Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden?

             The article was about if the location of new discovered species should be kept a secret or not. Discovery of New Species can be the defining moment of a biologist’s career, but it also means that they are exposing rare and vulnerable animals to the dark world of wildlife pet trade.

             It is a scientific dilemma that has led some conservationists to question if it is better to hide the rare species from the world. In 1999, herpetologist Bryan Stuart found a newt he had never seen before. The creature was thick, warty skin and bright, yellow dots all the way down its back. He did a research on newt in the wild and later published an article, announcing the discovery of new species, Laotriton laoenis. He said finding new species is like finding a treasure.

             Unfortunately, his joy turned into horror when he realized that his discovery had caught the attention of amphibian dealers around the world. He realized that the traders were using his report as a roadmap to capture and sell the newts. The dealers tell the workers to find as many as possible and pays them $1 for each newt, but the dealers sell them for $200 each. Because of this, the population of newt quickly declined.

 

             My topic is on conserving animal and this article is very disturbing because many animals are going extinct because of the scientists who wanted to get the credit for the discovery of a new species. Every year, rare species are hunted down and are sold in a black market. They are often sold for high prices which motivate the dealers to capture more rare species.

             Even though people know that what they are doing is wrong, their greed and selfishness to earn money forces them to do the wrong things. The government of each countries have to work together to make sure the animals are out of harm. There is a law that people are not allowed to hunt or capture animals in an area which they do not own. So what people do is tell the people who live in the area to capture the animal for them. This act is not against the environment law, so the government cannot do anything to stop them. Also there is a law that endangered animals cannot be traded. This increases the amount of trade in the black market.

             This is why my dream is to become an environmentalist to save the threatened species from the horrible people who merely do not care about the environment and only care about money. Even in India, many animals were hunted down and the governments barely made a move against the act because government is corrupted in India. Now some people are trying to conserve the animals, but some of the animals have already gone extinct in India. No matter how many times I think about it, I really feel sorry for the animals and I am also angry at myself since I have no power to stop the people from doing something that are unacceptable. I hope I meet someone in the college who wants to support my idea so that we can work together to save the animals. The governments are not doing the job very efficiently, so it is time for the people to act.


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