Anti Cruelty Laws 7 Transportation 8 Hitler and the Nobel Peace Prize 9 Webliography Acknowledgement On the successful completion of this project we would like to extend our sincere thanks to all people who have helped us. Having done this, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Amanjeet Kaur for giving us this project. Preface We must have all read and studied about Adolf Hitler who is perhaps one of the most hated men in the world. But when we go on and on about his evil ways, we never stop and think about his good side. Hitler is an enigma. He supported democracy and was not at all prejudiced against the Jews. But somewhere down the line, something changed and made him, compelled him to fight and fight hard and turn the tables of fortune towards Germany. He often said “The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others”. And thus to prevent the doom of Germany, Hitler became what he was. There is no justifying killing millions of Jews in the name of race. There is no justifying the world war, the bloodiest war in the history of mankind, which Hitler started. But then there is no justifying human ignorance. Which brings to the question, how many of us have bothered to...
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...Driving in the winter and driving in the summer have many differences and one thing in common. The main differences revolve around weather, visual clarity, and animals. The single thing that they have in common is the fact that there are hazards, and when preparing to drive on the roads no matter what season, it is important to hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and follow all the laws of the road. When Mother Nature takes her course there is no way to fully predict the outcome. Before setting out on the road whether it be summer or winter, it is important to check the forecast, that way you can get somewhat of an understanding as to what you may or may not have to travel through. In the winter the bitter cold can cause a lot of hazards...
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...2 | If they did, it would make saving them so much easier. When people create an ecopassage1 so the reptiles can safely cross a road by going underneath or over it, they could let the animals know with little signs saying “Don’t become roadkill! Safe crossing, left 20 meters.” | 3 | Instead, we have to rely on fencing to keep the turtles and snakes off roads, which is a good idea because 98 percent or more of turtles are killed in their first attempt at a road crossing. But the reliance on fences may be a problem, a new study shows. When there aren’t effective fences to keep the reptiles out, they don’t use the ecopassages, James Baxter-Gilbert of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, and colleagues report March 25 in PLOS ONE. | 4 | The study looked at the effectiveness of a series of ecopassages built along a 13-kilometer stretch of Highway 69/40 near Burwash, Ontario, near Lake Huron, a region with high reptile biodiversity. The passages ran beneath the highway and were paired with fencing along the road. The researchers looked at reptile activity along the roadway before and after the project was constructed, and also used another stretch of highway, near the Magnetawan First Nation, as a comparison. | 5 | They surveyed the roadside and put up cameras in the ecopassages to see what kind of animals used the crossings. They captured Blanding’s turtles and snapping turtles, and tracked their movements with radio transmitters. And they...
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...HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT: How to reduce the number of road accidents in Kenya. LECTURER: Mr. Ogutu Submission date April 14, 2014. Introduction A road accident, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, road traffic collision, car crash, or car smash occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or utility pole for instance electricity poles or fence poles. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death, vehicle damage and property damage. They have led to loss of thousands of life and others being paralyzed for the rest of their lives while others are left with permanent scars which remind them of the occurrence. It is regarded as one of the main cause of death after diseases. Here I am going to concentrate on how to reduce road accidents in Kenya through the various engineering disciplines in the country. These disciplines include geospatial engineering, civil and building engineering, mechanical engineering (automotive engineering) and electrical engineering. A. Improvement of road design to reduce accidents on black spots This area has the geospatial and civil engineers who mainly deal with design and construction of roads in the country. Here fall many black spots, mainly because some roads were poorly designed and inspection wasn’t done in the right way. Accidents occur mainly...
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...Turtles, as I’m sure you know, are known for being slow. Sadly, this slowness, along with speeding cars and highways, causes thousands of turtle/tortoise deaths each year, especially in places like Burwash Ontario, where the amount of turtle roadkill is substantially high. Here I will be explaining my reasoning for why wildlife crossings should be constructed. First off, these wildlife crossings would not only aid in the preservation of the turtle, but also every other wandering animal that may not be quick enough to dodge a car. Numerous possum, deer, skunks, racoons, squirrels, you name it get run over every year, and these passages would provide a massive aid in the reduction of roadkill. For example, a biologist named Matt Aresco was able...
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...The Silk Road 1. Introduction Silk road is a road that connects China with those countries of central and western Asia. It starts from Chang’an, the capital of ancient China, to Mediterranean ending at Rome. The overall length of this road is about 6440 kilometers. As the main commodity transported on this road is Chinese silk, it is called Silk Road. It is an important trade channel for those people of China, central Asia, western Asia, southeastern Asia, Europe, Africa, and America to friendly exchanges. The physical and spiritual communication caused by the Silk Road not only riches the physical lives of these regions around this road but also hugely impacts their culture and social structure. One of the most important contributions made...
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...Most residents of Florida should know that Florida’s state animal, Puma concolor coryi, also known as the Florida Panther has been endangered for many years. The Florida Panther is a light brown and gray subspecies of the cougar. The Florida Panthers are carnivores, meaning they only eat meat. The main threat to the panthers is humans. Today, there are only about 180 panther living in Florida. The Florida Panther was almost extinct before being classified as endangered, due to the hunting of panther during the 1950s. It was not until 1967, when “the U.S. Department of the Interior listed the Florida Panther as endangered” (Williams 1). However, that was not enough to protect the Florida Panthers, or any endangered species, until Congress finally passed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which allowed for the conservation of endangered species (Williams 1)....
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...Alarm – Hold up Alarm – Medical Alarm – Panic Alarm - Other Animal Bite Incident Animal Complaint General Animal Complaint-Dead Animal Animal Complaint-Deer Related Animal Call Animal Destroyed by Police Animal Complaint/Deer Related Animal Complaint/Barking Dogs Animal Complaint/Dog Bite Animal Complaint/Animal Bite Animal at Large (Stray Dog) Animal at Large (Other Complaints) Animal-Dogs Defecating Applicant Firearm Applicant Police Auxiliary Applicant Taxi / Limo Applicant All Others Assist Motorist Assist Other Agency A.T.R.A. Attempt to Serve Warrant Attempt to Serve Restraining Order Attended Death Aviation Accident Back-up Other Officer Back-up Other Agency Beat Check Bicycle Stop Blocked Driveway Boating Incident Bomb Scare Building/Business Check Building Code Violations Building/Business Check Open Door Car Wash CCH / III Request Checked Road Conditions (Weather) Child Safety Seat Installation Child Custody Dispute Church Crossing Civil Defense Test Civil Dispute Computer Issue – Vehicle Computer Issue – Desktop Community Policing Detail Consumption of Alcohol in Public Places Construction Hour Violation Canvassing Without Permit Counterfeiting Court - Municipal Court - Superior Court - Federal Court - Other Municipality Courtesy Transport; Take Out, Enter Under (“Transport”) Crossing Guard Crossing Guard- Open Post DARE Assignment Dead Animal; Take Out Already Covered Death DOA Death Accidental Death...
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...Route-ways such as roads and railways provide urban niches for specific and distinctive species of plants and even animals. Firstly, the route-way allows exotic and otherwise non-native species of plants to be introduced due to cars and trains bringing in seeds from different areas; increasing the biodiversity of that particular area, an example being windborne seeds such as the Oxford ragwort being carried to different areas by trains. Cars also have their use in introducing distinctive species; accidents caused by cars, producing road kill, provides food sources for birds of prey, an example being the Red Kite, which is becoming increasingly popular around route-ways due to the roadkill available. Additionally, car fumes provide an abundant amount of Nitrogen rich gases from their fumes, allowing plants to accelerate in growth thus providing habitats for a variety of animals, such as foxes and birds. Furthermore, spreading salt and grit over roads allows halophytic plants to thrive and grow, such as Danish Scurvy grass. However, the vegetation is often managed, meaning that these distinctive ecologies may not appear, as actions such as mowing means that there is a reduction in biodiversity, though other management strategies such as planting trees along the side of route-ways for noise reduction from vehicles can increase the biodiversity as different species of animals are able to create habitats in these planted trees, an example being the London Plane tree. Moreover,...
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