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media type="file" key="endangeredspecies.mp3" width="240" height="20" Helping Our Vanishing Wildlife

Do you think we are doing enough to save our vanishing wildlife? The endangered species act was approved in 1973 to help endangered species that are close to extinction. When the endangered species list came out in 1973 there were 935 native species listed as endangered or threatened. They wanted to help the native species thrive and kick out non-native species. About one-fifth of all species are on the red list of endangered and threatened animals. The endangered species list is effective in saving endangered species for nows living and future generations to come.

Species have been taken off the list due to its effectiveness. 23 species have had numbers go up so high they have been taken off the list. Some species are getting very close to getting off the list. Species numbers have started recently going up due to no hunting and no selling of the animals and their products. Many species have had a bump from endangered to threatened and have gone up from their listing. Since the act animals numbers have gone up increasingly.

Other goods things have come up due to the endangered species list. The DDT ban came out to help birds out, but it also has helped with other species not going endangered and helped out with crop survival. The clean water act helped to save the marine mammals, freshwater, and saltwater fishes. It has also helped other aquatic plants and animals. It has cleaned water ways for drinking and cleaned them up for recreational activities so more money might come in. Bans on hunting, outlawed selling, and trade of animals and animal parts have helped the animals. It has also helped with people who had dealt with these animals before. They have a less likely chance to now do it illegally, because there are now a lot more laws on protecting a certain species. All the goods things that have come from the endangered species, now have a good affect on the animals and other uses.

It is not only about the one animal. Other animals can be effected by the extinction or cut in numbers of a species. One example is when the Grey wolves numbers were declining and the moose population soared. They started eating all the brush so beavers couldn’t make dams and many other animals were affected. When the Grey wolves numbers went back up, the natural order was restored. If one animal is gone, it could get the food chain out of order, and other species might go endangered. So if you see one species go, many others could soon follow. Federal government specialists say that protecting an ecosystem with several threatened or endangered species rather than one species can prevent a decline of a whole community.

Some people say that the endangered species list is bad. A bad thing people think is the candidate list before getting to the legal notice can have extinctions while waiting. One reason they aren’t legally noticed yet is their numbers are just good enough not get on the list. Some say many will go extinct while on the list. Many new laws and acts are working on the already low numbers to soar. Others worry about the cost and say that it cost to much to get an animal on the list. Much of the money comes from fundraising, and it could pay off to have a species saved.

The endangered species list is a good tool for our environmental protection. We can help out all animals that are endangered as well as not. It has helped out many species. It is an effective tool for us. We have got a lot out of the endangered species and we can get more. You can go out and support local wildlife foundations. If you have any concerns wether a species is or should be endangered, you can call a local DNR center or find a worker of the DNR. We need the endangered species list to ensure the survival of the endangered species now and many to come.