Together we can save them.

Hello again,

         In my post today I would like to try and inform you on the importance of conservation efforts for wildlife across the world. Humans are on top of the food chain, but does that give us the right to kill animals for anything other than survival or substance?

In today’s society will kill anything just for the pure thrill of it. Because of this there are several different species that are endangered or borderline extinct, for example: Tigers, Elephants, and many more.

Why do we kill them?

In the case of the Tigers, there are many different beliefs that the bones, teeth, or blood of a tiger can cure all kinds of diseases. Yet, none have ever worked in the hundreds of years the myth has been around. So why continue to kill them?

With the growing human population Tigers across Asia have had to compete keep their habitat. Tigers are predators, and will attack humans out of fear or territorial instincts. Does this give us the right to almost wipe out the whole species?

According to http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/tiger there are only 3,200 left in the wild. Compared to the tens of thousands that were around 15 years ago that is a very low number.

For elephants, poachers are after their tusk. The ivory that makes up the elephant tusk was once considered a royalty item, meaning that only royalty could afford it.

 Now, ivory is used in many different things but not survival or substance.

There are two different species of elephants in the world, the Asian and African elephants. With only two species, you would think that we would want to keep them around, but sadly that is not the case.

Even though Asian elephants are said to be sacred in most parts of Asia, primarily India, they are the species that is actually endangered, with a number as low as 20-25,000 left in the wild. ( http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/asian-elephant )

        

The African elephant, although not categorized as endangered, they are considered very vulnerable, which is the level right before endangered.

There are many different conservation efforts already in the fight to conserve not only these three species, but also all animals around the world. If we do not act now, these amazing animals will be gone forever.

If you would like to know more about conservation efforts for wildlife, you can go to the links below.

http://www.paws.org/

http://www.wcs.org/

http://www.wildlifealliance.org/

http://www.worldanimalprotection.org/