Zoos, Wildlife Re-Location and Conservation

Zoos, Wildlife Re-Location and Conservation

There are plenty of people on this earth that are a little blind to what is going on.  They seem to be stuck in the time before Zoos were in the process of repopulating species that are close to or are considered in the endangered list or almost near extinction.  For some reason they have not gotten the memo that there are many organizations that are in the business of re-populating and re-locating many species for their survival. To understand more please click on the link:

Jack Hanna: What Zoo Critics Don’t Understand

Those who believe in Global Warming and Climate change seems to think that things are just dying and we doing it and that is all there is too it.  Get that right out of your little minds.  Yes, I am here to incite you and to educate you.  There are so many things that humans are doing to help earth and all her species….that we know about.  Sure there are species that have been thought to be extinct, but somehow they show up on our radar. 

10 Animals The Came Back From Extinction

Those people who are making claims that we are destroying the earth and killing off the many species that are here hide those facts.  You need to ask yourself, Why and What Are They Doing To Help, besides take money from your pockets? Do you ever see them doing anything to help the situation or are they politically motivated?  As far as I can see they just put fear into people and spread some untruths.  I have yet to see them actually helping anything or anyone on this earth. 

Now, Planet Earth has been taking care of itself and all the species that live here for much longer than we have even been here on the planet. Earth knows what it is doing and it doesn’t ask us humans for permission.  It is us humans that are stupid, maybe I am sorry for saying it that way, but that is the way that I feel.  Come on be smart!  If you know there is an area that gets constantly pounded with Natural disasters, why in the world would you want to keep building there.  You are the stupid ones.  Nature is going to do what it is going to do and we cannot change that.  Humans have to take responsibility for where they live and take into account the nature that around the area.  I just hate hearing that their homes were destroyed because of a natural disaster many times and yet they continue to build there again and expect people to pay for their mess. 

Zoos used to be just caged animals without regard to those animals or species livelihood.  They didn’t take into account of what repercussions that would bring.  Though they did have a bit of the right idea in showing others just what is out there in the wilderness, it wasn’t conducive to the species as a whole.  It wasn’t until people began to speak out about all that and really thought about the welfare of the species and the longevity of it.  Humans began to think about how they could contribute to the problems that they were causing…or some were causing.  Not everyone is bad and that is some human traits that are in this world. 

Modern zoos began to use Zoos to re-populate those species that we have taken from the wild.  That is a good thing.  We began to observe the species habits and we also began to seriously research their mating habits in the wild and the best thing of all was that we began to take part in the reproduction cycle and systems of these species.  Some species have done well in their reproductions and did have babies. 

The main one that you see is the Panda Project. The World Wildlife Fund helps with that Captive Breeding Program.  You see that all over the news, but many have no idea what it is all about or what they do to help the endangerment of the Panda and other animals and species.  The first thought that comes to mind with anything having to do with captivity turns people off and the immediately shut off any further reading or education.  They need to really stop doing that.

So I will take the time here to educate you and the site that I am getting all the information from, just in case you want to look it up yourself is: Captive Breeding

What is captive breeding?
Captive breeding is the process of breeding animals outside of their natural environment in restricted conditions in farms, zoos or other closed facilities. The choice of individual animals that are to be part of a captive breeding population, and the mating partners within that population, are controlled by humans.

Captive breeding is generally carried out for one of these main purposes:

1. To produce animals for commercial purposes (pets, food, fibre, medicine, and other human uses).
2. To produce animals for zoos, aquaria, research institutions, and other public facilities.
3. To increase captive population numbers of threatened or endangered species. In some cases, these individuals are part of a management programme aimed at eventually reintroducing captive-bred animals into wild habitats and populations. In other cases, captive facilities claim to be breeding animals for such purposes -but the animals may not be suitable - or they are not part of a legitimate conservation and management programme.

Long Horn Sheep

There are plenty of organizations that have and do re-locate species for their survival.  Jack Hanna has several conservation programs they are running and have run to help wildlife survive.  The have moved Long Horn Sheep from one part of the world to another part to replenish the animals that have left that area.  Currently they have 70 projects going on in 30 countries.  

Some of them are

http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation

Conserve the Elephants, Save the Elephants continues to raise money for elephants in crisis, conduct research on reducing human conflict, supports anti-trafficking legislation, and provides educational resources for the local people.

Cheetah Conservation, Dr. Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in 1990 after witnessing the dwindling populations of cheetahs in the wild. Marker has helped launch a highly successful captive breeding program in the United States and has conducted important research that revealed the lack of genetic diversity in cheetahs.

SECORE. Coral reefs, the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, are suffering in many parts of the world. One way scientists are helping preserve them is to raise corals in laboratories, and then reestablish them into reefs in need of restoration.

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SeaWorld in San Diego California have been doing a whole lot of conservation and saving wildlife.  So far they have saved over 475 seals and sea lions so far this year, topping the previous record of 474 rescues in all of 1983. The rescued sea lion pups were found malnourished, dehydrated and lethargic. Some were also ailing from hypothermia, hypoglycemia, pneumonia and other illnesses.

Veterinarians and animal care specialists care for each animal for up to eight weeks before they can be returned to the ocean.  Read the story:  SeaWorld Rescued 475 Seals And Sea Lions This Year

http://isafari.nathab.com/rhinos-without-borders-rhino-relocation

Rhinos Without Borders Epic Rhino Relocation is yet another effort to reestablish the Rhino’s that have been killed by poachers and other things. Botswana's rhinos were largely poached out of the country by 1992, with a survey of only 19 white rhino at that time, while the black rhino was considered "locally extinct." In 2001 the Wilderness Wildlife Trust began the Botswana Rhino Relocation and Reintroduction Project, releasing about 32 white rhino into the Mombo Camp area of the Moremi Game Reserve within the greater Okavango Delta ecosystem. In 2003, four black rhino—these were two breeding pairs—were reintroduced as well. The first white rhino calf born in Botswana in almost 15 years was discovered with joy by the researchers in 2004, and in 2009, the first black rhino calf was discovered! The rhinos are closely monitored in partnership with Botswana's Department of Wildlife and the Botswana government, and the populations continue to increase in number today.  For more information on Rhinos Without Borders, click here.

**This just in today and what wonderful news from National Geographic:
  

Rare Sumatran Rhino Found for First Time in 40 Years

African Wildlife Fund Africa is home to some animals that have been categorized as endangered of being extinct. Some of them include:  mountain gorillas, Grevy’s zebras, elephants, rhinos lions and bonobos. They also protect the indigenous people and the deforestation problem giving them resources to cope with the problems.

With all the programs that I have researched and added here, there is no way that people and organization can say that we are not helping already.  These are just a few that I found and there are plenty more.  Open your eyes and see that we are doing something to save the wildlife and human population on the planet that we call home.

It is my hope that this gets you to do your own research into these things and maybe find a way that you can help too.   Remember though that it is up to planet Earth to decide what survives, what doesn’t and what the new species will be.  We do not control the planet, the planet controls itself. 

It used to be survival of the fittest, but it wasn’t like this long before there were Zoos and the people who decided to care.  It truly was survival of the fittest without human intervention. 

Now you can ask yourself…Oh God, What Have We Done.

We think that we are doing right by saving all the wildlife, but what will that will be in the future.  There have been many times that we have added back to a place the animals which we thought should go back there only to find that population of that species have overrun the environment.  We must be careful not to upset the balance in nature.