Overhunting/Overfishing
Killing off animals and making them extinct
What's going on
For years its been a custom in every society to hunt animals for meat, skin and other things they're useful for. Yet recently hunting has been taken to a whole new level. Too many people have been over hunting making other animals extinct or endangered.
What are the effects?
Over hunting can effect the Biosphere drastically. It makes animals endangered and extinct. One of the most endangered was the Black Rhino. A Texan man was paid $350,000 to kill off one of the rhinos. He has been getting nothing but death threats, and now has body guards to protect him. Over hunting an animal makes it so that the food source of that animal has decreased, making it harder for the animal to find food.
Overhunting's bad!
Botswana
Botswana has one of the worst over hunting problems for years. People have been poaching elephants for their tusks. An Elephants tusks contain ivory which is very valuable; it's even been nicknamed white gold. Botswana's gotten so bad that they've banned hunting and stopped handing out hunting licenses.
Japan.
Japan has been doing a type of fishing called whaling. Whaling is a prehistoric way of hunting. They mostly did it for meat, but now they do it for oil and meat. Yet Japan is not the only country known for whaling. Canada (In more of the northern parts) has been doing it. Same with Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Norway, Philippines, Russia, South Korea and America.
Huge Tuna
This is a giant tuna. They're being over fished. Yet they're not in the concern of being over fished, the fishing is still being cut off. And this is for an animal that isn't endangered. Imagine how many animals are being over hunted or over fished.
How can you help?
You can help by respecting the environment around you, and not hunting to an excess. It's dangerous because not only does it destroy the animals environment; it destroys our own.