...Wildlife Conservation Adam Burdick Bryant & Stratton College NSCI 280 Professor Wooten 10/20/2013 Human beings are considered to be the most advance species on the planet. This also makes us the most intrusive species on the planet. We effect our environment more than any other living creature. Our populations continue to grow exponentially each year and as they do we intrude on other species habitats even more. Considering we are the most advanced species it is our responsibility to ensure the safety of all other species and do what we can to shorten the endangered species list. The conservation of wildlife is an incredibly important goal that all people should take part in. “Successful species conservation has often been defined as simply the avoidance of extinction” (Redford 2011.) This is the most important goal of anyone interested in wildlife conservation. It is important for us as a species to take responsibility and make the effort to keep other species away from extinction. Wildlife conservation is not something that can only be handled by professional members of organizations. Anyone can do their part to help protect a species in need. In some cases it is as simple as refraining from harmful activities such as hunting for sport. Hunting is a major conservation concern (Selvan & Veeraswami, p11.) If people raise awareness about how hunting effects the populations of large bodied animals perhaps we can help to reduce the damage done to these...
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...them for each state. Due to this the game wardens rely on hunters for all the information they can get. 3 Some of the pros of hunting are population control and environmental balance. If there were not any hunters the game population would grow out of control. Then the problem of overpopulation would rise to a critical point. As a result the area would exceed the carrying capacity and the wildlife would die off. When a hunter buys a license for game that money goes to protecting the animals and the ecosystem....
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...Hunting: Right or Wrong? Throughout history the human population has depended upon hunting to provide food for themselves and their families. Additionally, the hunting and killing of these animals provides many types of uses other than just food. Things such as tools, clothing, and medicine are often made from different parts of the animal. The killing of wild animals for food used to be a part of everyday life. There are people that are both for and against the taking of wild animals for these uses. Animal rights activists lack the knowledge of all the benefits we receive from hunting and act to fast in saying it is unsafe; two solutions to this would be to educate the activists on the benefits and to show them just how much safety is taken into consideration. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is a group of people that are against any type of the hunting of animals for food. Outcasts from ALF formed a militia, known, as the Animal Rights Militia (ARM). ARM believes that ALF does not take their violence far enough with regards to direct action (ALF, n.d.). Several examples of the violence that ARM is responsible for as stated on their website: Animal Rights Militia actions in England include incendiary devices causing economic damage to animal abusers. Some examples include Aug. 10, 1994 where C.H. Brown's saddler & leather shop, Madison and West World leather shops, Edinburgh Woolen Mill, and Nurse's fur store all had incendiary devices placed by ARM. Tens of thousands...
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...feline unknowing of the next course of events, begins to pant in the sun. The string is released and the poor lion is hit. Within the next 40 hours the great predator of Africa has now become the prey. Cecil the Southwest African lion thought it is just another day in paradise, but Walter Palmer had another plan. Trophy hunting is a serious issue in many countries. Big-game hunters go out and try to find rare animals to bring home as a trophy. Many of these hunters have rooms full of taxidimed animals....
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...facing, to view it both locally and globally, and to critically analyse both sides of the argument presented. Furthermore, to view how social environments are directly affected by the issue and to look at a media campaign that it relates to it considering constructionism, claims making and framing. And then to conclude, having viewed all points, what my new (if at all different) assumptions are. Hunting, to survive, has been a part of human culture for centuries, in the past it has been a necessary tool and skill, however, today most people live in a world where it is no longer a required in order to provide basic needs to our families. Trophy hunting, as a sport, can be dated as far back to the early 1800s in southern and central Europe. Hunters would kill game for the sole purpose of its pelt or head for display purposes and no other parts of the animal were used and were wasted. The oxford dictionary recognizes the word trophy as a representation associated with or symbolic of recognition or reward and / or anything serving as a token or evidence of victory or skill. Today, trophy hunting is a game of animal versus machine and limited skill is actually required. The issue...
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...Federal agency dedicated to fish and wildlife conservation. The Service’s history spans nearly 140 years, dating from the establishment of its predecessor agency, the Bureau of Fisheries, in 1871. First created as an independent agency, the Bureau of Fisheries was later placed in the Department of Commerce. A second predecessor agency, the Bureau of Biological Survey, was established in 1885 in the Department of Agriculture. In 1939, the two Bureaus and their functions were transferred to the Department of the Interior in 1940, They were consolidated into one agency and redesignated the Fish and Wildlife Service by Reorganization Plan III (Fish and Wildlife Service, n.d., p. 1). The Fish and Wildlife Service’s works to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats. To contact the agency or department you can access the agency website at http://www.fws.gov or http://www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm. The agency is located at Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240 and the telephone number is (202)-208-5634 (Public Affairs routes all call from here) or toll free at (800) 344-9453. The parent agency is the Department of the Interior (DOI) at http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/department-of-the-interior.shtml and another related agency is the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission which has a website located at http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/migratory-bird-conservation-commission.shtml (USA.gov, n.d., p. 1). The...
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...the history of the law enforcement agency I’m working for, which is Alabama Department of Game and Fish under the Alabama Department of Conservation. Also, I will be discussing the characteristics of my law enforcement agency by outlining how it works. The questions I will be asked are as follows. Are there any weaknesses in the agency’s promotion process? Do you think the process is done fairly? Describe the formal rules of your intern agency. Are these rules ever broken? For what reason(s) may they be broken? What are some of the informal work rules of your agency? What is the organization’s size...
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...of them are poaching. Poaching occurs out of greed to make money. Although there are several laws to protect certain animals, this is a horrible act to any animal. Especially for the animals that are already endangered. Poachers minimizing these animal’s numbers for their own pleasure is not good. People who are against poaching should do what they can to stop this act from escalating, or there will not be any balance on this world. Animals are being killed every day from illegal hunting or capturing, that is called poaching; it’s getting worse and worse in certain places and we should do whatever we can to try and stop it. Poaching happens all around the world. Mainly in parts of the world where there is more game to hunt and a lot of money involved. A social science graduate from Makerere University Kampala in Uganda named Peter Galyak Magellan said that humans have been hunting for survival for a long time now and not because of pleasure. He stated “While primitive humans relied largely upon hunting for food, the agricultural revolution (approximately 10,000 years ago) reduced the need for survival hunting in most parts of the world. Hunting has continued, however, for several reasons, and poaching remains a possibility wherever hunting is an important part of the economy or culture.” He is saying that hunting has been around for like 400,000 years, poaching has been recent because of the reasons or values for doing it. There are so many methods for poaching...
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...and this may have adverse effects on number of individuals within the subspecies. The Cross River gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli, chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes vellorosus) and drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus), though legally protected by the Endangered Species Decree 11 of 1985, are some of the primates hunted for bushmeat and other purposes (Edet, 2011). The Major threat to the survival of the subspecies is lack of thorough conservation strategy necessary for its protection. The survival of this endangered species and ecosystems depends on long-term participation and understanding of local populations (Oates, 1999). Due to the close relationship between cultural diversity and biodiversity, traditional knowledge systems play an important role when developing species conservation and management strategies (Caldecott et al., 2005; Hens, 2006). For example, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) (article 8j) calls for parties to respect, preserve, and apply knowledge and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity (UNCBD, 2007). Despite these recommendations, few studies have investigated traditional beliefs...
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...About Siamese Crocodile * Over the past one hundred years, habitat destruction and hunting have eradicated the Siamese crocodile from 99 per cent of its historical range throughout South East Asia. * Only around 250 adult Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild, chiefly in the remotest highlands of Cambodia, particularly in the south-western Cardamom Mountains. * Siamese crocodile facts: * Wild Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia feed mostly on fish and snakes, but also crabs, insects, birds and small mammals * There are no known records of Siamese crocodiles ever intentionally attacking a human being * Threats – previously the greatest threat was hunting Siamese crocodiles for their skins; now large scale hydro-power dam developments and habitat loss threaten remaining key breeding populations * There is a rich cultural heritage of crocodiles in Cambodia; stone carvings of Siamese crocodiles can be found on the walls of ancient Angkorian Temples The award-winning Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Programme (CCCP) was established by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia and local communities to save these Critically Endangered crocodiles and their globally important wetlands, using scientific research and activities that achieve measurable outputs. The CCCP has begun an ex situ breeding programme and is initiating mitigation planning which may involve translocating crocodiles to safe sites. The Siamese...
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...Practical Difficulties of Enforcement of Legislation of Conservation of Species Legislation for the conservation of species is notoriously difficult to enforce for several reasons. Long lists of species are of relatively little use if few people can recognise the species concerned. The negative listing approach may help considerably in this respect, as public and enforcement personnel have only to be able to recognise a relatively small number of authorized species, as has the 'small bunch' rule for plants. An element of intention is often required in order for an offence to have been committed, yet this may be extremely difficult to prove and it is more usual for good faith to be presumed. In this context, the hunting proficiency test is particularly valuable. Hunters who have passed the test have learned about protected species and would therefore have greater difficulty in pleading ignorance of the specimens they may have taken or damaged unlawfully. Reversing the burden of proof can contribute significantly to effective enforcement. The effect of such a reversal is that possession of a specimen of a given species is deemed to be unlawful, unless the possessor can prove otherwise. For example, under the Customs Code in France, the possessor of CITES specimens must be able to prove that these have been lawfully obtained. However, great care must be taken if an offence is deemed to be one of strict criminal liability, as there may be a serious risk of injustice incompatible...
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...Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Geography project [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] 2012 Nishant Aishwarya Roll Number - 26 Introduction Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that wildlife around the world is impacted by human activities. Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. This has been a reason for debate throughout recorded history. Religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment. Literature has also made use of the traditional human separation from wildlife. Foods, Pets, Traditional Medicine:...
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...As a young boy, he wanted to be a naturalist, a scientist who enjoys and studies nature. He also went to the badlands in 1883 to go big game hunting. By the time he got there, the vast herds of bison were long gone. He found out that one of the main reasons for the endangerment of the bison was that there were people killing them for hides that could be traded. He noticed that there was terrible habitat destruction in the area, and he became alarmed at the sight of it. He knew about how much damage the Transcontinental Railroad had caused, but this far exceeded what he had imagined. Roosevelt became more aware of common animals that were getting scarce. The bison, for example, used to run rampant in the area he was hunting. He always remembered his childhood dream as an adult, and he used that dream to push him to be the one of the greatest conservationists that America could...
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...preservation organization. Zoos give us the opportunity to "adopt" wild animals and help in their preservation. Donate to wildlife conservation organizations. Even if it’s one rupee it helps. Become a member of a wildlife organization. They can volunteer with different organizations & zoos. These programs range from cleaning beaches, forests, and deserts, to working with animals, rescuing animals in need, and helping in events and educational programs. This allows us to actively sponsor animals and provide help to the organization of your choice. They can organize your own events or drives to raise awareness and support for wildlife conservation. These sorts of things can be organized at local schools, parks, or recreational centers. Encourage peoples to business to recycle and use recyclable products & also not to business with, or support, companies that aren't supporting the environment. Don't buy products that are made of or contain parts of endangered animals. Be aware that many traditional Asian medicines contain tiger parts and other endangered animals, so don't buy them. Stay informed about what is going on, what animals are in need of help, which companies are helping and which ones aren't. Be aware of global warming, its effects, and what you can do. Be aware of what your local government is doing to promote awareness of wildlife conservation needs and what they can do. Staying informed will help you better promote and assist your cause. 2. AWARENESS ABOUT THIS...
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...support from partners and stakeholders, this project aims to develop long-term measures to improve the protection and management of key tiger populations and their habitats. This project will contribute towards the National Tiger Action Plan, a government strategy outlining the steps to be taken to ensure the long-term survival of tigers in the wild. The Tigers Alive! project employs a holistic approach for tiger conservation, and is currently focusing on the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex as well as the larger Banjaran Titiwangsa (Main Range) landscape. The modules of this project include reducing poaching activities, conducting scientific monitoring on the population dynamics of tigers and their prey, raising awareness and reducing human-tiger conflicts through community engagement and educational programmes, ensuring forest connectivity, as well as monitoring land-use changes in tiger landscapes and communicating the cause and effects of human activities on nature to everyone. Each module forms an important part of a broader approach to addressing tiger conservation issues in Malaysia. ANTI POACHING Poaching is one of the major threats towards the survival of tigers and other wildlife. People can encroach into our forests to conduct illegal activities with little fear of being caught, because government agencies generally lack the manpower and resources to patrol huge swathes of forest. Even...
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