Wildlife Conservation Society

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The Wildlife Conservation Society is a widespread organization that mission is to protect and preserve the wilderness. They protect any type of wild animal that is near extinction or in any kind of danger. Although their major goal is to protect all wildlife that needs it, they know education is the first step into succeeding. The more people that are educated on the world’s problems, the more people will start to get involved and help out in any way they can. Knowing this, they also try and educate people on the major problems that are currently going on in the world. They have programs, all around the globe, that people can go to, so they can get taught on what they can do to help. This all started when the organization was created in 1895. Andrew Green, Theodore Roosevelt, and Henry Fairfield all had a close connection with the creation of this organization. The organization’s first name was the New York Zoological Society and influenced the fields of wildlife conservation, the study of zoology, and the creation of wild parks. Their first park is known as the Bronx Zoo and it was created in 1899. This Zoo was a great success because of it’s size and variety of wildlife exhibited. It is known as the world’s largest zoo in a city and represents more than five hundred species from around the world. The zoo has mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and insects that anyone can go visit. The success this park had was the main reason for the organization to create four more wildlife parks in New York, that are visited by millions every year. Although they are only located in New York, these zoo’s are visited by millions of people from different parts of the world.
Their first major environmental influence was with one of America’s symbols: ...

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...ife Conservation Society has had more success and protected more endangered species than any other. They protect more than twenty-five percent of the world’s biodiversity, which is more than any other organization. Although this organization has been around for more than one hundred years, they still have many goals and projects they are hoping to complete. Right now they have more than five hundred projects in more than fifty countries. All these projects were created to further protect the wildlife. As time passes, the Wildlife Conservation Society will continue to grow and protect more and more wildlife.

Works Cited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_Conservation_Society http://animals.about.com/od/wildlifeconservation/p/wildlifeconservationsociety.htm http://www.wcs.org/ http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits.aspx http://marinebio.org/oceans/deep/

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