Picture:
This bird is a capercaillie, a large grouse in which fears and extinction on
the Scottish land for the second time.
Summary: A
large grouse named capercaillie is in fear of its second extinction from the
land of Scotland. Recently the grouse’s population is declining for an
uncertain reason and there are debates among different groups on the specific
cause. The Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association (SGA) believes that the pine
martin, a very rare Scottish native mammal, has to do with the decline and the
control of them is needed in order to save the capercaillie. On the other side,
the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Scottish Natural
Heritage (SNH) criticized the SGA for not considering other views that might
have affected the grouse other than the predation. Capercaillie had already
been extinct and there is a need to solve the mystery whether it is the habitat
problem, predation and such that is affecting this bird’s decline of
population.
Opinion/Reflection:
Though I am glad that some of the species were able to get back to their
original habitat, but I am worried for the grouse as no one is sure what is
causing this bird’s decline of population. Though I think it’s best to notice
that the pine martin is a very rare animal and I don’t think rare animals can
easily cause the decline of an another specie. I'm also considering maybe pollution itself may have to do with it, as according to the article, habitat is not really much of a problem.
Questions:
1) What other problems can be affecting the capercaillie.
2)
If the rare pine martin
was the real problem, how would we solve the issue?
3)
What other
animals are endangered in Scotland?
4) What is one way that we can help to save endangered species?
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Gernwoo. This is very unusual for a rare species to make a species go extinct. Even though in this case it had a negative impact on the species, it is such a good thing to hear that some species go back to their native land.(when we see positive rusults).
ReplyDeleteExtention:
How did the capercaillie leave scotland?
What brought it back?
If they were to reseach more about this rare pine martin, do you think that this would really be the issue causing the capercaillie to become instinct?
About how many pine martins are there in scotland?
I also agree with Gernwoo. I think its really weird how an extremely rare species is causing another species to go almost extinct. I'm curious to see how they are going to deal with the other rare birds that are possibly the cause of the birds. They couldn't help one group without hurting the other it seems.
ReplyDeleteAnswering Gern's question number 1, according to the article, it might be pollution. In my opinion that is just one of the many things that could be a cause. It could also be a disease that broke out between the capercaillie birds or maybe it's just normal predatation. They don't really know for sure yet.
I too also agree with Gernwoo. It's very unheard of for a rare, exoctic species to make a more common species to be on the verge of being extinct. But the article say that it may not be the other species, but another factor that has nothing to do with the rare species and i hope that They are right.
ReplyDeleteQuestions:
1)What methods do you think they would have to take to control the species from going extinct?
2)Do you think there is a way to control the species?
3) would they be able to remove the species into a more safer, remote area?
i agreee with everyone that the pine martin may not be the cause of the population's decline. Maybe they are competitive species, but there would have to be nature studies and tests to be sure. Before the scientists make their next move they should study very closely what the birds do each day and what surrounds them, maybe keep some in a safe place to see if they can comfortably repopulate and live there.
ReplyDeleteQuestions:
1)How did the extinct species come back again. Would we be able to immitate that and ressurrect the species again?s
2)Were the pine martins the reason for the original extinction of the birds? If not, then what was?
3)What could the people of that area do to try and keep the population as steady as possible, while they find a solution to the problem?