@Tom Quigley I have been reading the document you shared and it has been a big help to develop this project.
Any thoughts?
Anteneh Gashaw443
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Altering natural food chain to save endemic animals around the world.
There are many endemic animals in the world. These endemic animals are very important to the country they live in and to the world. Besides, the economic advantage they bring in by tourism and such, they help maintain the balance of life. Some of the unique endemic animals of the world are becoming extinct. Some of the endangered animals include Amur Leopard, Gorillas, Sea turtles, Orangutan, Sumatran Elephant, Saola, Vaquita, Tiger and so on. Some endemic animals have been extinct like The majestic West African black rhino was declared extinct in 2006, after conservationists failed to find any in their last remaining habitat in Cameroon.
In my country Ethiopia, there are many endemic animals like The Ethiopian Wolf, Walia Ibex, The Mountain Nyala, Somali Wild Donkey, The Yellow Fronted Parrot, The Bale Mountain Vervet, Menilik Bushbucks, Gelada Baboons, Swanyne’s Hartebeeste and The Black Lion. After witnessing the touching moment of the black rhino, I always believed the rescuing of endemic animals need to begin before the animals show any concern of extinction.
Basically, extinction means the reduction of a species until it reaches zero. There are many reasons species extinct but they are basically natural and artificial. It is somewhat more easy to handle the artificial problems but I believe we need to work on the natural one. The main natural reason for the extinction of species is the Food chain or circle of life or the relation between prey and predator. There are many prey endemic animals in the world one of them is them is Walia Ibex in Ethiopia. It is day to day life of Walia Ibex to run from a predator like the red fox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTSVzeOdj8A). This is the natural way of a circle of life because the red fox needs to eat the Walia Ibex to survive.
This project is about modifying the natural circle of life or food chain to protect the number of prey endemic animals by introducing another pray in the area. These pray animals vary depending upon the area we will implement. The mechanism simply offers the predator another source of food instead of depending upon the endemic prey animals. I want to start this project to see if the Red fox can alter the need to perusing the Walia Ibex for food. Since Ethiopia is enriched with good food sources especially for herbivorous animals, introducing other pray that feed on vegetation.
I need funding to see if I can manage to achieve my goals by testing this in small areas in Walia Ibex environment. Then, we can adapt this to other places if this one is found to be
In my country Ethiopia, there are many endemic animals like The Ethiopian Wolf, Walia Ibex, The Mountain Nyala, Somali Wild Donkey, The Yellow Fronted Parrot, The Bale Mountain Vervet, Menilik Bushbucks, Gelada Baboons, Swanyne’s Hartebeeste and The Black Lion. After witnessing the touching moment of the black rhino, I always believed the rescuing of endemic animals need to begin before the animals show any concern of extinction.
Basically, extinction means the reduction of a species until it reaches zero. There are many reasons species extinct but they are basically natural and artificial. It is somewhat more easy to handle the artificial problems but I believe we need to work on the natural one. The main natural reason for the extinction of species is the Food chain or circle of life or the relation between prey and predator. There are many prey endemic animals in the world one of them is them is Walia Ibex in Ethiopia. It is day to day life of Walia Ibex to run from a predator like the red fox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTSVzeOdj8A). This is the natural way of a circle of life because the red fox needs to eat the Walia Ibex to survive.
This project is about modifying the natural circle of life or food chain to protect the number of prey endemic animals by introducing another pray in the area. These pray animals vary depending upon the area we will implement. The mechanism simply offers the predator another source of food instead of depending upon the endemic prey animals. I want to start this project to see if the Red fox can alter the need to perusing the Walia Ibex for food. Since Ethiopia is enriched with good food sources especially for herbivorous animals, introducing other pray that feed on vegetation.
I need funding to see if I can manage to achieve my goals by testing this in small areas in Walia Ibex environment. Then, we can adapt this to other places if this one is found to be