Karianna W.

Olympia, WA

03 November, 2016

The Next President of the United States

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Next President:

The world today is filled with people, more people than ever before. A downside of that is as the number of people goes up, the number of animals and plants go down. From 1996- 2006 the number of endangered plant species has gone up by 1,061 and the number of endangered bird species has gone up by 116. If we work together, we can help bring the number of endangered species in the world down.

A few reasons the number of endangered species has gone up is the destruction of habitat, poaching, global warming and ocean pollution. Most of these are caused by humans because as our population goes up, we require more and more natural resources to survive. In 2016, seven species of bee native to Hawaii were listed as endangered. For the first time in U.S history, bees are considered an endangered species. We may be working on this problem already but there is much more we can do to help.

In a world where there are no endangered species, there are more animals all over the world. There would be more panda bears, elephants, coral reefs and other endangered organisms that make this world amazing. Global warming would be slowed down because there would be more plants taking the carbon dioxide from their environment and changing it into oxygen. Every organism on this planet plays an important in keeping the planet inhabitable and the more organisms on this planet the better it will be.

One way we, as humans, could help lower the number of endangered species is by teaching people how species become endangered and how to prevent a few of the things that damage a species population such as ocean pollution. We could have annual assemblies in schools to inform kids about the effects ocean pollution and the destruction of habit have on our world and the things living in it. If more people knew about how species become endangered and how to prevent it, we might have less endangered species in the future.

Everything in the world is tied together. If a species of plant goes extinct, the population eats that plant will starve, then the population that eats that population will go hungry and create a chain effect, eventually leading up to the human population. We eat almost everything and a lot of what we don’t eat feeds what we do eat. If we stop or slow down the extinction of organisms, it will improve life for future generations by keeping more food and allowing them to see amazing species that right now are endangered such as white rhinoceros and the other 38% of the world’s species that are considered endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. If we bring the number of endangered species in the world down, human life will improve in the long run.

The President should encourage schools to inform students about the many endangered species in the world, how species become endangered or extinct, and ways to protect species for becoming endangered.

Sincerely,

Karianna

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