e in New York is the sea otter. Ever since 1977, they have been protected as endangered species. Their lives were in terrible danger due to the constant need for their fur, since there were a great number of fur trades going on at the time. Therefore, they were victims of illegal killing. Additionally, they were victims of chronic oil spills. People have been coming together to help restore the population of the otters. Within the last six years, 211 otters have been released throughout New York at seven different sites, each site each receiving 20-30 otters. There is also another project to help the otters known as the New York River Otter Project. Thus far, the project has greatly succeeded in maintaining a restored population of otters. Young students have even donated towels for the captured otters to groom with. It is a great pleasure to know that America’s youth is getting involved in issues surrounding the environment nowadays. PRESERVATION EFFORTSThere is an urgent need to protect and conserve endangered wildlife throughout the world. So what can we do about it? To start, we can be more careful of the way we handle nature. Animals have homes just as humans do. We would not like it if our houses were ripped apart, or toxic chemicals were dumped on our property. Many humans unfortunately do not have any respect for the living creatures. We need to treat the animals as we would want to be treated. They are living souls just like the rest of us.Some of the wealthier parts of the world have been successful in bringing about the recovery of certain species and greater efforts have been made to curb the loss of species within the past 20 years. The decline of the black rhinos has been halted, and the species is slowly recovering. Several crocodile populations are now well managed and increasing through carefully regulated, sustainable harvesting programs. In some places, species have been reintroduced to parts o...
