WHY ARE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ON EXHIBIT?
Many of the animals on display were collected as long as 40-years ago. Usually they were common species in their part of the world. Years later, habitat destruction or sometimes illegal poaching led to their endangerment. Now these animals serve education and can foster concern to protect wildlife. MUSEUMS CAN HELP WILDLIFE Many collections in natural history museums contain hundreds of specimens gathered over the years. These are a library of nature, organized and protected so that scientist can work with the objects to increase our collective knowledge. All living things are members of ecological systems. If we can learn how these ecosystems work, then we can provide better protection. To know about wild animals can mean understanding and caring about them. Museums can foster our concern for other living things and our knowledge of their biological roles. Then we may be motivated to save the places on this planet for you wild heritage. “We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors;
Many of the animals on display were collected as long as 40-years ago. Usually they were common species in their part of the world. Years later, habitat destruction or sometimes illegal poaching led to their endangerment. Now these animals serve education and can foster concern to protect wildlife. MUSEUMS CAN HELP WILDLIFE Many collections in natural history museums contain hundreds of specimens gathered over the years. These are a library of nature, organized and protected so that scientist can work with the objects to increase our collective knowledge. All living things are members of ecological systems. If we can learn how these ecosystems work, then we can provide better protection. To know about wild animals can mean understanding and caring about them. Museums can foster our concern for other living things and our knowledge of their biological roles. Then we may be motivated to save the places on this planet for you wild heritage.
