Until now, scientists have found five major extinctions. Some of these serious events resulted in loss of around 90% of lives. We all know the extinction of dinosaurs. It is the well-known extinction that has been discovered so far. Reason for this extinction is natural. This extinction has paved the path for mammals to rise up.

Reasons behind extinction are immense. As specified above, it lies within natural and man-made causes. However, endangering of one species is to be analyzed and studied carefully. Some of the man-made reasons for endangering of species are given below.

Destruction of natural habitats is another reason for reduction in the number of certain animals. Natural factors impacts in a slow manner. However, human activities impacts faster and seriously affect animal life. Animals didn’t get enough time to react for the cause, and they dies. This can cause serious results. Deforestation can destroy habitat of several species of animals.

Human intervention in the food chain can cause extinction of species. For example, decrease in the number of frogs can affect snakes who feed on them. This in turn cause imbalance in the food chain. This is one of a serious problem to concern with because large numbers of species are affected in this process.

Endangering can be prevented only by taking necessary means. Humans can stop hunting and cutting down trees to prevent extinction of animals.

“Change is nature. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide…”

The quote above is an excerpt from the animated film Ratatouille. The movie was about a spirited rat named Remy who wants to become a chef. Another animated film is The Bee Movie where the bee Barry makes an effort to save his kind from the abuse of man on honey that bees produce. Finding Nemo is also another animated animal movie with a good plot. It was about a father’s struggle to swim all across the Australian current to find his son Nemo who was seized by Australian divers. At the very end Remy got to live his dream, Barry succeeded in defending his kind, and Marlin was reunited with Nemo. However, it was not without difficulty. Remy’s quest to become a chef, Barry’s role as the lawyer to defend his kind, and Marlin’s adventure to find his son was constantly threatened and challenged by none other than the existence of the most dangerous preys and competitions in the food chain: human beings.

The animal situations mentioned above, however, is not so different in real life for any creature that does not belong to the human species. In America alone, over 300 land animals are slain for their meat in every second, making the overall casualty by 25.9 million a day. The fashion industry uses animal skin or animal furs for several fashionable items that human beings buy. In a year, there are over 40 million different kinds of animals that are trapped and killed for their furs. From the year 1990 to year 1997, over 12.8 million animals were killed due to laboratory experiments.

Have you asked yourself “What if the dolphins slain and sold for meat in Japan deserve to live at all?” or “What if the leopard fur trended in fashion shows that used to belong to a mother leopard have spawn more cubs for the next generation and could have prevented the species’ extinction?” or “What if the elephants that are used for transportation from different tourist destinations, killed for ivory, or killed for no valuable reasons, could have used some organization’s protection program?” Animals deserve to live as free as the humans too.

On the other hand, people die due to animal attacks as well. In a year, there are 10,000 people who die of snakebite; bears are mauling hundreds more all across the globe; elephants kill about 200 people in India every year; since 1924, about 14 people have been attacked and killed by bulls in Spain; over the past year, there has been 18 attack and death reports caused by alligators in America; there were also cases of fatal spider bite wounds, killer whale on a rampage, and several other animal attacks. This is why man fear animals. Unlike man, most of the animals don’t have the capacity to halt a brute attack that is already in motion. Although most of these wild animals attack only when they are provoked, some just attack without sensible reason.

Animals are primitive; but so was man. Over centuries and millenniums, man has evolved into high intellectual beings, fulfilling the destiny to become a steward over all other creatures. So it is for this precise reason that man should have the responsibility to look after the welfare of his dominion. It is for this precise reason why he shouldn’t come up with any valid reason to attack, abuse, and endanger the lives and existence of animals. Man should not instigate the cause for animal’s destruction.

There are groups of people or organizations that dedicate service for the care and the rights of animals. Their positive messages to raise awareness on thousands of animal abuse issues have finally reached all across the planet. More animals finally got the chance to live in this world according to their divine given rights. So it is because of some humane human beings’ choices that made the difference. Man after all can live harmoniously with animals. If you’re still doubtful about that, buy yourself a puppy and witness nature unfolding before your very eyes.

Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.

The term biodiversity is coined from two words. Scientists, decades ago, called this particular term as biological diversity. This refers to the different varieties of creatures on a particular environment. Although scientists long ago used this particular term as the basis for the different forms of life in an environment, it has been one of the major terms that have been used by environmentalists, tourism agents, and other proponents of environment conservation. As aforementioned, the people from the department of tourism and other environment-concerned organizations use this word to coin the idea of preservation.

They would refer to biodiversity as the harmony of different creatures in a particular environment. With that being said, proponents for environment conservation point out that it is very essential that in a particular environment, there should be no animals included in the endangered animal list so that there would still be a rich biodiversity. They base this idea from a scientific term called bio-process in which each individual in a particular environment has a role to maintain the biodiversity of that particular environment. Somehow, if there is a missing link in the environment, there would be a series of changes that that particular environment may experience and it may lead to the degradation of an environment’s biodiversity. Moreover, proponent for the environment have pointed out that the biodiversity of an environment is like a chain. If one link happens to be missing there would be breakage in that particular environment.