VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

THREATS TO ECO-SYSTEMS

• These have to be identified and sorted out with a proper understanding of multiple factors involved for this.
• Followings are the examples for the identified threats in a wildlife region:
  • Alteration of major mineral or organic constituents of a system
  • Removal of plantations or vegetations
  • Prevention of naturally occurring events that disturb the cycles
  • Introduction of pest species like goats
  • Application of hazardous chemicals like pesticides or herbicides
  • Changes in the major mineral or organic components of a system
  • Elimination of key-wild animal species like top predator (tiger)