“Don’ Say Good Bye”
“Don’t Say Good bye”
Since 1986, David and Susan have been taking pictures of endangered and animals at risk of becoming endangered. Their work has been seen in many magazines, documentaries, and amid other places. During the course of their career, they have grown to love the animals that they have had the chance to work with, and even, on occasion, help. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was passed to save animals that whose numbers were down to a dangerously low level. There are over 1,000 animals on the list to be saved.
Our national bird, the bald eagle, found itself on the endangered species list because of no fault of its own. The main reason the bald eagle was in trouble was because of a chemical that was used widely in agricultural pesticides called DDT, which is no longer used in the United States, but is still produced and exported to other countries such as those in Central America who have less stringent environmental guidelines and need a cheap, effective means of pest control. When certain birds were exposed to this chemical it caused a thinning of their egg shells, and during incubation, because the eggs were so fragile they would get broken, thus reducing the number of viable offspring to the point of endangerment.
Another animal that has seen some help from humans is the black footed ferret. Found in Wyoming these animals feed on prairie dogs. Because these ferrets are susceptible to disease and illness some of them have been brought have been brought to a shelter to live. The shelter is somewhat like a hospital where the Black footed ferret receives the care that is appropriate to the situation that it is in. When interacting with them, because the ferrets are so susceptible to developing health problems, everybody that comes into contact with them in the shelter is required to wear the appropriate equipment before closely interacting with the ferrets. Their cages have to be washed down and sanitized thoroughly on a regular basis as...
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