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The topic of this page is endangered species. This is an important issue effecting the earth and its ecosystems. When a species becomes extinct it throws off the entire food chain. This happens because when a species becomes extinct the animal that eats that species will soon start to die off because it has no food to eat. Then when that species dies off the animal that eats that species will soon start to die off. This cycle will keep continuing until something is done about it. Extinction of animals is a huge problem that is getting bigger and bigger everyday. I think that this is a very important issue that need to be dealt with as soon as possible.

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(Encyclopedia of animal, 2006)

The babirusa is an important part of the pig family. They are endangered and are dying off very fast rate. The babirusa usually lives up to 24 years. But in recent year years there numbers have been dwindling. They aren't making it to the age at which they can reproduce and grow the population. The Babirusa lives in south Asia but has been being killed for food by people who live there. This is okay except for the fact that they are being killed to quickly. When a Babirusa does reproduce it only gives birth to about 1 or 2 babies. When the Babirusa goes extinct the it fruits and grasses that they eat will become overgrown and overpopulated. When this happens the overpopulation will start taking over the habitat that other animals live in. The solution to this is to monitor the population of the Babirusa and to only kill them when it absolutely needed.

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Manatees are huge parts of the oceans ecosystem. They can be found on both sides of the Tropical atlantic Ocean. A couple things are killing these animals though. Things such as boats and oil spills. Boat proppelers are accedentely seriously injuring them and killing them. Also oil spills are playing a huge part in their deaths. Many places are trying to protect these animals such as Florida. Florida recently passed a law making it illegal to kill Manatees. They eat up to 100 pounds of vegetation a day which keeps the population of plants in the sea balanced out. The female manatees do not give birth often so due to the deaths of manatees the population has been decreasing. Without Manatees allot of sealife will be effected. Animals who relie on the manatees for food will soon be effected. Animals such as sharks, and Orcas will greatly be effected if the Manatee goes extinct. Solutions to this growing problem are to clean up oil spills as fast as possible before it has a chance to reach the Manatees and to stop running over the Manatees. (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th edition.)

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The giant panda is well known and well liked all around the world. However, what many people don't know is that they are endangered.The most popular area for giant pandas is Central China. Giant pandas are not being killed because they are 200 to 300 pounds, so it would be hard to kill them in the first place. In China there is a large growth of bamboo; A pandas main food supply. However when zoos capture the pandas for people to see, that is where things start to go wrong. Pandas do not survive well in captivity. Even if pandas are protected by a law in China it does not prevent them dying off in large numbers in Central China. The solution to stop the death of pandas is for the Chinese to stop taking the local pandas into captivity at a museum or zoo where they do not survive well. They most likely do not understand what importance pandas pay to society. The only thing they eat is bamboo and if they don't eat it because they aren't there, then the bamboo will overgrow so much. (|jdbmihjnh||ssJN "Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition"||sljh','');|Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition)



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Another animal going extinct is the Rhinoceros. Rhinos are are dying at too fast of a rate for them to reproduce. They are dying because of poachers. They tusks are highly valued and rare due to the dwindling numbers of them. Rhinos are vegatarians so when they go extinct the plants that they eat will become overpopulated and soon start taking over other plant's habitats. The solution to this to to make poaching of rhinos illegal. If the rhino goes exticnt not only will they die but other wildlife as well due to the food chain. |jdbmihjnh||ssJN "Encyclopedia of Animals"||sljh','');|Encyclopedia of Animals, 2006, p1, 1p, 1 Chart media type="custom" key="7968702" width="130" height="130"

Belive it or not, even the yak is endangered. The yak is a bovine animal located in mainly isolated highlands above 14,000 feet now. They are oxlike in strength and build and are full of soft fur, and thick meat. Yak's are extensively hunted so much that they moved from meadows and grassy areas in China to their isolated highlands because they certainly know what is going on. They are hunted for Kashmir and their meat for food because they have so much of it. The yak can survive on vegetation so scarce that most other animals cannot. That gives them the ability to leave the areas that are filled with hunters. However, the Chinese also capture them for milk, butter, meat, and hair for clothing. There is not much anyone can do about this problem. The chinese need food and clothing and they are taking it by force by killing and capturing the yaks. Maybe the chinese hunters could not use them for clothing and use fake man-made materials instead, but the killing cannot completely stop. (|jdbmihjnh||ssJN "Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition"||sljh','');|Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition)

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The Bactrian Camel is an endangered animal living in the Gobi desert in Mongolia. Bactrian Camels are killed in the winter when their fur is at its thickest and longest. They are killed strictly for their fur. Their numbers are not dropping as rapidly as the Giant panda or the yak or even the babirusa. The people killing them however, really need their fur to live. Mongolians aren't the richest people in terms of trade worthy goods. Killing the camels isn't affecting the environment as much as killing other animals would because not many people visit the desert just for fun. Mongolians use the camels wisely unlike how other animals are treated. Mongolians even domesticate the animals for transportation or even just as pets. There probably should not be any change in what's going on with the camels. (|jdbmihjnh||ssJN "Encyclopedia of Animals"||sljh','');|Encyclopedia of Animals, 2006)

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We picked this topic because we think that it is a huge enviromental issue. In our modern day society Endandgered species is a huge problem that faces us. It impact the world more than we think. If we did not have animals then we wouldnt have allot of the things that we do today. It is because of this need for supplies that animals are dying and becoming extinct. This is a vey important issue that needs to be dealt right now. If this problem is not dealt with we will start to see allot of wildlife dissapear off the earth.