Save And Protect Our Wildlife

Many native animals have to live in developed areas and this means they must navigate a landscape full of human hazards. One of the biggest obstacles to wildlife living in developed areas is that created by roads. Roads divide habitat and present a constant hazard to any animal attempting to cross from one side to the other. So when you're out driving through a forested patch, slow down and keep an eye out for wildlife.

Perhaps the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of wildlife habitat. Deforestation, farming, over-grazing and development all result in irreversible changes soil compaction, erosion, desertification, and alteration of local climatic conditions. Such land use practices vastly alter or even eliminate wildlife habitat. In areas where rare species are present, habitat destruction can quickly force a species to extinction.

In the last few centuries new inventions have led to extinction of many animals- those that were present in the wild till a few years ago are now extinct. New inventions which require extensive search of new coal mines to fuel industries and vehicles that only create more pollution in the environment has caused many species to get wiped off the face of the earth. Sometimes human beings kill these animals for money; they sell their skin and fur. Take for example the wretched tale of tigers and lions. In India many tigers and lions are getting killed for their skin which is sold at extremely high prices to other countries. Unless better monitoring agencies and facilities are provided, protection of animals against poachers can take the longest to achieve.

Reducing pollution, creating new wildlife parks for animals and making stricter punishments for those involved in animal trade like life sentences for killing wild animals are some ways we can curb the large scale extinction going on during our lifetimes.  

1.    The steps to reduce habitat destruction and in some ways try to reverse the effects of human encroachments will be to shift to eco-friendly vehicles and industrial processes that would help to keep the environment pollution free. In areas where such measures have been implemented, the results are astounding. Tree frogs had become a rare sight along the Malabar hills; but their now common sightings reinforce the view that the survivals of many species are within our control.

2.    We should also have harsh laws for persons engaged in game or poaching/ smuggling of animals. Those who kill animals should get life imprisonment or heavy penalties so that people think twice before hunting animals for skin and fur.

3.    Limits on cutting trees in jungles have to be strictly adhered to, so that animals that live there can live freely and survive for longer time with regular reproductive and life cycles.

4.    New wildlife parks have to be established where critically endangered animals can be kept and studied. Once we learn their life cycle patterns- their feeding, their breeding, and offspring rearing habits, it would be easier to help maintain their populations and ensure species survival.

To conclude, the animals can be saved from extinction, but only if we take definite steps to prevent hunting and make sure that the environment becomes pollution free and enough area is reserved for parks for animals without human interference so that they can live freely and safely.

By protecting their habitat, entire communities of animals can be protected together and when communities are kept intact, less conservation intervention is required to ensure species survival. Parks, reserves, and other protected lands are too often the only habitats left untouched by habitat destruction.