The California condor is endanger of becoming extinct throughout these past years. The things that have damaged the population of the Condor would be DDT, power lines, illegal shooting, and much more. The California condor maybe endangered but it can still be saved from extinction.
The California condor is known as a Gymnogyps. It is also seen as the ugliest bird in the world for having a bald hear. The California condor is one of the survivors of the Gymnogyps groups in the entire world. (Emard: 42) A few similar relatives are the bald eagle, golden eagles, turkey vultures, and red tailed hawks. Even though they might be similar they each have different colors and act differently from each other. (Adams: 26) The California condor lives in rocky or a forest type place such as canyons, gorges, and mountains. The Condor is used to flying from U.S., Canada, Mexico, Florida, and New York. (Adam: 66) The condor tends to fly up to 15,000 feet and will go to about 150 miles in search of food. They have very good eyesight but not a good sense of smell. A California condor will eat dead animals such as cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, mules, donkeys, goats, dogs, cats, deer, elk, coyotes, bobcats, jack rabbits, mountain lions, bears, skunks, squirrels, kangaroo rats, whales, and sea lions. (Synder: 153) The California condor will wait hours for the predator to leave the carcass alone and will eat what is left of the animal. This is how the condor is important to the ecosystem. (Adam: 43)
The California condor is endangered for many reasons. The California condor can get lead poisoning from soft metal that maybe ingested causing the poison to go into the bloodstream. This causes the condor to become very sick and could die if not treated as...
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...les, feathers, and fecal sample from the condors. They also needed to trap immature females and place radio transmitters on 10 condors. Once they were allowed to they used cannon nets, and walk in traps to capture condors. (Synder: 91).
The future of the California condor looks good. In the future they plan to limit threats, help them survive, and prepare them for the wild. (Synder: 388-389) Another thing that they would like to do to help the California condor would be to down list or move the condor from the endangered list. Also they would like to release some condors in Mexico’s Baja peninsula where there is lots of food for them. (Povey: 81) The California condor could also be released in New Mexico (Gray ranch & Ladder Ranch) and some parts in Mexico. Hopefully the California condor will be saved from endangerment and be able to fly all over the world again.
A Bald Eagle Ecology article states that Helminth parasites live on bald eagles to receive nourishment while disrupting nutrient absorption. The following photo shows an enlarged image of a Helminth parasite.
At one time, the lynx lived all the way along the Continental Divide clear up into Canada. Now, after being gone from Colorado for 25 years, the animal has been reintroduced into the lower tip of the lynx's historic habitat, the San Juan Mountains (Rogers). So far, out of 33 lynx that are being tracked, all of them are roaming in 276 square kilometers of the southwestern portion of Colorado that runs from the New Mexico border up to the I-70 corridor and from Monarch Pass over to Taylor Mesa (Shenk). In an attempt to find out how the animals, which look like bobcats with black tufts on their ears and huge paws, act in nature, scientists are tracking them with radio collars and airplanes (Lloyd).
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey and is most commonly found in North America. Its habitat is anywhere near large areas of water surrounded by many tall trees. They feed mainly on fish, which they grab from the water with their talons. Due to human impact, particularly from the use of guns, the bald eagle has faced extinction.
The condor will eat anything from the remains of a deer, to a large marine mammal like a whale. “California condors can soar on warm thermal updrafts for hours, reaching speeds of more than 55 miles per hour and altitudes of 15,000 feet with flights up to 150 miles. Condors hold their wings in a horizontal position and fly very steadily.” (Calvin & Rosanna Hamilton, 2005-2008) California condors mature and reproduce slowly.
...and especially to the ecosystem with the killing of those animals and primarily the poisons that they use can totally destroy an ecosystem and do much more harm than good.
In 1986, it was realized that drastic measures would be needed if humans were going to save the California condor form extinction. With only three males remaining in the wild and 22 others left in captivity, an aggressive approach was necessary to save these majestic birds.
The California’s symbols were designed by the Great Gold Rush. First, the California State mammal is the Grizzly bear. Before the bears with destroyed, they lived in valleys and mountains in California. Impressively, when the settlers came, the bears did not run they lived off the people's livestock and resources. Sadly, the last bear was killed in the early 1920’s. But in 1953, the Grizzly bear was voted in to be the official state animal. In 1931, the valley quail was the named California state bird and is known for its ability to adapt fast. The valley quail has a white stripe under its beak, a black bib, and a black plum on its head.This fat bird is smaller than a pigeon. There are different names for the valley quail, and they are California
Zoos like Phoenix Zoo, National Zoo, Linkin Park Zoo, and Columbus Zoo help endangered animals on a regular basis. Rick Schwartz is a zookeeper at the San Diego Zoo who specializes in endangered animals and Rick is committed to helping people learn about wildlife and national and global conservation. For instance, San Diego Zoo has over 165 endangered species and regularly introduce them back into the wild. Zookeeper Rick sheds light on how he and the San Diego Zoo help the endangered animals, “The San Diego Zoo has a deep history of working to protect species and habitats around the world. Long-standing breeding programs have created situations where endangered species such as the California Condor, Pocket Mouse, Arabian Oryx and Caribbean Iguana (to name a few) have been released back into the wild.” Endangered animals are admitted to zoos very often for savior and breeding to let the species have another chance at
Over a century ago, humans fought animals for dominance of the landscape and we regrettably won, now they’re in need of our protection. The Government and Organizations have come to the rescue of wildlife species all across the U.S. Their main goal is to protect wildlife species from over harvesting and also their loss of habitat due to industrial and residential development. The beauty and curiosity of wildlife captivates all of us for different reasons. For certain species, they are the link to our existence Animals are not being hunted into extinction because the government is protecting certain wildlife areas and are controlling the animal populations within those certain areas. While increasing a wildlife species population and removing from the endangered species list, a predator such as the gray wolf, is sure to be seen as a success to some and a threat to others.
The National Wildlife Federation lists an endangered animals as a genus that may be eradicated by leaving an insufficient quantity to reproduce or obliterating the species in it entirety ("Endangered animals act," para 1). In the United States alone there are 70 mammals that are recorded as endangered; however the foreign number exceeds 250 (US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2014). The extinction process could be correlated to a natural route; however extinction may also transpire due to environmental differences. Climate variations producing even slight changes in characteristics may have an extreme consequence on an endangered species. Loss of habitation also impacts species causing them to becoming imperiled. On occasion ailments are distributed from domestic animal; due to the loss of habitation wild animals to come in contact with infected animals. For example Siberian tigers have development distemper from domestic dogs; and this has triggered the tigers to lose their fear of humans. This proves to be hazardous when the tigers approach villages and roads and are killed; furthermore the disease may cost the tigers their lives. (Dell’Amore, 2013). Many of the vanishing animals are poached for varies elements that may be utilized in traditional treatment. The African rhino is on species that is being significantly exploited for their horns; in Vietnam and China the horn is thought to treat everything from hangovers to cancer (O’Neill, 2013). In addition, the introduction of an exotic species afflicts endangered animals, and the overexploitation of animals initiates noteworthy reductions in populations. If an animal is not able to adapt to changing variations it could be disastrous to a species.
The destruction of their habitat and destruction are the two great threats to the gorillas. The places where they are found are poor and densely populated. The land that is set aside for gorillas is being taken over by agriculture. The wire traps that poachers set out for antelope usually end up catching gorillas instead. People kill them for their heads and hands as trophies. The western lowland gorilla is listed as an endangered species.
Before current knowledge of mountain lion activity had been researched, it was commonly believed that mountain lions were ferocious killers which crept down from the mountains to indulge in midnight feasts on livestock and pets. Of course, the worst harbored fear was the possibility of losing children, family and friends to these wild predators. Besides the past 25 years, little concern was given to the condition of mountain lion populations in California and much of the western United States. Between 1916 and 1971, more than 12,000 mountain lions were killed for bounties and for sport in California (California Wildlife Protection Coalition, 1995).
Pollution from human activities brings forth danger to the different species of animals and plants to become extinct. There are five threats examined in the authors’ researches; habitat destruction, pollution, alien species, farms, and disease. Over time, pollution, destruction, diseases have destroyed the natural habitats and homes of species such as birds, fish, plants, and animals. The science of how species become extinct come from the over harvesting of crops, which places a threat on our birds and plants due to the pesticide pollution. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 was enacted by Congress to minimize treats and protect the endangered species. The United States face a dilemma when it comes to protecting the listed endangered species. Animals such as the bald eagle, Florida panther, gray wolf, grizzly bear, red-cockaded woodpecker, are just a few of the listed endangered species. Overview of threats is categorized in five types; habitat destruction, the spread of alien species, overharvest of farms, pollution and disease.
If more people are aware of new animals on the endangered species list, there is more of a chance that researchers will get more funds. Zoos also create habitats for animals on the verge of extinction where otherwise there would be none. There is some controversy between zoos and endangered species. Because of the limited gene pool of a species, the variation is greatly limited. This will –as an end result- lead to inbreeding which will create mutations and defects in the offspring.
In our world today we have approximately 26,021 endangered species. Endangered species are organisms that may possible become extinct. The term 'endangered species' refers to all species that fits this description. However some conservation biologists and scientists normally use the term ‘endangered species’ to refer to species that are put on the IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Red List. Many factors can be looked at when considering the conservation status of a species. Factors such as human threats or environmental threats can cause a species to become endangered.