According to some people, governments are spending inordinate amounts of money for wildlife protection when there are other pressing issues in the country. I agree with this view to a great extent. While I do admit that protecting wildlife is important, in my opinion, other areas like education and healthcare should be the priority of the government.
On the one hand, humans are considered the most important species in the world. Even in this era, many people in developing countries are underprivileged, impoverished and deprived of basic necessities of life. Women are still downgraded in some societies and there is an increasing infant mortality rate. The government should focus more on alleviating these problems first, in my opinion. The recent Covid pandemic has completely disrupted people’s lives, and some poor countries do not have the financial capacity to buy the vaccines to tackle them. Newer research and development in medical field to tackle the outbreak of such epidemics requires huge investment and should be given more priority than wildlife preservation. Having said that, protecting animals is still important. The government can accomplish this by simply allowing animals to live in their natural habitat. It should bring in stringent laws to prevent deforestation and poaching. Oftentimes, poaching is a by-product of unemployment. If people do not have another means of living, they may take to poaching and illegal animal trade. By creating more job opportunities and enhancing the living standards of people, the government can prevent them from destroying wild life. If animals can live safely in their natural habitat, the government does not have to do anything more to protect them.
In conclusion, I believe that wildlife conservationists have overlooked the real challenges faced by humanity. Governments should allocate more budget to solve the problems of poverty, education and deadly diseases. This does not mean that wildlife should be ignored; it should be protected by enacting stringent laws.
According to
some
people
,
governments
are spending inordinate amounts of money for
wildlife
protection when there are other pressing issues in the country. I
agree
with this view to a great extent. While I do admit that protecting
wildlife
is
important
, in my opinion, other areas like education and healthcare should be the priority of the
government
.
On the one hand, humans
are considered
the most
important
species in the world. Even in this era,
many
people
in
developing countries
are underprivileged
, impoverished and deprived of
basic necessities
of life. Women are
still
downgraded in
some
societies and there is an increasing infant mortality rate. The
government
should focus more on alleviating these problems
first
, in my opinion. The recent
Covid
pandemic has completely disrupted
people’s
lives
, and
some
poor countries do not have the financial capacity to
buy
the vaccines to tackle them. Newer research and development in medical field to tackle the outbreak of such epidemics requires huge investment and should be
given
more priority than
wildlife
preservation. Having said that, protecting
animals
is
still
important
. The
government
can accomplish this by
simply
allowing
animals
to
live
in their natural habitat. It should bring in stringent laws to
prevent
deforestation and poaching. Oftentimes, poaching is a by-product of unemployment. If
people
do not have another means of living, they may take to poaching and illegal
animal
trade. By creating more job opportunities and enhancing the living standards of
people
, the
government
can
prevent
them from destroying wild life. If
animals
can
live
safely
in their natural habitat, the
government
does not
have to
do anything more to protect them.
In conclusion
, I believe that
wildlife
conservationists have overlooked the real challenges faced by humanity.
Governments
should allocate more budget to solve the problems of poverty, education and deadly diseases. This does not mean that
wildlife
should be
ignored
; it should
be protected
by enacting stringent laws.