Essays on Rhinoceros

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The policy under consideration focuses on the topic of protecting endangered animals with specific attention on rhinoceros and elephants. The animals have been targeted by poachers to harvest their tusks (Ihwagi 7). As such, the purpose of this policy is to conduct an influential campaign against the poaching of elephants and rhinoceros with particular emphasis on reducing the appetite for use of the tusks in order to kill the market. Essentially, the main contributing factor leading to the endangerment of the two animals is the illegal poaching of the tusks with an aim of trading them illegally (Hutchens 940). ...

When one thinks of an elephant or a rhinoceros, one immediately thinks of an exceptionally large and powerful animal that are above the greatest strengths of mankind. But the truth is that despite their strengths and their skills at surviving in the animal kingdom, animals including elephants and rhinos. These animals are vulnerable to the greed and cruelty of mankind. Mankind continues to drive these creatures towards extinction because of their relentless poaching. For over years, different organizations have come out in support of putting an end to animal poaching. But, there are still those persons who continue to ...

The ivory trade has been an international problem for decades. While ivory is an important commodity to many of the countries in Africa, the use of this material is threatening the survival of the African elephant. While trade laws and sanctions have been passed by the global community to limit the use of ivory, a number of African countries continue to be active in this trade. By failing to understand the ivory trade and the economic position of many of the African countries, humans have directly contributed to the near extinction of both elephants and rhinoceros. Ivory has been ...

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Plate tectonics is important because it explains the reasons for the deformation of Earth’s surface. Plate Tectonics theory assumes that the Earth’s surface was broken into several small plates and the plates have collided with each other to form the continents. The theory explains that the oceans and continents also move in addition to the tectonic plates. It also explains the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes. The plate tectonics explains the major features of the earth, such as the continents and oceans, the earthquakes and volcanoes and the mountains and valleys. The theory explained that the ...

Cave paintings during the Paleolithic Age were painted not just for arts sake. There are many interpretations of the rationale behind these paintings. Kottack (1991), an anthropologist says that the paintings are associated with ritual and magic. Paintings of animals showing spears on their bodies could be a way of envisioning a successful hunt, that by drawing what they intended to achieve the Paleolithic hunters would be successful. These are also interpreted as a strategy to control the animal reproduction or part of ceremonies of increase. They may also be a form of documentation or historical archive of the successful hunts; that after ...

Poaching, or the illegal removal of animals or plants, is a prevalent problem world-wide motivated mostly by economic gain (“Poaching,” n.d.). Endangered species are at particular risk for extinction from poaching (“Tiger Poaching,” 2006 ). For example, rhinoceros, tiger, and elephant body parts are in such high demand, their population levels are being decimated. So why is there such a high demand for these animals? Their horns, organs, or body parts are highly valued in traditional medicine in Asian countries. It is believed these items can treat a wide range of illnesses including curing cancer and restoring virility. In addition, these items are ...

The events between 1914 and 1945 produced considerable pessimism and cynicism in the writers and artists of much of the world. During those 31 years, Europe was torn apart not by one war but two, the first of which featured trench warfare, leading to slaughter on an unprecedented level, not to mention the new horror of such biological weapons as mustard gas. The second war featured the wholesale annihilation of over six million Jews, not to mention the numbers of gypsies, homosexuals, political criminals and others who fell in the clutches of the Nazis – as well as the millions ...