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What Is The Government Doing To Save Endangered Animals?
What Is The Government Doing To Save Endangered Animals?
As you can see below I have included some websites which contain a lot more information relevant to your questions. I am hoping you can access these websites. When I talk with you next time, we can discuss more of these subjects. What is the government doing to save endangered animals? The government passed and Act called Endangered Species Act (ESA) and enforces the Act promptly.
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed in 1973 in order to protect those plant and animal species that are at risk of becoming extinct. Species that receive protection under the ESA are classified into two categories, "Endangered" or "Threatened," depending on their status (how many are left in the wild) and how severely their survival is threatened. A species that is listed as Endangered is in danger of becoming extinct throughout a significant portion of its habitat range (the areas where it lives). Threatened species are those that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. The Endangered Species Act outlines a number of protective measures that are designed to preserve species that have been listed as Endangered or Threatened. These measures include restrictions on hunting, transporting and trading (buying and selling) the species. Also, the USFWS is authorized to develop recovery plans for Endangered and Threatened species, which outline the steps that need to be taken for the species to recover and eventually be removed from the ESA. Endangered species are protected by more than just the Endangered Species Act. Local laws, enforced by state governments and state Departments of Natural resources protect species in different states of the United States. Groups of species are protected by specific acts such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Many foreign countries have laws protecting their endangered species. Endangered species are protected on international levels as well. For example, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an agreement between150 countries worldwide.
The following US Government website has for more information on endangered species and their protection activities. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/ The following Defenders of wild life website also has more information for you to look at. http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/policy_and_legislation/endangered_species_a ct/index.php
Endangered species are generally identified by Continent or Sub-continent based on the animal habitation area. For North America which includes USA the list of animals are as follows. As you can see the names are general names and within each of these names there may be many classes. For example the name Whales include, Blue Whales, Killer Whales etc. . Alligator American Bison American Crocodile Arctic Fox Bats Bighorn Sheep Black Footed Ferret Black Bear Bobcat Burrowing Owl Butterflies Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl California Condor Caribou Cerulean Warbler Channel Island Fox Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Desert Tortoise Diamondback Terrapin Dolphins Eastern Timber Wolf Fisher Florida Black Bear Frogs Fur Seal, Northern Gopher Tortoise Gray Wolf Grizzly Bear Hawaiian Monk Seal Hummingbird Lynx Killer Whale Manatee Mexican Spotted Owl Mexican Wolf Mohave Ground Squirrel Monarch Butterfly Mountain Goat Mountain Lion Narwhal North Atlantic Right Whale Northern Fur Seal Northern Spotted Owl Ocelot Panther Peregrine Falcon Puma
Prairie Dog Red Wolf River Otter Salmon Sea Otter Sea Turtle Sharks Snakes Snowy Owl Sonoran Pronghorn Swift Fox Thick-billed Parrot Vaquita Western Snowy Plover Whale Wolf, Gray Wolf, Mexican Wolf, Red Wolverine Woodland Caribou Woodpecker
Red list has the names and information about all the endangered species around the world. The website is as follows: http://www.iucnredlist.org/news/iucn-red-list-site-made-easy-guide
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The following website has some information presented humorously. Take a look at this website as well. http://www.kidsplanet.org/