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| Pygmy rabbit, Scientific American |
Survival denied: Birds, fish, plant, pygmy rabbits lose out on endangered species protection Oct 7, 2010 09:10 AM
"A variety of rare and threatened species have been denied protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in recent weeks, including North America's smallest rabbit and a plant that may already be extinct in the wild.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which makes the final determination on which species get protected status, ruled that some of these species deserve protection, although not as much as other, higher priority species." Read more...
Jose Torres
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Well I believe an animal should be classified as endangered by the risk of extinction. Such as food scarcity and hunting of this animal. These should be able to classify an animal to the endangered species but if going in to depth you can view its mating conditions and no offspring.
Angelica Soria
ReplyDeleteI personally would classify an animal as an endangered specie just by the risk of dying out. When theres no more left and they wont be able to come back.
Tristan Claveria
ReplyDeleteAn endangered species MUST be classified from the birth and death rates of a certain species. Of course the data will take some time but in general, I believe the classification of an endangered species may be concluded from the birth and death rates of any species.
I think the primary deciding factor in placing a species on the Endangered Species List should be by the number of population around the world. Another factors that should be considered are food resources, habitat, and commercial impact. Dennis Inestroza
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I strongly believe that the primary reason for placing a specie in the endangered species list would basically be that when a species is present in such small numbers that it is at risk of extinction it should be the primary reason to be "endangered". Other factors would include disease, pollution, and limited distribution are more factors that threaten various plant and animal species. If a species does not have the natural genetic protection against particular pathogens, an introduced disease can have severe effects on that specie causing it to eventually be put as an endangered species. All these factors should be highly considered.
I think the primary reason for placing a species on the endangered species list is if the species exiss in alarmingly small numbers to be considered "endangered."Other factors would be human activity, habitat destruction, pollution, and disease.The population of a species must be able to withstand these factors, or the survival of the species is at risk. These and other factors should be taken into account.
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I think the primary two reasons should be the species population size and the rate of its habitat loss. If they're population size it at alarmingly low numbers, we should takesome measures to prevent it from becoming extinct. Even if the FWS doesnt have enough money to protect it, like the article says,the species can benefit from simply being on the list by having some type of recognition. I think a person will be more cautious if he/she knows what the risks are (extinction).
Rachel Aquino
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I think the primary deciding factor on deciding whether or not a species should be on the endangered species list is it overall population size. Whether or not it is at a J0curve with an exponential growth, or going into an S-curve and slowly decaying steadily. Overall, the population size determines whether or not the species will be extinct if it does have a distinctive pattern in its population size. Also, the distribution of its population. If a species is merely in one place, at a low population size, then that is not a good foreseen picture for the lives of its future generation. We also have to look at the species' impact on humans for humans truly do have one of the greatest impacts on endangered species for being endangered.
I understand that there are low funds for protecting all species that are endangered, but I would classify a species as endangered from the amount of viable habitat they have versus how much they need, food supply, global population size, and their ecological significance. We would also have to determine the effects human activities will have on them. Predict how much impact we will have on them and if it will further reduce their population.
ReplyDeleteTimothy Barker
ReplyDeletei think this would classify an animal as an endangered specie and that would be because of food scarcity and hunting of this animal.
Tyler Fukumoto
ReplyDeleteFor me, I would classify an endagered species as a species that is on the verge or very close to being on the verge of extinction. Also another factor that can play into an endagered species classification is how long it can last with its availability of food or habitat. That can play a key role in ednagered species classification.
I would classify an endangered species by the risk of the species becoming extinct, due to the lack of natural habitat, shelter, food, or just the lack of survival!!!!!!
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Andy V.
ReplyDeleteClassification of endangered species should be seen as the last few remaining of that creatures kind. Seeing that the species used to live in vast areas of the world and now is forced into a small part of land in only one part of the world should be classified as an endangered species.