An increasing number of wild animals are endangered, while others are on the verge of extinction. In this essay, I will examine the factors that contribute towards the endangerment of species and extinction, and propose some solutions to them.
There are a few factors that contribute to driving a group of animals towards endangerment and extinction and animal endangerment. One of the greatest contributors to this problem is habitat destruction and hunting. Firstly, companies have been destroying ecosystems around the world to exploit natural resources and to build human settlements. In addition to that, these unethical businesses do not put in effort to relocate or rehabilitate animals they harmed. Having their source of food and shelter taken away, animals stand little to no chance of survival. Some species are purposefully killed off in the process, a combination of all these conditions lead them down the path of being endangered. Secondly, there is a market for exotics items, such as elephant tusks, animal fur and organs to be used as medicine. These products are in high demand and can be purchased for large sums of money, subsequently more and more animals are killed, leaving very little in the wild to repopulate. As an illustration, poachers would kill a female with a young, then leaving the offspring alone with no mother. Some species are not able to survive without a mother, thus these young cannot grow up and reproduce, causing a species to be extinct.
A few ways can be taken to combat the destruction of ecosystems and the illegal hunting of animals. Firstly, the government plays an important role in preventing these things. By enforcing strict laws forbidding the poaching and killing of wild animals, regulating business practices, as well as hefty punishments for perpetrators, these have the potential to keep animals safe from extinction. Secondly, forming units to enforce and keep watch of poachers and unethical business practices. Enforcers who regularly patrol and guard areas with species who are in danger of poaching can prevent it from happening in the first place. Finally, the establishment of wildlife centres contributes to safeguarding existing numbers of endangered animals from diminishing further. By keeping them in captivity, endangered wild animals are safe from habitat destruction and poachers. As an illustration, scientists can introduce breeding programs to increase the population of the animal to a stable amount, then rehabilitating them before reintroducing the animals to their natural habitat.
To conclude, habitat destruction and hunting of wild animals are driving species into extinction. Creating laws and regulations and establishing task forces have the potential to prevent the implications of unethical business practices on endangered species. Moreover, repopulation and rehabilitation efforts in wildlife centres aim to increase the number of species from the line of endangerment.