Zoos-Good... or EEEEVIIILL??

Are zoos good or bad? They keep many extinct animals and they are having more, but they also keep animals away from the wild. Most zoos try and make the place they keep the animals as close to their natural habitat as possible. Some zoos even keep them in little confinements that have concrete floors and metal bars around them, that isn't very good for the animal.

Zoos also keep endangered animals alive, so that makes zoos good. Like i said before most zoos try to keep the habitats as close to home as possible for the animals so they are happy, and a lot of the animals were born there so they are used to it. If an animal goes extinct in the wild or is overly hunted it wouldnt be a problem because they still exist in zoos. There have been cases where people train the animals to fend for themselves in order to live in the wild and release them when they are ready. Some die, and its not the same as if they were born in the wild but it still keeps animals alive and existing.

Oil In Antarctica

Recently oil drillers have found oil reserves in Antarctica. No one owns Antarctica, and we have signed a treaty never to mess with it, but that treaty expires soon so people are afraid of a war.

In my opinion I think there shouldn't be war, The countries could split it up, or not mess with it at all. If we were to split it then there could also be problems if someones part had more oil than another. So we should jut leave it alone and not mes with it.

Bird Flu

As the bird flu spreads from China to Taiwan, people are worried it may spread farther into a pandemic. Taiwan reported an incident where a man that often travels to China for work has contracted the virus. Test revealed that he was infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus. 

The patient in Taiwan said he was never exposed or around birds or eaten any uncooked poultry. Things like this have puzzled scientists and led some to suspect that an animal other than birds is spreading the virus to humans, but no other animal was found to be infected.

Siberian Mammoth Tusks

 Karl Gorokhov was mammoth tusk hunting in Siberia, when he was walking and tripped on the tip of a tusk sitting out of the ground. It took him about 24 hours to dig up the tusk, it was 150 pounds and in near perfect condition, if he gets it home can can get more than $60,000. As a kid he remembers seeing rotting tusks on the river bank, but people believed it was bad luck to disturb them, thinking they came from giant mole creatures underground.

The tusks are worth the risk. Although others have rushed in to score on tusks Karl is always ahead of them. As the permafrost starts to thaw mammoth tusks start to kind of stick out and he can get them.

Laundry Fluff- Polluting Oceans EVERYWHERE! (dun dun dun)

Since 1940 shed of synthetic microscopic plastic fibers make their way through sewage treatment systems and into oceans. This synthetic lint makes its way through sewage treatment systems and into oceans all around the world., with the potential to harm marine life. No beach is free of colorful synthetic lint, the most contaminated samples came from areas with the most human population, suggesting the people were the source of the lint.

 Your clothes may seem all innocent and harmless but really, that sweater you are wearing is DEADLY... to ocean animals that is.Filter feeding mussels will consume these little particles and and they will then enter the bloodstream. If all fish take these in they will eventually end up in us, from eating the fish.