Reflective summary

My reflective summary will be about harps seals, koala bears, snowy owl, ocelot and snow leopards.

From what I have research on, Harps seals populations are decreasing as hunters hunt for their snow white fur and their seal oil. Their fur will be use as clothes. Their seal oil is sold in markets as they are rich in omega 3 fatty acids.

Koala bears are found in Australia. In South Australia, koala bears are no longer found but the Americans captured koala bears in the north and release them in the suitable forest in the south. Australia government has set up laws to protect koala bears. Australians are also trying to protect their source of food and their habitat from human activities.

Snowy owls are found in northern Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska and Canada in the frozen tundra but recently some snowy owl are found in Belgium and Netherlands. Snowy owls are protected in UK but it is legal for Alaska for Alaskan to hunt snowy owls. Alaskan can kill unlimited snowy owls for food and clothes but they are not allowed to sell parts of the owls to people. Snowy owls are value for their feet and eyes.

Ocelot or rather known as painted leopards is the one of the most feline animal in the world. Ocelot’s furs are highly demanding in industries in Europe and Asia. Even though they are ban to kill anymore ocelot, people still kill the mothers of the ocelot to obtain their kittens and then they sold them to markets at the central and South America to tourist as pets.USA has estimated that there are less than one hundreds of them left. They are still decreasing as there is not enough food for them to survive.

Snow leopards are value for their beautiful furs some which is white, yellowish and brown. They are covered with brown or black spots. Their furs are turned to coats and other garment in central Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia. People still hunt them even they are illegal. They are estimated that there are about three thousand five hundred to seven thousand left in the wild and about six hundred to seven hundred left in the zoo.

In my opinion,we can contribute our effort to save these cute litle animals and prevent them form extinction , we are the ones for cause them to be endangered so we must try to keep them alive so that out future generation could experience seeing these beautiful animals instead of looking at them in the picture.Instead of taking we they have, we should try to use things that are manmade to made things that we want. we should learned from our mistake and pass that on to others so that they can contribute like not to buy things that are made from animal skin or parts, if that continues, hunters will not able to earn the amount of killing these animals so the market will stop selling them.

snow leopards conservation

Today, i will be doing the conservation about snow leopards.
Snow leopards are value for their beautiful furs,white,yellowish or soft gray coat with black or brown spots.With their thick furs,they can adapt to the dry and cold habitat easily.
Snow leopards can live for about twenty one years in captivity but when it is left in the wild ,it is hard to determine their lifespan.
Snow leopards are mostly value for their furs and people illegally trade for their furs.snow leopards bones and body parts are an ingredient to make asian medicines.Their furs are turned into coats and other garment in central asia,easthern europe and russia.They are also increasing fights between human and snow leopards as they attack their livestock when food is hard to find.
There is only about three thousand and five hundred to seven thousand in the wild and about six hundred and seven hundred left in the zoos.They can be found in easthern china,russia,Afghanistan and Kazakstan.China is made up of sixty persent of their habitat.snow leopards has already disappeared in mongolia.

ocelot conservation

Today ,I will be doing ocelot conservations.

Ocelots,also known as painted leopards or leopardus pardalis,are one of the most feline species in the world.Ocelots fur are high demand in the industries in europe and asia because of this reason,some countries have set up new laws to protect ocelot and other small cats.
Their population has decrease due to some of them black markets trade and their habitat destructions cause by some human activites.USA has estimated that there are less then one hundred left.
Female ocelot give birth to two to three baby ocelot in seventy to eighty days of gestation.They are born in dense thicket or among roots of fallen trees.
Females ocelot need about one and a half year to be mature and male ocelot need about two and a half years for be mature.People usually kills the mother ocelots ot obtain their kittens.They sold them to markets at the central and south america and sold them to tourist as pets.In 1970 and 1980,their population started to decline when thousand of ocelot were killed for their furs to be sold in markets.They are still decreasing as there is not enough prey for them to eat.
Source:www.wildcatconservation.org/Ocelot.html

Snowy owl conservation

Today,i am doing snowy owl conservation.This reserch is done in my group too.
Snowy owls can be found in the north in northen scandinavia,Russia,alaska and canada in the fozen tundras.some of the snowy owls are seen in Belgium and netherlands.They are among the largest noth america owls.The oldest bird that live in the wild is only nine years but when someone adpoted them they can lived as long for twenty-eight years.
Snowy owls are protected in UK and thoughout america but in Alaska it is legel for them to kill unlimited amount of snowy owls for food an clothes but for their parts are illegel.Snowys owls eyes and feet are sold in high value in the Asia markets.
Sometimes other animals like jaegers and artic foxs will steals aways their eggs and chicks but most of the causes are caused by human activites like the loss of their habitat ,collisions with vehicles and manmade barriers like fence.
In the the frozen tundras where they lived,there is large variety of preys for them to choose for.Their acute hearing can enable them to catch any preys below ten inches of snow.They usually sit on hills to wait for their preys to come.When food is hard to catch,they could live the reserve fats for about six weeks.
Source:raptorfoundation.org.uk/snowyowl.html

koala bears conservation

Today ,I will be doing Koala bears conservations.It is also a reserch done in my group.
Koala bears are no longer found in south australia as they are all wiped out however koala bears found in the north are captured and were released in suitable forest in the south.
Koala bears are founded my the first europeans in australia in the year of 1700,there are about 10 millions or more but for the past two centuries,the populations had dropped dramatically.Scientists believe that there are about 100,000 to 200,000 koala bears now.
Koala bears are currently not an endangered animal but their loss for habitat will cause them to extinct sooner or later.Now,australia goverment made new laws to protect them.Australians are trying to protect eucalyptus trees,which is their source of food,so that there will be enough for them to eat.
Koala bears is not eay to keep in captivity as they are fussy eaters but there are sucessful breeding programmes.
Koalas are a protected species, which means that people cannot take them from the wild or have them in their possession without a special permit. It also means koalas cannot be kept as pets. However, although these laws exist to protect koalas themselves, the laws fail to protect the eucalyptus woodlands where they live, and without eucalyptus trees there would be no koalas.
There are a few ways to protect koala bears

• Create more habitats for koalas by restoring eucalyptus forest.
  
• Protect young trees from sheep and rabbits with fences
  

• Link koala woodlands by planting trees between them, forming corridors that koala can move through freely.

Artificial birth control is one method that has been used to reduce the number of koalas on the island. So far almost 3,500 animals on the island have been sterilized (so they can no longer breed) and released back into the wild. Around 1,200 of these have now been relocated to the mainland. However, not all scientists agree with this solution.
Source:www.koala-bears.org/conservation/html

Harp Seals conservations

Harp seals,also known as Phoca groanlandica,spend very less time on land,they are mostly found in North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.they were named as harp seals as at the back of their bodies,there is a harp-shaped marking.Harp seals can live for about thiry-five years.
Today,I will be doing harps seals conservations.
Harp seals are in danger in reducing their populations as hunters hunted them for their beautiful white fur from baby harp seals to make clothes and their seal oil, which is growing in markets.Seal oil are rich in omega 3 fatty acids .
Over-fishing and some climate change are also another threats that could reduce their preys,when their preys are reduced,their populations will ve affected as there is not enough food for them.
Global warming is another cause for the decrease in their populations.The females has less land to give birth when all the iceberg starts to melts causing their babies to drown or get crushed when the ice starts to breaks.
Russia has currently banned hunters from hunting young harp seals.Not only Russia has banned hunting for harp seals,some countries had also banned them from killing harp seals.
Source:www.pinnipeds.org/species/harp.html