Persuasive Essay On Save The Wild

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In recent years, America has been wildly successful in its efforts to conserve North America’s natural beauty. We have established national parks and nature preserves, and we have helped save many of the continent’s native species. But we may have done that job too well. Across the country, neighborhoods and towns are being overrun by wildlife. Black bears, white-tailed deer, and feral pigs are just a few of the species that have invaded our communities in unprecedented numbers. And the problem does not stop there. Even in “the wild,” these animals have experienced massive population booms that have negatively impacted their way of life. It is a problem that needs to be fixed, and the solution is quite simple. America needs to fall back in love with hunting.
At the end of the 19th century, Americans had hunted more than a few species to the point of near extinction—the fur trade had nearly wiped out beavers and venison (deer meat) was on the dinner table almost every night. Recognizing the coming crisis, we launched the country into conservation mode, with activists vigilantly working to save America’s wildlife. Concurrent with these efforts, many Americans were moving closer to nature, establishing small towns and suburbs, and bringing with them trashcans, flowerbeds, and lush lawns—a smorgasbord for the nearby wildlife. Jim Sterba, author of Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds, was quoted in Time Magazine as saying:
We create all these food sources. We put out birdseed. We put out garbage. We grow this beautiful grass and gardens that are full of wonderful, luscious things for wild creatures to eat. Not only that, if an animal shows up that shouldn’t be there, we ten...

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Many Americans believe hunting is a barbaric solution to a cute and cuddly problem. They believe that the animals will sort themselves out if humans do not interfere. The fact is, these well-meaning animal-lovers are wrong. Animal populations are soaring, and the modest tag limits imposed upon hunters leave them unable to control those populations. Because of this overpopulation, many animals are starving, unable to find the food they need in the forests they have. To compensate, they venture into human communities, terrorizing our trash cans, pets, and rose bushes. Sadly, the only way to prevent this is to lower animal populations so that they do not need to rely on humans for food—and, at this point in time, there is only one viable way to do so: hunting. Indeed, it is time for Americans to defend their rosebushes and join the hunt.

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