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Wildlife Relocation

May 30, 2022
By vshah26 BRONZE, Nairobi, Other
vshah26 BRONZE, Nairobi, Other
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Humans have turned into the most dominant species on the globe over the last 10,000 years. Humankind has built complex towns, organised agriculture, invented a new technology to help industries, and organised massive armies in recent centuries. The global human population has increased rapidly since the 1700s, but at a cost: many other species, particularly big animals, have seen their populations decrease or disappear entirely. The process of removing unwanted animals from a region is known as wildlife relocation. Trapping or excluding can be used to relocate wildlife. Trapping involves placing animal traps and removing them once they have been caught. On the other hand, exclusion involves blocking off places where animals can enter and then detecting or removing them once captured. 

Humans have caused massive environmental destruction in recent centuries, leading to the loss of many animal species. We, humans, have created various types of destruction and danger to the environment that has caused animals to heat towards endangerment and extinction, which is not suitable for the environment, and it can have numerous effects on our planet. People should relocate endangered animals to places where they can be safely protected to avoid future species losses. If people were to relocate animal species to different regions where they could live and adapt to the environment more accessible. It can save future generations of animal species and would save them from changing their way of living. Maintaining high biodiversity levels by adopting an “activist” understanding of environmental conservation can assist in producing a healthier Earth. By having high biodiversity, we can take care of the animals on our planet and the living creatures on it. We can also help conserve and preserve the wildlife and nature for future generations to view/gaze at when they are older.


Many previous attempts to move wildlife from one continent to another have led to environmental and wildlife disasters. If you are moving animals from one country to another, depending on the situation, it can be harmful. It could cause the species to die because of many reasons, like environment, adaptation, etc. For example, moving a tiger from India to Kenya could cause the animal to die because of the environment since it is a totally different location and setting. Because humans cannot predict how animals will respond once released into a new habitat, relocating endangered species is fraught with danger. When you move animals from one ecosystem to another, you will never know how they will react because they’re going to be in a place where they have never been before, and it is a different environment. 

Releasing wildlife might help the disease spread. Wildlife may transport illnesses into new places when they are relocated, much as we people can spread disease among our communities by travelling. If we release wildlife, they can spread different diseases like we humans when we travel from place to place. Animals can carry illnesses with them and could transfer them to other animals in their new area, and like that, it can spread worldwide. 

It may only be a matter of time until another animal comes into the region if the bug sprays on the property where the animal was removed are still in place. Change the conditions on your land that caused the issue to occur in the first place to reduce issues, prevent them from repeating, and take the most acceptable option for the animal. 

It won’t be long until another animal comes into the same place as the previous animals. You would have to change the condition of that environment to prevent fewer issues from occurring again, and it would be best to take the most merciful option for the animal.

Overall, Wildlife Relocation can have Negative and positive effects on the environment in many different ways. There are quite a few other solutions to continue with Relocation, but at the same time, the species of the animal won’t die or suffer from an illness. Also, it could be both good and bad, depending on what side you are on. For example, you have to move animals often because of them spreading diseases, but you don’t really want to because there is a risk of them dying, so basically, there are pros and cons when it comes to Relocation. It can be good, and it can be not good.

 

 

 

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"Relocating Wildlife." Paws., www.paws.org/resources/relocating-wildlife/.

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