How is it that Ontario Snapping Turtles are on the list of endangered species, yet it is still legal to hunt them? These turtles have lived in Ontario wetlands for thousands of years, but their numbers are steadily decreasing thanks to turtle poaching, nest predation, habitat destruction, pollution, cold temperatures, traffic, etc.
There needs to be laws set in place to save these turtles. They do a lot for the ecosystem, such as creating channels in lake bottoms where small animals and fish make their homes, and they clean up the environment by eating dead fish and weeds. They may not be cute and cuddly, but they need our help.
I believe that it is a terrible thing in this day and age with our knowledge to be hunting and killing something that is on the verge of extinctions. If we have this knowledge of the positive affects that snapping turtles are bringing to our ecosystems, there should be laws in place set out to stop those who are killing them.
ReplyDeleteI am doing a speech on the Snapping Turtle in Ontario. I am in grade 6 and I'm 11 years old. I'm just doing some research on here and I think tis is disgusting... I think that having an endangered animal legally hunted just shows how much some people care about the Snapping turtle and they should make it illegal A.S.A.P!
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