Students will understand the economic and political aspects of maintaining wildlife. Increasingly, humans modify ecosystems as a result of population growth, technology, and consumption. Human destruction of habitats through direct harvesting, pollution, atmospheric changes, and other factors is threatening current global stability, and if not addressed, ecosystems will be irreversibly affected.
Human activities can, deliberately or inadvertently, alter the equilibrium in ecosystems.
Now imagine the environment without that animal. Wild Kingdom safer for some 3. List the animals that were discussed regarding their protection status. Allow time for each group to present their positions. After each group has given its position, allow class discussion.