Many animals are facing extinction in the wild. Why is this happening? What can be done to protect them?

The depreciation of the ecosystem has been a major concern recently. And worthy of notice is the alarming reduction of wild animals.

This

essay will analyse the causes of

this

worrisome trend which include rapid urbanisation of rural areas and proliferation of

game

hunters and proffer possible solutions to abate

this

problem. Turning to the causes of extinction of wild animals.

Firstly

, rapid urbanisation of

rural area

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the rural area

rural areas

is an important one.

For instance

, with overcrowding in the cities, people now move en masse to settle down in

countrysides

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the countrysides

.

This

form of migration as

seen

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is seen

in Alaska, where owls were

annhilated

destroyed completely

annihilated

often leads to encroachment of the ecological niche of these animals and subsequent deforestation in order to get

timbers

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the timbers

to build houses and furnitures.

Consequently

, wild animals tend to suffer and eventually die due to failure of

acclimatisation

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the acclimatisation

of new habitat.

In addition

,

increase

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an increase

in the number of

game

hunters is another issue.

This

was established in eastern

Australia

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Australia, for

for example

, where

game

hunters were solely fingered in the extinction of Koala, a tree-dwelling bear. Despite the above challenges, there are possible means to protect these animals. Perhaps the most important is the creation of

menagerie

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the menagerie

. A case in point is the national

game

reserve in Nairobi, which has greatly contributed to the conservation of animals like giraffes, zebras and ostriches.

Also

, enforcement of penalties for deforestation.

This

plan

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plan, for

for

example has

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example, has

been of benefit in Nigeria, where indiscriminate felling of trees is rampant. And as

such

,

this

act was criminalised and culprits are made to pay huge fines or sentence to jail thereby curbing the menace. In conclusion,

this

essay explained the reasons behind

annihilation

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the annihilation

of

quarry which

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the quarry, which

the quarry which

a quarry which

quarries which

include the increase rate of migration from urban to countrysides and the negative impacts of hunters. And solutions of zoological gardens and outlawing of deforestation.