Essay On Piping Plover

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Every day many species are slowly becoming either endangered or extinct and recently an endangered bird species called piping plovers, started nesting on Revere Beach. What would seem as a miraculous discovery, many are averse to their new inhabitants on the beach. Many Revere residents are complaining because the piping plovers now occupy parts of “their” beach. But in the article “Revere Beach should welcome the piping plover” The Editorial Board believes that the presence of the piping plover could be greatly beneficial to the city of Revere and I certainly agree. What led me to select this particular article is my concern for the many endangered species in the world like the piping plover. Human hands have led many species to become endangered …show more content…

The author fully supports the piping plovers and in order to sway readers the author establishes an emotional connection with the readers and integrates many facts throughout the article. The author of this article uses an array of persuasive techniques in order to convey the audience of the reasons to welcome the piping plover. At the start of the article the author described again, how the residents in Revere oppose having the piping plover at their beach, but the truth is, these endangered birds do not take up a great space. In fact, they only occupy a limited percentage, which many are probably not aware of. This was expressed in the quote that states, “Nobody likes losing beach space, but a little perspective is in order: 85 percent of the beach, and more at low tide, is still available to humans.” Clearly, piping plovers do not take up even one fifth of the beach, but people still look at this bird as a threat. The percentage of beach the birds nest in, leaves more than enough space for residents, yet people are greedy and want the entire beach for themselves. This is again the main reason why animals are becoming endangered, because people are

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