Nearly Two Dozen Species of Birds, Fish and Other Wildlife Are Set to Be Declared Extinct and Removed from the Endangered Species List

 

Skylar Lau

Mr. Ippolito

Science 9 Chemistry

9/28/21

Ebrahimji, Alisha, et al. “Nearly Two Dozen Species of Birds, Fish and Other Wildlife Are Set to Be Declared Extinct and Removed from the Endangered Species List.” CNN, Cable News Network, 29 Sept. 2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/us/extinct-animals-2021-list-scn-trnd/index.html. 

Ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species make the 2021 list of extinct animals - CNN

For my current event article, I had the pleasure to read an article my dad recommended to me. I read the article “Nearly two dozen species of birds, fish and other wildlife are set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list” by Alisha Ebrahimji and other writers from CNN.  The article talked about the recent announcement of 23 animal species that were declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list.  The authors also say that extinction of all these spiece could be a “wake up call” for people to start and take more actions to prevent extinction.  Also, the author talks about the problem with the waitlist for protection and how by the time species get added it could be too late.  In addition the authors talk about how climate change is making it even harder for these species.  Finally, the article talks about the Ivory-billed woodpecker, a once common species now extremely rare because of loss of habitat. 

The article has a great effect on the world because it shows how even with plans to prevent extinction species are still going extinct.  It shows people that if they don't start to do more to help these endangered species dozens if not hundreds more could go extinct.  

Overall this article was great and I learned a lot.  The article taught me a lot and gave a ton of evidence. However, the article had some problems.  The major problem was the lack of explanation.  Even though the article had a ton of quotes and evidence, the author did not explain it well.  A ton of the article was quotes and evidence, and without the proper explanation left me confused and made the article hard to understand.  So I would suggest adding a little more explanations, which would turn this great article into an amazing one.