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Wild animals can experience injury from a variety of causes such as predation; intraspecific competition; accidents, which can cause fractures, crushing injuries, eye injuries and wing tears; self-amputation; molting, a common source of injury for arthropods; extreme weather conditions, such as storms, extreme heat or cold weather; and natural disasters.
South and East Asia—especially China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan—and many areas in West Africa have extremely dense human populations that allow little room for natural habitat. Marine areas close to highly populated coastal cities also face degradation of their coral reefs or other marine habitat.
Additionally, noise pollution can cause chronic stress in marine animals, leading to weakened immune systems and increased vulnerability to disease. [16] In regions like the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca, some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, the intensity of these impacts is heightened.
Wild animal suffering, as a result of disease, has been drawn attention to by some authors, [21] who argue that we should alleviate this form of suffering through vaccination programs. [22] [23] Such programs are also deemed beneficial for reducing the exposure of humans and domestic animals to disease and for species conservation. [24]
The Zoo destroyed the evidence before a police investigation could take place. This incident started an investigation where many animals were found to be kept in poor condition and suffering from disease or malnutrition and neglect from keepers. There are currently many petitions to shut down the Zoo. SEAZA has made no formal statement about ...
Human-wildlife interactions have occurred throughout man's prehistory and recorded history. An early form of human-wildlife conflict is the depredation of the ancestors of prehistoric man by a number of predators of the Miocene such as saber-toothed cats, leopards, and spotted hyenas.
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For more modern times, Prof. Peter J. Li said in 2012 that many in mainland China had possibly become indifferent to animal suffering, because of Mao Zedong's campaigns against bourgeois sentiments, such as "sympathy for the downtrodden". [1] Caring about animals was regarded as "counter-revolutionary". [23]