Help the Galapagos Turtle!

Help the Galapagos Tortoise!

          Hello, this is IGL and this post is about helping the Galapagos Tortoise. This extraordinary animal weighs to be about 700 pounds with a length of 4 feet—the largest living tortoise in the worl. These extremely rare animals are only found in the wild in the islands of Galapagos, west of the South American country Ecuador. The naturalist Charles Darwin studied these magnificent creatures during his trip to the Galapagos Islands and today has been one of the most adored creatures of the Earth.

          However, their population is decreasing slowly. Their status is vulnerable, and the last Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise about the age of 100 years died at the Charles Darwin Research Station. What can cause such major impact? Invasive species introduced to the islands are taking up their resources. Domestic cats and dogs sometimes prey upon the baby tortoises. Domestic cattle and other farm animals graze the grass the Galapagos Tortoises need to eat and cover for hiding their nests from predators. Whalers, merchants, and on some occasions, pirates slaughter the tortoise for its meat.

         All these are causing the Galapagos Tortoises to slowly disappear. But you can help! You could:

1. Tell someone
2. Write an article in the newspaper
3. Start a petition to help them
4. Donate to the Charles Darwin Research Center and other organizations.
5. Boycott the Galapagos Tortoise meat.

Help the Galapagos Tortoise!

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Help the Spix's Macaw!

Help the Spix’s Macaw

          Hello, this is IGL and this post is about helping the Spix’s Macaw. This specific bird is beautiful with blue colored feathers, soon descending into white the higher the body gets. Their small silver-colored head has a sharp, black beak. They live in the Northern woodlands in Brazil. They live to about twenty-thirty years in the wild and forty years in captivity. Their main diet is based on seeds, which takes 95% of their food. The Spix’s Macaw is not very talked much and no so popular like the panda or the cheetah. But they are still important to the ecosystem and would be a great loss if this bird goes extinct.

          It is thought to be extinct in the wild by scientists, studies show that small areas where the land has not been surveyed may contain the habitats of a few remaining Spix’s Macaws. Right now, since there is a possibility that there is a scarce population of these birds, it is now stated critically endangered (or possibly extinct in the wild). The cause of their near extinction is because of habitat loss. Also, people are keeping these animals as exotic pets and are still to this day sold in the black market.

          There are ways to help the Spix’s Macaw. You could:

1.     Tell people about them. Not a lot of people know about this species of bird.

2.    Start a petition and get people to sign it.

3.    Boycott the black market.

4.    Donate to charities that help this species of bird.

Help the Spix’s Macaw!

-Idea+Gift=Love IGL