By: Edwin B.

Lockhart

Introduction
Over 100,000,000 different animal species in the world today and
that every year 0.01% of those animals go extinct.
Near 10,000 species a year that we lose
41,415 of those animals are on the IUCN Red list with 16,306 of
them being threatened

 As time progresses the more animal species we lose your future

generations face ecosystem collapse due to the possibility of a
reliable species going extinct. That is why the U.S. government
should invest more in helping with the crisis in order to help
decrease the overall extinction rate around the world, maintain
stable agriculture and farming, and prevent ecosystems from
collapsing.

 In order to understand why the U.S. should be investing more in

helping endangered animals because by doing so it will help
decrease the overall extinction rate around the world, maintain
stable agriculture and farming, and prevent ecosystems from
collapsing. We must first discuss the history of Endangered
animals, the causes and effects of this issue, and possible
solutions.

History
A simple way to describe an Endangered animal is that they are a
species of animal that is seriously at risk of extinction. In 1966
Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act,
providing a means for listing native animal species as endangered.
Giving them limited protection for the years to come. As of today
the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 is what is currently
being implied in the U.S. In todays society endangered animals
are a problem because of the possibility of losing a vital member of
our own ecosystem. With this being the cause of the problem
starts with us.

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Cause & Effect

To Insure change we must realize why the problem is relevant.
Endangered animals become endangered for three main reasons.
Destruction or interruption of environment, in other words habitat loss;
an alteration in the ecological balance resulting in an increase in
predators or few remaining members for sustainable breeding.
This affects the world around us by ruining
agriculture and farming, also by potentially
destroying ecosystems but can be avoided if
we as a country along with our government
step up and make a change.

 In order to make change we have to know the solution to the

problem at hand. A general solution to stop endangered animals
from going extinct is more effective government support. In an
ideal world where this is implicated endangered animal species
would be kept away from human interaction and the practice of
conservation would be implied more heavily in all countries. This
would have a positive effect on the world around us by protecting
wild animal species and their habitats. To ensure that nature will
be around for future generations to enjoy and also to recognize the
importance of wildlife and wilderness for humans and other
species alike. Knowing this information I took it upon myself to
help bring awareness to the cause.

Positive Solution
Less human interaction
and the heavy practice of
conservation

Service Learning Experience

To bring awareness I decided to make a presentation and present
it to a class at Garinger High school. The presentation describes
what, why and how endangered animals can be saved by
appealing to ethos and logos. This applies to the knowledge I
gained by me taking that knowledge and transferring it to another's
mind set. So they to can transfer the knowledge. Others will be
positively affected by this because of the the information that they
learned. Also if they incorporate this information in their everyday
life they could possibly change the future for the best.

Conclusion
In conclusion the government should invest more in helping with
the crisis in order to help decrease the overall extinction rate
around the world, maintain stable agriculture and farming, and
prevent ecosystems from collapsing.

 Including the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, there is still

much to done to change this world but if we work together that
0.01% of the 100,000,000 animal species that go extinct every
year can easily dropped down to 0%.
Thank You