Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Rare Tibetan Antelope Listed As Endangered

Link-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060330162747.htm

Summary- The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today applauded a decision today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," as an endangered species. Through a series of expeditions to China's windswept Chang Tang Reserve over the past two decades, WCS had played a key role in sounding the alarm about the dramatic decline of this elegant animal due to poaching.

Questions-
Why is this species endangered? from poaching
What could prevent this organism from going extinct? less poaching and laws passed to stop the hunting of this animal
List three things you learned from this article in your own words. if animals go extinct many things could go wrong, fur is worth $15,000 on the black market, laws can be passed to stop the hunting of endabgered species
What impact would the absence of this organism have on its ecosystem/community? less ground would be fertilized and ground would be useless dirt

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