so why is it that this place is endangered.
Your first guess would be that we are destroying it ourselves. Well not really. Instead almost done by one species kelp forests are destroyed in days. But what animal could do so much.
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Now doesn't that look like something you would cuddle with.
These little guys can eat entire kelp forests in a few days. But shouldn't they have a natural predator?
Well they do and its the sea otter. But then why aren't they being eaten at all. Well because in the late 1890's and early 1900's they were hunted near extinction with less than 2,000 remaining. In some areas such as alaska and along that stretch of coast there was no otters alive at all as they had all been hunted. Today there is around 100,000 which is definitely more then there was before and they are no in Alaska as they have been reintroduced.
However On July 30th, 2011 Representative Don Young (R. – Alaska) introduced H.R. 2714, a bill that threatens to reauthorize the sea otter fur trade for segments of the Alaskan sea otter range. This would allow for the hunting of sea otters to be allowed again.
But why would someone want to reauthorize something like this it could cause the sea otters to go extinct. Well because fisher had to compete with the sea otters for fish.
Well they do and its the sea otter. But then why aren't they being eaten at all. Well because in the late 1890's and early 1900's they were hunted near extinction with less than 2,000 remaining. In some areas such as alaska and along that stretch of coast there was no otters alive at all as they had all been hunted. Today there is around 100,000 which is definitely more then there was before and they are no in Alaska as they have been reintroduced.
However On July 30th, 2011 Representative Don Young (R. – Alaska) introduced H.R. 2714, a bill that threatens to reauthorize the sea otter fur trade for segments of the Alaskan sea otter range. This would allow for the hunting of sea otters to be allowed again.
But why would someone want to reauthorize something like this it could cause the sea otters to go extinct. Well because fisher had to compete with the sea otters for fish.