The last
Passenger Pigeon died alone at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914; Caribbean Monk Seal was officially
declared on June 6th, 2008; the last naturally born Pyrenean Ibex, named Celia,
died on January 6th, 2000. The statistics I mentioned are just miniatures of
the havoc that human’s behaviors caused on animal species. Sadly, the pace of
extinction has been accelerating over the years.
I have seen movies about massacre to
dolphins happening at the small bay in Japan; it was a video secretly recorded
by several volunteers. It showed that thousands of dolphins were killed at this
bay every year and blood of dolphins dyed the sea into red color. When I saw
the scene displayed in the movie, I was totally shocked. Animal species is
dying out at an unprecedented speed due to human’s overfishing,
over-exploitation and other excessive exploitation to nature. Human beings have
to pay for what they gain from the nature and everyone should take the
responsibility.
To keep the stability of the nature, awareness
of individual is required. Everyone should know that they have the obligation
to protect the endangered species and prevent common species from becoming
endangered as well. Fortunately, many countries have already realized the
benefit of the ecological balance and the potential benefit of natural
diversity. Many natural conservations were set up, NGOs such as WWF, Greenpeace
etc. were found. These actions have exerted certain positive influence on
preserving endangered animals, but that is far not enough. Saving lives of
endangered species needs everyone’s effort. As a student, taking part in NGO
may be a good choice and also an easy access to nature.
Nature has kindly given its resources to
human beings and now it is time to think about repaying. It is not only the
government’s or NGO’s work, but also a work that everyone can take part in.
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