Wildlifeintergroup (Staci McLennan) SHOULD PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO KEEP EXOTIC ANIMALS LIKE CHIMPAZE OR TIGERS National Geography (Patrick krug) A Wild animal is born, raised, and lives in a natural environment nature and environmental. It has certain inborn behaviours and learned behaviours from its parent and peers which are necessary to survive in a competitive natural environment, this environment is a proper home for hundreds of thousands of species, many of which are exotic and others
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PROBLEM A century ago there were 100,000 tigers roaming the forests, swamps, and tundra of Asia. TODAY, there are as few as 3,200 left in the wild. Only 7% of historic tiger habitat still contains tigers. At this rate, wild tigers will be extinct in just a few decades. Illegal Trade Consumer demand for tiger parts poses the largest threat to tiger survival. Tigers are being hunted to extinction by poachers for their skins, bones, teeth and claws, which are highly valued for their use in traditional
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step is treacherous, some say that you can still hear the shouts of fear from a man. This man’s name was Taylor “Tiger” Alcon. Most people, however, only knew him as Tiger.His body was never found, nor was his car. Only pictures can show faint images of Tiger. They show his body mutilated and destroyed by many cuts. Today is one of those days, and I am here to tell you the story of how Tiger got his stripes. The day started as any other, except for the rain. The rain poured in an endless sheet, forcing
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Eco Tourism Eco-tourism is more than a catch phrase for nature loving travel and recreation. Eco-tourism is consecrated for preserving and sustaining the diversity of the world's natural and cultural environments. It accommodates and entertains visitors in a way that is minimally intrusive or destructive to the environment and sustains & supports the native cultures in the locations it is operating in. Responsibility of both travelers and service providers is the genuine meaning for eco-tourism
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Imagine, you're taking a vacation to the Everglades National Park when a vicious 200 pound Burmese python slithers right next to you! The Everglades National Park is being affected dramatically by burmese pythons,there are changes in animals,people, and ecosystems. To lead off, animals that live in the park for not being preserved as they should be exotic and special birds, mice and ducks that are being quenched by the jaws of a 23 foot snake.For instance,Source 2, paragraph one,
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Panthera is a genus of large, wild cats in the mammalian family, Felidae, and includes the four, well-known living species of the lion (Panthera leo), the tiger (Panthera tigris), the jaguar (Panthera onca), and the leopard (Panthera pardus). These four extant cat species are considered unique in having the anatomical changes enabling them to roar. (New World Encyclopedia) The Panthera genus comprises about half of the seven extant species in the Pantherinae subfamily also known as the "big cats"
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Noah Tiedemann 8-19-15 7th Endangered Species The Amur Leopard Have you ever had a leopard-skin coat, or purse? You know, generally orange fur with black spots? It?s stereotypically worn by regular connoisseurs of lust and debauchery. Hopefully you haven?t. It makes me cringe whenever I see one for sale or being worn by some ignorant bimbo. I just don?t see the appeal. Nevertheless, it?s a profitable business, and humanity is greedy, ignorant, and occasionally sociopathic; thus, the Amur Leopards
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Green infrastructure is an approach that communities can choose to maintain healthy waters, provide multiple environmental benefits and support sustainable communities. Unlike single-purpose gray stormwater infrastructure, which uses pipes to dispose of rainwater, green infrastructure uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater where it falls. By weaving natural processes into the built environment, green infrastructure provides not only stormwater management, but also flood mitigation, air quality
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“Tiger Mending” After I finished reading this short story, I was left feeling very unsettled. I think the most prominent reason being the numerous questions left in my head that were not answered in the story. The story starts off explaining two sisters. It appears to be that both of the sisters love each other very much and enjoy being around each other despite the fact that they have two very different personalities. They both have different strengths and different qualities but somehow seem
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TIGERS The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and weighing up to 388.7 kg (857 lb) in the wild. Its most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. The species is classified in the genus Panthera with the lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. They are territorial
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