Wai Boys Endangered species

This week during level 4 the wai boys had to do a 500 word peice of writing about 1 of 5 topics. I chose endangered species.

Here it is:

Endangered species

Introduction

All over the world there are so many different animals from sharks to elephants. But most of them have many different subspecies such as monkeys. There are many different monkeys and each different species is a subspecies. An example of this is orangutans, gorillas and capuchin monkeys. They are all monkeys but they are all subspecies because they are a different species from one another but they are still monkeys.


What animals are critically endangered in New zealand

There are many different species across the world that are endangered. Animals such as tigers and elephants are endangered and in need of our help to stop them from going extinct. Some of New Zealand's endangered species are the Kakapo with around 124 still alive, the Chatham Island Tāiko having around 120 - 150 specimens still alive and last but not least the maui’s dolphin with around 50 alive specimens roaming around the coast of New zealand.


What are the cause of endangerment and habitat loss

The main causes of animals going extinct are habitat loss, pollution, poaching and introducing pests. Habitat loss is generally caused by humans with things like arson causing huge wildfires to completely destroy the entire habitats of tens of thousands of animals causing them to lose more and more of their population and causing them to go completely extinct. Other things that cause habitat loss for fish are things such as dams blocking off a certain part of the water way they are living in and trawlers scraping the bottom of the ocean destroying anything in its path.


Pollution

Pollution is another thing which is entirely caused by humans. Whether it be Mcdonalds rubbish or smoke and burning fossil fuels this is causing an effect on the entire world. This “effect” is climate change which is causing large draughts, wildfires, large snow melts and rising sea levels. Climate change is a world wide thing and it needs to be put to an end as fast as possible. Not just for the sake of humanity but also for the other animals living on the earth.


Poaching

There are many animals all around the planet that are protected by law and people kill them anyway. This is called poaching. If you are caught poaching you can get fined up to $10,000 and up to a 2 year jail sentence.

The pouching industry makes roughly between 7 to 23 billion dollars a year making it one of the most profitable illegal trades.


Introducing pests

Introducing pests in my opinion is the worst way that animals are going extinct because it would have the most effect over the long run with populations of pests increasing while native populations decreasing. Having all the pest brings in the use of 1080 poison which kills the pests and the native wildlife therefore doing more harm than good. Pest populations generally raise faster than that of the native wildlife causing an unstable ecosystem and a non safe environment for native animals to raise their population. The way that pests destroy entire species is by eating the eggs and the young, destroying the next generation of the native animals and feeding them and their offspring, helping them to flourish.


Summary

So in the end, entire populations are going extinct due to human kind. Things from habitat loss to the introduction to pests are ruining the ecosystem and causing amazing animals to die.