3 Endangered Species You May Eat to Save Them

People have been trying to figure out ways on how to save endangered species. Groups have performed demonstrations to tell people to stop killing the poor things. Laws have been made to protect them, but what exactly is the best method of doing so?

According to Gary Paul Nabhan, a conservation scientist, the best way to save them is to create a market demand for them. Makes sense, if there’s enough demand for the creatures, then companies may decide to invest in breeding them. What kind of demand does the scientist mean? As food. Read the article here.

If things go well, food that were restricted will be out in the market again or the Chinese will be able to create medicine from turtles and tortoises like before. Here are three examples of endangered species that can be used for food and other stuff.

Turtles and Tortoises - I mentioned these above. The Chinese people use them for food and medicine. Before we continue though, what’s the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Basically, a turtle spends most of its time and is more compatible to water, while tortoises spend more time on land. There are a variety of medicine produced from different parts of the turtle. One example is a skin medicine produced from Cuora trifasciata or the golden coin turtle.

American mussels - These creatures were used for food, construction of tools and utensils, and also to make pearl buttons. Of course, as time passed, the increase in demand caused overharvesting of the mussels resulting in the decline in their numbers. The lack of these creatures affect the environment in a way, since other creatures at a higher level of the food chain depend on them as food.

Soy - It’s not only animals that are endangered but also a variety of plants. One of the latest are soybeans. Soybeans are crops that provide oil and protein. They have become part of the staple food in Asia, particularly in China and Japan. Although relatively common in Asia than in America, only 45% of the production comes from the former while the other 55% is in America.

A Truly Innovative Way to Protect the Endangered Elephants of Bali

People sometimes do not realize the importance of our environment until it’s gone. No wonder the animals fear the human, humans can sometimes be so greedy that leads to the extinction of the animals around us.

Sumatran elephant

One of the endangered species in Bali is the Sumatran Elephants. The Sumatran Elephant is one of the rarest elephants in the world. Now, there is only less than 1,100 Indonesian Elephants running in the wild and it is decreasing quite rapidly. Sumatran Elephants are actually the smallest elephant in Asia, unlike Dumbo, these elephants has a smaller ear. They eat only plants such as bananas, bamboo, leaves, and ginger. Deforestation and destruction of the habitat of the Sumatran is the principal reason for the extinction of these elephants. And the other reason is the starvation of the elephants, because of deforestation the elephants doesn’t have enough food to eat. There are

Rescue

ways to help the Sumatran Elephants. The Elephant Safari Park has been assisting in the preservation of these elephants. They have been selling elephant paintings, and then relocate wild elephants to a reserved place from the Indonesian Government. We can help them by donating some to the Elephant Safari Park and also by preserving our nature. Let’s give these elephants their home back. Visit those saved elephants at Bali and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Indonesia.