Helping Ninjas Blog
What is The Willow Project? It’s s a project to have more oil drilling and to sell Alaska for money. The supporters of this say the money made will create jobs and help communities but this will really hurt the animals and that is why their is so many petitions to stop it.
How can hurting the environment help communities in the long run?
It is very important to stop it because if not our world as we know it will be in danger.
Why? The project would generate enough oil to release 9.2 million metric tons of planet-warming carbon pollution a year! And it will create additional stress for Arctic wildlife, but the carbon emissions associated would accelerate climate change that threatens the Arctic and beyond.
By Skyler Berry, Age 9, Helping Ninja
Did you know that there are now a total of 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are endangered species threatened with extinction.
A species is classified as endangered when its population has declined between 50 and 70 percent and as when its population is restricted to less than 250 mature individuals. Animals Around The Globe
Great White sharks are killed and eat their shark dance, but they banned food and made them and made them protected species.
Did you know the Ganges river dolphin found in Nepal & India is is nearly blind ? They have to use sound signals to get their food. They are endangered. Pollution & construction on river — it reduces the areas they can live in.
The reason that Blue Whale is close to extinction because of whaling.
Did you know there are less than 10,000 red pandas? They are endangered because they are threatened by poaching as well as destruction and fragmentation of habitat due to deforestation.
Did you know that there are only 7500 sumatran orangutans? They are endangered because of lost of habitat.
By Sawyer Berry, Age 10, Helping Ninja
I think that more people need to support the ESA (Endangered Species act) so more money can be used to save even more species. Some success stories of species that have been endangered and then saved, or repopulated and removed from the endangered list are: the bald eagle, grey wolf, grey whale, grizzly bear, and the whooping crane.
So that habitats can be restored and more species won’t go extinct.
There are two main categories under the ESA: threatened and endangered. A threatened species is one that faces endangerment in the near future. An endangered species is one that is in danger of becoming extinct in the near future.
Cheetahs, for instance , are endangered.
Why are they endangered? Because they are poached, killed, and skinned for their fur for items like clothing, blankets, and rugs. They also die cause of loss of habitat.
What happens if cheetahs go extinct?
Because cheetahs are apex predators and they balance the ecosystem, it would effect our environment negatively.
If cheetahs no longer existed, there would be a domino effect referred to as a trophic cascade. There would be too many herbivores resulting in loss of vegetation, greater soil erosion, less available water, and a negative impact on the health of the ecosystem. Cheetah.org
Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance survival of the next lower trophic level.
Watch a video to learn more about a Trophic Cascade.
According to an article I read:
While the ESA is the main piece of legislature we have in the U.S. for protecting species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, is responsible for publishing the Red List of Threatened Species, which is a global list of all species that are considered threatened or endangered. The World Conservation Strategy of the IUCN is a plan to bring governments and local communities together in an effort to eradicate animal and plant extinction. A major premise of the World Conservation Strategy is that ‘protected areas and threatened species could most effectively be safeguarded if local people considered it in their own interest to do so.’ This means that if people in a local area or region took it upon themselves to conserve a habitat and species instead of being forced to do it by the government, the number of organisms on the Endangered Species List would be much lower. Sited: Study.com
By Layla Berry & Shruti Chavali
We shouldn’t test drugs on animals. Why? Because it hurts the animals, it makes them die most of the time, and the drugs that go on the animals make them go crazy. We must create a protest and not have company’s test on animals.
Here is a list of all cruelty free brands: https://www.crueltyfreekitty.com/list-of-cruelty-free-brands/
My friend and wrote a book about this topic.
Hi, my name is Layla. My friends and fellow Helping Ninjas: Shruti, Ava, Saigan, Saniah, Maddie and me went to the Indianapolis Zoo on Sunday September 25th to a Girls In Science Event.
An event to learn about why it is important for girls to go into the field of Science and how it can be really fun and also change the world.
We meet Danni Washington, she is a marine biologist and is and is on the Genius Generation Podcast. She is also on the show watch Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove. And she and her mother, Michelle, founded a not-for-profit called Big Blue and You.
What did we do?
We played ocean games. Danni Washington was my partner. The game we played was guess the ocean animal. We had stickers on our back of a name of an ocean animal and they have to guess what it is.
We went behind the scenes at the Zoo’s Ocean world. We got to see how they turn water into ocean water so ocean animals have a place to live at the zoo. We also go to see the aquariums.
My favorite part was meeting Danni Washington. I also loved going behind the scenes and seeing all the ocean animals! I also liked a game we played called “I am.” We all took turns saying one word about ourselves.
I said, “I am thoughtful.”
Danni also signed my copy of her new book: Bold Women In Science, and also signed my friends books too!
If you want to check out her new book, click here!
My friend Shruti and I are going to interview Danni on our new Helping Ninjas Podcast! She will be our first official guest. We are so excited and honored to be able to interview a REAL Helping Ninja and ocean advocate. Stay tuned!
To learn more about Danni and also watch her show and/or listen to her Podcast!
Listen to Danni’s Podcast: The Generation Genius
In 2021 I won the brilliant firefly award because of my change.org petition and all of the climate activism I did throughout my life. It was an honor to visit the Indiana State House and receive this award. I also got to bring my grandpa.
https://readthereporter.com/two-students-receive-lieutenant-governors-brilliant-firefly-award
To learn more: https://www.in.gov/lg/lt-governor-initiatives/brilliant-firefly/
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Our mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Our vision is a world where the diversity of life thrives, and people act to conserve nature for its own sake and its ability to fulfill our needs and enrich our lives. OUR CHALLENGE Only by working together can we give people hope, keep our wildlife wild and keep our home whole. And ensure the future of a world that sustains us all.
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