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Using the Endangered Long-Tailed Macaque Monkey For Medical Science

Monday, September 26th, 2011
In Kuala Lumpur, the endangered species known as the long-tailed macaque is facing extinction because of illegal trade and loss of habitat. It’s the same old story of man not thinking ahead for one or another reason.
Without skipping a beat, the trade has even doubled after it was put on the endangered species list.  The attraction of being able to buy an animal on the endangered species list is too tempting to resist. People with money think of the monkey as a trophy or means of boasting. They don’t realize it’s an evil trade to kill an animal just to show it off as a trophy.

Just look at the figures: In 1999 to 2003, there was an estimated 120,000 of these monkeys that were traded in Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos, and Vietnam. In 2004 up to 2008, this figure shot up to 260,000 sold in the black market. It is big business.

The monkey is used primarily as a trophy, and then some less perfect samples are sold to laboratories for medical testing. The assurance that animals are no longer being brutally used to test drugs is not true. It is still a practice rampant especially in South East Asia. Other countries have also bought this primate for animal testing. In 2009 alone, almost 2,300 of these monkeys were shipped to Great Britain. The United States is also listed as having imported these animals although for what reason, it remains unclear.

It’s not just the fact that they will be the test subjects but also the fact that when they are shipped out, they are treated not as living things but as objects. Their cages are tiny and cramped, and they are not fed properly.

This type of exploitation can be stopped many times along the way from poacher to buyer but it does not happen. How is it possible that more than 2,000 were illegally sent to the UK without any disapproval from authorities? How could they have passed scrutiny?

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What Constitutes an Endangered Animal

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Our beautiful earth is blessed with rich varieties of flora and fauna. Nature preserves all these herbs and animal family. They all live in hand to hand. They are all part of the food chain. It is the law of nature that preserves the existence of all plants and animals in the earth. Violation of these laws can create problems in their existence. Do you know what is an endangered animal or plant? These are things that are on the verge of extinct. They will disappear from the earth surface in the near future. What is an endangered animal? Simple meaning of the phrase endangered is that a few numbers of that species are present on earth today.

Large numbers of species have disappeared from the earth’s surface due to human activities. Some of the existing species are on the verge of extinction. Polar bears and bow-head whales found in Alaska are no more in this earth. Likewise, brown bears that are seen in the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska in large numbers have shirked to countable value.

Human activities play a major role in the extinction of animal and plant variety. Human wandering in search of rich natural resources and place for dwelling destroys the habitat of animals. Deforestation and cutting down of trees destroys habitat of birds. This cause decreases the number of certain species of animals. This can cause imbalance in the food chain. This in turn affects other animals which feed on them. Thereby, they face the pace of extinction. It is a chain process. This can cause extinction of many species. While looking on to the basics, we can see that the reason lies behind us. Controlling human activities is the only way to save nature and animals.

In saving endangered species, humans have to create parks and sanctuaries for keeping endangered species. This will help to prevent the extinction of species. Moreover, government should declare animals as endangered and should create law for protecting them. By all these means, we can save the extinction of several animals and plants.

Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.

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