Stop+Poaching+Penguins!

= Stop Poaching Penguins! = By Gal and Isabella

The Problem: Penguins of all shapes, sizes and species have been poached until the point of being endangered. The main reason for this is that penguins are an easy target and they have useful penguin skin, oil and meat.

Why it is this a Problem: Why are penguins getting poached such a big problem? Well, penguins getting poached will affect you it indirectly, or even directly. Penguins are already endangered, and with all the penguin poaching who knows if some species of penguin will still be here in 30 years! We need to keep penguins because every single living thing is a vital part of the ecosystem! If penguins become extinct from poaching, then this will greatly affect the food chain which in turn will probably affect us. The reason for this is that is that if penguins die out, then the whales and seals will have nothing to eat, and the phytoplankton will overpopulate and use up all their food. If whales, seals and phytoplankton become rarer then the animals that depend it will be in trouble, and on and on and on. This ripple will continue and eventually it may affect humans because of lack of food. Imagine this food chain, the Antarctic food chain, with out penguins. we could lose millions of creatures vital to the ecosystem. Considering this, it is quite hard to believe that these are the statistics for Dyer Island alone who knows how bad they could be in 2020? After all we have to consider what 2020 because most of us alive today will also be alive for 2020.



How can you help? Well, you can go here and donate to WWF. An organization which has many volunteers and other people trying to repopulate penguins all over the world. You can also educate your friends, family, and other people on how penguins are a vital part of the ecosystem and why you shouldn't poach penguins, or you can go and help penguins yourself by volunteering for many organizations that help penguins all over the world. Or if you really want to make a difference you could speak to your community council about raising awareness and raise awareness in your community so all of your community are aware and penguins will have a better chance of surviving because more people will be helping the penguins to survive.

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