“The Endangered Species Worst Nightmare”

    As we all know because of my previous blogs, there are many factors that contribute to the disappearance and endangering of many beautiful species, like using them for practice shooting, taking advantage for their fur, horns, etc, and of course the destruction of their habitats. Probably the last one is the most dangerous, but what causes most of the problems of forest fires, destruction of habitats, melting of poles, is pollution. One of the main causes of pollution is the extreme use of cars, buses, trucks etc. It is the most common factor of the production of pollution and it’s the one we can most contribute so it can be stopped.

    The situation seems to get even worse as the population grows every day. That’s why this must help us make conscience that the more people, the more cars, and of course the triple of pollution produced. There are some countries in which they do make something to reduce this type of problem. One example is Germany, my brother is currently living there for a year, and he tells us that it is very common for people to use bikes instead of cars, as a matter of fact, it’s more common to see people in bikes than in cars in some parts of Germany. Sadly in Mexico it is extremely rare to see someone riding his bike than using his car.

   If we can observe that the main cause of endangered species is pollution, then that gives us more reasons to help eradicate this problem, like for example in Germany, we may also start using our bikes more often instead of our cars to arrive to our destinations.

Reference:

greenstudentu.com." Encyclopedia pollution. OTONetworks, LLC, n.d. Web. 29 Sep 2011. <http://www.greenstudentu.com/encyclopedia/pollution>.

Endangered Species “ Volcano Rabbit”

   The Volcano Rabbit is an animal that inhabits Valley of Mexico on the east and south, near Mexico City. (www.animalinfo.org/species/). It is a beautiful type of rabbit, it is harmless, to any person or animal, and it only eats grass and any other kind of plants. It would be sad that this animal will not be able to be seen by our children, that’s why we must act hastily, because this is only one of the many endangered animals belonging to our country.

Volcano Rabbit

   The cause of the Volcano Rabbit being endangered is very frustrating and annoying. One of the causes of its population decreasing is serious threats of habitat degradation and target shooting.  The habitat degradations is thanks to forest fires, development and agriculture, over-exploitation of timber and cutting of zacaton grasses which is the main food of the Volcano Rabbit.(www.animalinfo.org/species/). The other factor which is target shooting is the one which is most annoying, since it is the one easiest to be stopped, but thanks to lack of interest and ignorance of certain people they continue with this sport or hobby. There should be bigger punishments for the people who do this, especially when we are talking about an endangered animal such as the volcano rabbit.

   It is not too late to stop this chaos, but if we continue with the same attitude we have had for the last years then it will be too late. Let’s start changing now so in the future our children can enjoy of one of the endangered species in our country which is the volcano rabbit.

Reference:
"Animal Info - Volcano Rabbit." Animal Info - Endangered Animals. ,Las modified January 2, 2005 . Web. Current date22 Sep 2011. <http://www.animalinfo.org/species/romediaz.htm>.

Endangered Species " The polar bear"

Imagine the impact in our children when they notice that there once lived a great creature, that died because of humans and their lack of caring. That creature might probably be the polar bear, a wonderful mammal that requires a polar environment to survive. Unfortunately in a few years there will not be a polar climate left on earth, the poles are starting to melt, destroying the habitat of the polar bear, and making it more difficult to find food.

The impact when the polar bear disappears will be disastrous, one of the greatest creatures of the Antarctic will completely extinguish or could only be seen in some certain parks were the give shelter to endangered species, which will cause a lot of pain to society to see this marvelous animal in its final moments on this earth.

The pollution is one of the main causes of this act, the factories are one of the main problems, and the smoke they cause is damaging the ozone layer, making more ultraviolet rays to reach the surface. Maybe we cannot stop a factory from doing this but we can help from our home, recycling, and not throwing trash out of place. Let’s do what we can!

This is why we must act! If it’s already too late, then that’s a reason to speed our solutions. Let’s not wait until things get even worse. Anyone can help, even if it’s just a little, or for a while, if everyone at least does something that will create a great starting point to end this problem.