ENV100Y5 Lecture : ENV 100 ASSGN 1.docx

• School: UTM
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENV100Y5
• Professor: Barbara Murck

Document Summary

After conducting research and consulting to wildlife services, the beluga whale population is decreasing and according to the hunters, they are stable. Firstly, the beluga whale population needs to be saved by the wildlife services. Secondly, the only way to save them besides environmental conditions is to ban hunting. Banning beluga whale hunting is difficult to induce since hunter"s means of survival includes hunting the whales for trade and money. As a result, consulting hunters about the whale population can lead to wrong statistical data due to biased information input. Hunters also put themselves and their wealth at first rather than worrying about the declining beluga whales. As a result both sides (hunters and the government) are going to be at combat trying to meet each other"s goals. The two limiting factors on the beluga whale population include climate warming and the availability of food. Climate warming is melting the sea ice, which is vital to beluga whale survival.