Hedgehog+numbers+down+by+half

[|BBC News] Feb. 6. 2018

According to UK new report, the number of hedgehogs are continuing to decline from the already 50%. The main reason is the loss of hedgerows and field margins because of intensive farming, there are fewer nesting sites and less protection for them. In most rural places, a half to a third of them are killed on the roads. The large use of pesticides is also a factor for this decrease the amount of food for them to eat and less invertebrates. But there is s slight possibility that populations in urban areas may be recovering due to the habitat creating programs for hedgehogs. Scientists and surveyors are not fully sure whether they are increasing or not, but they will keep researching and collecting data. The government people are also concerned about this problem since they are one of the UK's most treasured animals with an important role in their heritage and natural environment.
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__**Relation to Class:**__ This article is related to class in at least two ways. First of all, this is related to environmental science because this is also a environment destruction problem. Both environment and living organisms should be protected. The environment is intimately related to organism living in it, including human being and animals. If some animals are threatened, endangered and their population decline rapidly, its a reflection of habitat or environment destruction. We human are be harmed in some ways too, although we probably can't tell right now, it might be devastating and irreversible when that day comes. Secondly, this is a threatened wildlife species, they are still abundant in nature range but is dealing in numbers and is likely too become endangered. (Miller 683) The population of hedgehogs are declining mostly because of human activities, the use of pesticides and the clearing of their niches, we interfere their living environment and break their food chains.

__**Opinion:**__ There are various kinds of wildlife animals declining around the world nowadays, mostly because of our human interfere. In order to make our living better, our factories and cars produce pollution, our large scale farming, grazing or country development cause serious deforestation and habitat fragmentation, we interfere their food chains and webs. We really need to pay great attention to worldwide threatened and endangered species, we are all part of the earth and we should live in a mutualism relationship instead of thinking our human as prior than animals and harm them for our own benefits. Government and organizations should also involve in the saving and protection of wildlife animals.

I think the National Wildlife Refuge system Act of 1966 is related to this article, this article acquire, preserve, and protect over 500 parcels of land set aside as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and I believe there should be more wildlife refuge system and national lands assigned to be preserved.
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