Read this:
Cape Cod National Seashore officials have completed a draft shorebird management plan that proposes killing predators (primarily crows and coyotes) of the piping plover (a small endangered shorebird) so that they can open more areas for recreational users. The USDA could kill up to 50 animals in each of the first two years.
There are four alternative plans being proposed and The HSUS is recommending a version of Alternative D, which is the only proposal without lethal predator control. In 2010 our threat of litigation halted the planned crow poisoning and in 2011, Massachusetts residents were so outspoken on this issue that it halted the program again. Now, we need to show continued opposition.
Then:
you are to look into what has been done and what is currently being done to save the piping plover populations in the US, more specifically the Eastern seashore. After your research on plovers and two other organisms, do you feel as though humans should be stepping in to reduce the predators to help maintain the plover population? Why should we help any species? If these plovers and other organisms are not going to survive without human intervention, isnât that evolution? Adaptation or extinction?
Background on plovers: range, habitat, reason for decline, what is currently being done to help? Is it a success or failure?
Plovers are not the only species that humans have set out to protect from extinction. Give information on two other organisms that humans have stepped in to help in some way. Background: range, habitat, reason for decline, current protections/what is being done. Success or failure?
Your educated opinion on whether we should help prevent organisms from going extinct or not.
Read this:
Cape Cod National Seashore officials have completed a draft shorebird management plan that proposes killing predators (primarily crows and coyotes) of the piping plover (a small endangered shorebird) so that they can open more areas for recreational users. The USDA could kill up to 50 animals in each of the first two years.
There are four alternative plans being proposed and The HSUS is recommending a version of Alternative D, which is the only proposal without lethal predator control. In 2010 our threat of litigation halted the planned crow poisoning and in 2011, Massachusetts residents were so outspoken on this issue that it halted the program again. Now, we need to show continued opposition.
Then:
you are to look into what has been done and what is currently being done to save the piping plover populations in the US, more specifically the Eastern seashore. After your research on plovers and two other organisms, do you feel as though humans should be stepping in to reduce the predators to help maintain the plover population? Why should we help any species? If these plovers and other organisms are not going to survive without human intervention, isnât that evolution? Adaptation or extinction?
Background on plovers: range, habitat, reason for decline, what is currently being done to help? Is it a success or failure?
Plovers are not the only species that humans have set out to protect from extinction. Give information on two other organisms that humans have stepped in to help in some way. Background: range, habitat, reason for decline, current protections/what is being done. Success or failure?
Your educated opinion on whether we should help prevent organisms from going extinct or not.
