Transcript THE ETHIOPIAN WOLF

The Canis Simensis comes from the
Animalia kingdom
 Chordata phylum (vertebreta)
 Mammalia class
 Carnivoria order
 Canidae Family
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From
KINGDOM ANIMALIA
To
Canidae Family
Found in Africa
 North of Rift Valley
 All in Ethiopia
 Lives in “treeless areas” or deserted
areas where rough terrestrial land lies
 Its population is less than 600 and the
number decreases every year from
hunting
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•Overhead
view of The North part of Rift Valley in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopian Wolves are becoming more
and more endangered because:
Habitat Loss
Being hunted for medical reasons and
sport
Not enough supply of food
60% of the land where the Canis lives is
arable land
 Because of this there is barely any more
prey to feed on because they have all
died or moved away from the land
 Surviving in the Bale mountains (where
they mostly live) is a hard task at hand
because of rough conditions
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The Canis’s liver is believed to have
medical properties to cure some illnesses
 It is also not important to the culture of
Ethiopia therefore they are hunted as
sport
 It’s red-orange fur is also very valuable
too
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It’s becoming harder everyday for the
Canis to find food in the Bale mountains
 Food such as hares or moles moved out
of the Rift Valley area and moved south
while the Canis moved to the mountains
only to find grass rats
 Packs became smaller and so its harder
to catch they’re prey and defend
against predators
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Bale Mountains area where the Ethiopian Wolf is finding prey
If the Ethiopian Wolf became extinct then...
1) There goes their useful medical properties in their
liver; then people will become sick (sick with
rabies)
2) The more people sick the more diseases Ethiopia
will have
3) The more diseases in Ethiopia we will then have a
huge pandemic
4) We will also not have our red fur coats
5) Ethiopia will look for another red-fur animal
6) That animal will soon then become endangered
or even extinct
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fulvorufula
The Canis Simensis is from the Chordata
phylum
 Three other species from the Chordata
phlyum would be:
 Puma Concolor, Lepus Starcki and Urus
Arctos.
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All of these species have a central
nervous system
 All of these species has tails
 Complete digestive system (loosely
similar to our digestive system)
 Some are vertebrate and others are
invertebrate
 Most have an exoskeleton and a dorsal
neural tube
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Biodiversity is like or maybe even exactly like multiculturalism in our lives. Without it
we would not have our favourite and delicious foods in our lives or those heart
warming, fun filled holidays either. See biodiversity gives us life essentially. Every
organism on this planet has something to do with the way we breathe, sleep or
even eat. Every organism helps us grow, physically and mentally. Without
organisms such as archaebacteria we would’ve probably never created these
theories of common ancestors. Without biodiversity we would most likely be dead
right now. We should never underestimate the knowledge of biodiversity, for
instance the Ethiopian Wolf probably seems unimportant in our lives, but by saying
that you are pretty much saying that the whole Canis family is not important, and
by saying that you’re saying that the whole Kingdom Animalia isn’t even
important either! Think about it carefully, biodiversity has to do with the way
organisms think, breathe and evolve. Is it not important to understand the way
things work than be ignorant and watch how a girl broke a nail? I think it’s
important to understand the way things work. If I see a machine and I have no
idea how it functions then I’ll not work on it. Though my curiosity will kick in and I
will want to know how it works. Same concept with biodiversity, our human instinct
is to know how everything works and if anyone out there in the world thinks that
biodiversity is one of those exceptions where you don’t need to know how it works
and just assume everything about it... Well then that’s just really sad. So when we
are thinking about the way things live, grow and evolve don’t underestimate it
because everything in biodiversity is always connected to our everyday lives.
Dear Member of Parliament,
My name is Andrew Rajcoomar, and I am part of a group to protect the wildlife of
many endangered species. Especially the Ethiopian wolf. The Ethiopian wolf is like
any other endangered species when thought of at first but as I delved deeper
into important facts about this animal I realized that this wolf is very important to
our society. The Ethiopian wolf is unique in a medical way meaning that its liver
carries important medical properties that is used in many illnesses in Ethiopia. If this
wolf dies then there goes an important medical property, off the face of this
planet. If we keep killing off these animals and brushing them aside then there will
be more animals we keep brushing off aside and I think we should stop right here
right now and help the Ethiopian wolf. We can deem the Bale Mountains area in
Ethiopia as a reservation site for the wolves, that way there will be no hunting,
poaching or growing of arable lands in the area. That way the Ethiopian wolf can
live freely, hunt freely and reproduce freely. There is only 100 Ethiopian wolves that
are accounted for in this world, sadly this number decreases everyday! We need
to act now and make reservation areas, stop the growth of construction sites, of
arable land! We need to act now!
Sincerely,
Andrew Rajcoomar
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/carni
vor/canisime.htm
 http://animals.about.com/od/identifying
animals/p/chordates.htm
 http://animals.galegroup.com/web/grzi
meks/animals/Canis_simensis?searchTer
ms=Ethiopian+wolf
 http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/wildlife/
wolves/wolf_ethiopian.html
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