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//Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:41 PM
English Homework?!
I was packing my table and I found out I actually did some english personal view thingy and I forgot why did I do this.
"The Caribbean monk seal has become extinct. The docile creatures were hunted for research, food and blubber, say biologists. The last confirmed sighting of a Caribbean monk seal was in 1952 between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service confirmed Friday that the species is extinct. Kyle Baker, a biologist for NOAA's Fisheries Service southeast region, said the species is the only seal to become extinct from human causes. The seals were first classified as endangered in 1967, and wildlife experts investigated several reported sightings over the past few decades. But officials determined they were other seal types. The Caribbean monk seal, first discovered during Christopher Columbus' second voyage in 1494, once had a population of more than 250,000. But they became easy game for hunters because they often rested, gave birth or nursed their pups on beaches. It's cousins, the Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seals are in danger of going into extinction too." Personal Views: It saddens me a lot to read news like this. Because extinction is final and it is so much more than simply death. Each species is unique and they can never be reproduced. And this time, it is our fault. We are the coldest-blooded killers ever, we will kill innocent animals for our own profit and have no respect for anything that does not benefit us. We steal lives. Not only are we causing the next greatest mass extinction ever, we are also causing climate change which will lead to further extinction! Everything has a purpose on this earth, and we have no rights to destroy them. We fail to see that instead of changing the earth to suit us, we should adapt to the earth because the earth does not exist only for us. We do not realise that us, the superior humans beings might one day be wipe out like the dinosaurs due to our own doings and be replaced with a better, kinder species that will treat the earth better. And don't think the extinction of an animal does not concern you, we're all in the same food chain. One day, you or your loved ones will feel the impact. So, stop being selfish. There are many, many things we can do to improve the situation like stop eating shark's fin, use lesser electricity so that the polar bears will no longer walk on thin ice, refusing to buy anything from the illegal wildlife trade (e.g. elephant ivory carvings and jewelry, tortoise and turtle shell accessories, big cat skins, reptile skin handbags, belts and shoes, porcupine quill coasters and lampshades, coral and shells, and many more.), etc. These can be done through education with the government's help. Hopefully this will be a wake up call to the U.S. government. Even though the other seals' future are looking rather bleak now but I still hope they can be saved before the same thing happens to them. And there are still so many things we have not learn from these animals which are on the brink of extinction. We must save these animals for our future generations and not upset the balance. Because a diverse wildlife is priceless. |
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