Animals and extinction help.?

Question

I am doing a speech as English homework and mine is about how global warming is killing species of animals. I have then also included how animals are being hunted and losing their habitat and that. But how can i answer to the argument of "what difference to these animals make to me" or "why does it affect me" e.t.c. So if you can tell me, i'd like to know actually why we need to protect animals, because although i'm all up for that, i can't actually explain why. Thanks x

Answer 1

More and more species are discovered everyday, and not just small fungus.

Mammals, birds, fish, flowers are being discovered in record numbers, while no species are going extinct because of "man made global warming"

Warmth is good for life. It's the cold that kills species off.

Answer 2

Actually a warmer climate has more species, so if the Earth's climate gets warmer there will be more animals. Many hunting organisations are also setting aside wilderness as a place to hunt. See what Pennsylvania has done. Check out Ducks Unlimited. I'm all for conservation of wildlife, because they taste good and I want them around for a long time.

The hunting/poaching problem is in underdeveloped countries where hungry people want to eat now or make money now and they don't care about the future. God gave us these animals to eat and to care for. We have a responsibility to all wildlife second only to our responsibility to God and to other people. Gorillas can speak a limited vocabulary by sign language and chimpanzees use tools and hunt and kill for food. I think that makes them intelligent beings deserving of protection.

I will not personally miss some rat that lives around one oasis in the middle of a desert, nor will the world. New species are being discovered daily as they evolve to fit their habitat. New worm discovered near undersea hot springs, so what? The answer is it does not make any difference to you, your life or affect you until it is an animal that interacts with you where you live. Talk about the animals where you live, that you know about.

Answer 3

Dr Jello is wrong again. There are many species of animals and plants that will fail to breed or reproduce if the weather is too warm for them. Providing the change takes place very slowly they can gradually migrate to areas that suit them better but the change is happening too fast and man made barriers such as towns stand in the way.

Now as to why it matters to us, the most obvious answer is that many of us enjoy seeing a wide variety of wildlife. But even more important is the fact that the world depends upon variety to stay healthy. When one species is wiped out then the balance is upset and the repercusions are unpredictable. Often a number of other species disappear too, because they relied upon one another. Often a new species becomes dominent and wipes out many other species. These changes often impact upon the human species too making it more difficult to grow the crops we need or bringing pests or diseases to areas that were previously free of them.

Best wishes with your speech.

Answer 4

all living creatures have an impact on the world for example deers eat greens in the forests that they live in and when there are not enough deers what happens is the enviorment there malfunctions a bit and things like less greens come grow and other things start to happen b/c of this also

also every creature has a right to live and i would like to know how would you like it if people were hunting you down or you just got a new home beautiful home somewhere and you were basically living the life and then someone tears it down and you have to leave and find a new one on the nasty side of town believe me you would not be to happy about that and if that happened to another human my guess is that you would feel bad about it also sometimes when you cut down an animals home they don't have a lot of means for food or for a house so they seek sheltered in human habitats and that can be very dangerous when the mountain lion is your neighbor or something like that believe me i know first hand
theres many other reasons you should try doing a search about it on google or yahoo or something like that

Answer 5

You could answer by way of this effects me because these particular extinct species cannot offer the world any more information on their life or habitats that could maybe lead others to understand more of the lifestyles of similar animals. e.g the way we realise a woolly mammoth was like an elephant but with fur because it originated in cold places. If elephants were extinct these days we'd have less information and ideas about how the woolly mammoth lived. Therefore that in itself is knowledge lost which affects you. Also because of the fact that you and your future families will never have the joy of viewing these animals. Extinction could also lead people to forget about these animals and not learn of them which is a bad thing after all knowledge is power! Hope this helped! :)

Answer 6

God made us stewards of this planet and gave us the responsibility of managing everything contained in it. Yes, the earth is ours to use, but to do so respectfully. Why dont you include in your report the animals that have benefited from humans encroaching on their habitat. for instance, the white tailed deer. there are more white tail deer in the U.S. now than when the mayflower landed (according to estimates). when the logging industry clear cuts a pine plantation, they replant the trees 2 for every tree cut down. yes, we've done a pretty good job of trashing up our home, but I'm not convinced that we're the main cause for global warming. Did the dinosaurs cause global cooling? I'm sure were not helping it none, but we shouldnt give up on civilization. If we did, all these spoiled city people would have to learn to grow their own food. growing a little back yard garden is one thing, but feeding your family is another.

Answer 7

Here is one for you. Hunters provide millions of dollars per year for habitat preservation and species protection. Now how in the world can you reconcile that? Where would that money come from if not from hunters? Ask yourself how much a bird watching license costs. Not a dime, that's how much they contribute. Be careful who you condemn. The animals depend on it. But I'm willing to bet this will not be included in your speech. It never is.

Answer 8

Why does it affect you?
well its not just large exotic animals that are dying out. Small insects and fish are dying out too and their loss will have a much greater effect on your life than the tiger.
Take for example small nitrogen fixing bacteria. as these tiny crearures become less and less common due to pollution, we will feel the effects as our soil refuses to yield crops and the price of our bread rises. More and more artificial fertilizers will be needed to sustain the earth we grow food on and that in turn affects the food chain, killing more wee beasties.
That sounds very morbid but my point is, it is the extinction of smaller less noticable creatures which will impact on our lives.

Answer 9

because every single creature has an impact on our world.
e.g. we have to cull the deer in our countryside every so often as the numbers grow too large. this is because we hunted and killed all of the wolves that use to roam the countryside, the wolves that kept the deer numbers at bay. if we leave the deer to multiply, their constant grazing has an affect on the plant life. and so it goes on...
another e.g. global warming is causing fish (especially sharks) to travel into waters once too cold. this is causing more danger on our coasts.
besides, we have a moral obligation as an intelligent species to ensure we preserve as much natural life as possible.

Answer 10

We are all just parts of an interconnected system. This ecosystem is not hierarchical with man being at the top, although many people act as if it is. We are interconnected, equal and dependent on each other to live. All living things have intrinsic value. That is they have a right to live just for being what they are; live things. They should be valued and not used for that reason alone, not exploited for what they can provide for the use of mankind.