How Wildlife Is Exploited And What You Can Do | questions

As people continue to explore natural areas, animal dwellings continue to disappear. And as animals seek food, water, shelter and a place to raise their young, they are often considered “nuisances” or “pests” or said to be “overpopulated.” Every year, millions of them die because people have taken over their residential areas and do not want them to be there. Canadian geese, rabbits, raccoons, chipmunks, mice, rats, wasps, beavers, bats, snakes, ducks, prairie dogs, and pigeons are among the types of wildlife most commonly affected by perceived conflict with humans.

Animals ask for very little other than the opportunity to live in peace. But to their struggle for survival are added hunters who enjoy chasing and killing them, even when they live far from cities. Hunters often fall prey to bears, coyotes, ducks, foxes, mountain lions, prairie dogs, deer, geese and wolves. Anglers love to trick fish into biting hooks that pierce its face before pulling it out of the water and letting it suffocate. And trappers set traps that slam on the legs of unsuspecting animals so that they can kill them because they “interfere” or because of their fur.

Throughout its history, PETA has protected wildlife as well as all other animals that have been abused and exploited, and we’ve achieved monumental victories. By educating homeowners and businesses on how to humanely accompany mice and rats outdoors, we’ve achieved countless bans on indiscriminate glue traps. We convinced numerous retailers to use humane options instead of animal poisoning, replaced balloon releases with activities that did not involve wildlife-killing plastic, removed bird entanglement nets, shut down illegal wildlife traders, and succeeded. , much more for animals.

PETA victories over wildlife

Our emergency response team has helped callers cope with thousands of wildlife emergencies. The staff provided them with information on rescuing chicks, helping turtles cross the road, humanely trapping raccoons and other small animals, wildlife rehabilitation and rescue, and other general aspects of animal care and management.

We must learn to share the planet with animals. Here are some easy ways to make the world more wildlife-friendly.