Topic 4 Captive Breeding Zoos Environmental Programs Wildlife

Topic 4: Captive Breeding, Zoos, Environmental Programs, Wildlife Corridors/Bridges By: Isabella, Kiera, Dylan, Carter, Mac. Kenzie

Environmental Programs

Environmental organizations/programs Environmental organizations such as WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of our planet’s natural environment. They focus on two things: ● Biodiversity - to ensure that the earth web of life stays healthy and vibrant for generations to come. ● Footprint - reducing the negative impacts of human activity, and that the use of resources required for life are sustainably and equitably.

The sierra club foundation Their mission: The Sierra club foundation, protects and preserves the natural environment. Values: ● Respect and care for the community of life ● Ecological integrity (the ability of an ecosystem to support and maintain ecological processes) ● Social and economic ju

Environmental protection agencies WWF: they help prevent pollution. Stop the degradation of our animals natural environment. They also help find ways to repopulate the animals in the world. Humane society: they rescue animals that have been harmed. There goal is to stop animals and people being harmed. They are a shelter for animals and people who have been harmed. Once they save the animals they put them up for adoption. CPAWS: help captive bears and elk and deer live in better places and take garbage from waters so fish and other small water animals live healthier. They want to protect important wildlife places and help them not get overtaken by houses and buildings.

Captive Breeding

Captive Breeding is the process of Breeding animals in a controlled environment. People do this in Zoos, Wildlife reserves, and other commercial/non-commercial services. Many organizations have banned captive breeding amongst themselves. We need to do this because these certain animals are sometimes threatened, or endangered. It replenishes some of the population of that certain animal. Some reasons specific animals are easier to breed than others are: Fast Growth Rate, Hardy/Flexible, Social, Group Mind, Low Fear, Low Aggression, and Learning.

Calgary Zoo whooping cranes set to be released into the wild in Louisiana Two of Calgary's whooping cranes were sent to New Orleans. Now They are in Louisiana with 22 other cranes. They were all put in a cage were they could fly in and fly out. Once there eggs hatched the birds flew out into the wild, increasing the population of the whooping crane.

Captive Breeding Graphs and Data

Captive Breeding Images

Zoos

Zoos recycling programs Zoos like the Calgary zoo and the Toronto zoo have a phone recycling program. They recycle the phones because there is a special mineral called coltan. Coltan is mined where gorillas live. Which would kill the gorillas because of loss of habitat. Allot of zoos do this to save the animals where they mine the parts for the phone. When you recycle your phone your saving the coltan being mined.

Habitat loss as contributing factor to extinction Habitats in 12 years will be destroyed and kill thousands of animals. When a habitat gets taken over lots of animals will become endangered. Orangutan are a type of ape that are suffering because there habitat (the jungle) is being constantly threatened for deforestation Sumatran Elephant habitat has been torn down so people could have palm oil. Bornean pygmy elephant habitat is being affected by the production of palm oil. Sumatran Rhino has been affected by the palm oil industry taking away their habitat. Sumatran Tiger like other animals palm oil and pulp plantations has affected them by losing their habitat

Endangered Animals Red Panda: They trap wild red pandas so that wild pigs and deers so they can eat them. People also use their furs for belts. Wales: They are being affected by oil and gas leaking into the ocean. Plastic and garbage can kill them by eating it. Black-Footed Ferret: Are dying because of habitat loss and non- native dessies that are spreading Sea lions: Are dying by being affected by climate change and gas and oil.

Rehabilitation programs Zoos receive hundreds of injured or sick animals every year, where they can not survive. People bring in baby raccoons, squirrels, birds and skunks that appear to be orphan. After their babies lose their mothers they find them and take great care of them. Animals mothers leave to find food and come back to their babies are gone. People take in these animals to be taken care of. After they are back to normal they get released back into the wild.

How Canada’s zoos protect their animals from the bitter cold The zoos have summer time shelters which they expand to have the animals live in for the winter. Some of the animals like the tiger sometimes wonder out of the shelter, even though they used to live in australia. The zoos have to move around trees and other things for some animals to climb on. Different animals go inside at different times, so the zoos have to make sure that there facilities are prepared for the animals to live in. Once the Calgary zoo hit -25 degrees the zoo decide to finally bring in the animals. Even the toughest birds like the penguins had to move indoors.

0 -2: 29

Wildlife Corridors and Bridges

Wildlife Corridors A wildlife corridor is a link of habitat connecting 2 or more similar habitats. It is important make corridors to keep wildlife safe and make it easy for wildlife to move. Animals need to move to get food during every season and to prevent intermarriage. Wildlife corridors look like a bridge with trees and other plants on it.

Wildlife Bridges Wildlife bridges limit the amount of animals that get run over, and like wildlife corridors they connect habitats. Wildlife bridges have grass and or trees depending on the habitat they are connecting. Some bridges are wider if the animals that use them are not accustomed to seeing people and cars. Wildlife bridges are also used to collect information about what animals cross the bridges and the animals genetics. They use wires that snag animals fur and motion sensor cameras to collect information. In Banff there are several dozen underpasses and 6 overpasses for wildlife, which makes them rank 2 nd in the world for the most wildlife bridges. In places like Banff the wildlife bridges are made to accommodate bears, wolves, moose, deer, etc… In other places in the world countries, provinces, states and cities have built bridges for crabs, elephants, tigers, salmon, jaguars, trumpeter swans, monkeys, bears and many other animals.