*posts it again*
Many species of animals exist in our world today. There are those of us who acknowledge the fact that they exist and try to learn about them, but then there are those who hunt them down and kill them for fur or money. How can humanity continue to live knowing that this brutality is occurring? How can we, masters of the earth, watch these animals die by our own hands? We must do something about it before our actions destroy wildlife and cause a permanent scar in nature forever.
There are many causes for the death of endangered species, but one is at the head of it all:
?Many creatures on earth are in danger of becoming extinct. There are fewer and fewer of them every year. Often the cause is man...? (
www.geocites.com)
Man is the culprit to blame for most of the extinct animals today. Many species disappear due to the loss of their habitat. Humans cut down thousands of forests a year, destroying the animals living in the forest as well. Then we use the trees for our own purposes, and our own homes. We are simply stealing the homes of innocent animals. Another cause of endangered species is hunters shooting them down for no apparent reason, other than competition. Have they ever wondered how it would feel to be shot down for money? Apparently they have not. Humans kill animals simply because they are a ?nuisance?. Well, maybe the animals think the same way about us. Humans have to understand that they are not the center of everything, and they have to learn to deal with it, and think about what they would do in the place of the animals that are killed each day.
One of the victims of hunting is the Arctic Fox, a small species of fox which lives farther north than any known mammal. The Arctic Fox is a small omnivore, generally 8-9 pounds, with a big bushy tail. It lives in some areas of North America, Russia, Iceland, and Greenland.
?While the Arctic Fox is abundant in some places, in others it has suffered declines due to hunting? (
www.nczoo.org)
The Arctic Fox is a fortunate species, for several thousand still exist in the wild, and they are not endangered in all the places they inhabit. They are still hunted as a primary source of fur. About 4,000 Arctic Foxes are killed each year for their white fur. However, Arctic Foxes are not always white. During spring and summer, their fur turns a grayish-bluish color, whereas in winter it proceeds to bear its snowy white fur. Therefore, winter is a major hunting time for Arctic Foxes. But the fur never belonged to us. It belongs to an Arctic Fox. Wouldn?t it look better on something alive, rather than worn dead? Arctic Foxes have a very wide spread diet, therefore placing them in one of the higher ranks in the food chain. They balance the population of lesser animals. If humans kill all the Arctic Foxes, overpopulations of other animals could occur, resulting in the crash of the food chain.
As we have seen from the Arctic Foxes, humans need to stop hunting animals for things such as fur. They were here on earth before us, and they have a right to live as much as we do. They experience pain, and they have feelings. Who are we to kill them? We should let them exist in peace because that is the way it is intended to be.
