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Why Governments Protect Animals

Why Governments Protect Animals. To clear the record…. We can hurt nature. Nature can fix itself. We can break it faster. Buffalo. 70-150 million lived in 1830 2,500,000 hunted between 1870 and 1875 1,000 left in 1900 Protected in 1902 250,000 alive today. Dodo. Discovered 1581

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Why Governments Protect Animals

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  1. Why Governments Protect Animals

  2. To clear the record….We can hurt nature • Nature can fix itself. • We can break it faster.

  3. Buffalo • 70-150 million lived in 1830 • 2,500,000 hunted between 1870 and 1875 • 1,000 left in 1900 • Protected in 1902 • 250,000 alive today

  4. Dodo • Discovered 1581 • Imported animals (dogs, pigs, cats, rats) brought by humans destroyed their nests • We deforested their habitat • All dead by late 1600’s

  5. Bald Eagle • 1700’s : 300,000 – 500,000 • 1950’s : 412 nesting pairs • 1967’s : ENDANGERED • 1992 : 110,000 – 115,000 • 1995 : Declassified

  6. Why do we care? • Case study: Look at the bees! • Reports of 45-90% reduction of bees in Winter 2007 • Normally there’s only 25% reduction….

  7. The Good: • Picnics without fear of stinging!

  8. The Bad • No Honey! • We don’t know how to pollinate other plants!

  9. Say Goodbye to… • Almonds

  10. Say Goodbye to… • Peaches

  11. Say Goodbye to…. • Soybeans

  12. Say Goodbye to…. • Apples

  13. Say Goodbye to…. • Pears

  14. Say Goodbye to…. • Cherries

  15. Say Goodbye to…. • Raspberries

  16. Say Goodbye to…. • Blackberries

  17. Say Goodbye to…. • Cranberries

  18. Say Goodbye to…. • Watermelons

  19. Say Goodbye to…. • Cantaloupes

  20. Say Goodbye to…. • Cucumbers

  21. Say Goodbye to…. • Strawberries

  22. Say Goodbye to…. • Money • $15 Billion of Fruits and Vegetables will be lost • If getting rid of one annoying insect screws up dozens of fruits, what impact does losing just one those fruit have? • Eventually, even bacon eaters will be screwed! • Hint: Politicians LOVE bacon! • And we will all die.

  23. That is why governments protect animals • A dying voter is an unhappy voter. • Also, killing off $15 Billion of farming industry will hurt the farmer vote.

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