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Sunday, December 18, 2011

12-18-2011 PANDA-MONIUM


On this day in 1936, the first giant panda was imported into the United States.

Facts:
Giant Panda Facts - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandaFacts/default.cfm
WWF: Giant Panda - http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/giantpanda/panda.html
Animal Bytes - http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giant_panda.html
Globio: giant panda - http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id
Defenders of Wildlife - http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/panda.php
Endangered Species - http://www.theinsite.org/earth/earth_es_panda.html

Endangerment:
http://science.jrank.org/pages/2467/Endangered-Species.html
http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/vanishing_what_human.php
http://flatplanet.wikispaces.com/Group+10+Endangered+Species
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/33.html
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep16b.htm

Debate:
Choose a local endangered species.  Research what is being done to protect it.  Debate the pros and cons of these protective actions.
Development vs. Protection?
The need to prevent extinction?

New Jersey:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/tandespp.htm
http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/somhome.htm
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/njfieldoffice/Endangered/esfaq.html
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/landscape/
http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionConservation/EndangeredandThreatenedWildlifeofNewJersey.aspx
http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/
http://www.pinelandsalliance.org/glossary/
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/bobcat.php

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