Aiden FLL homework

Aiden's assignment- Animal Allies means helping animals come through the problems that we’ve caused. We have to A) Stop creating problems B) Help endangered animals and C) Keep the animals that have stable populations healthy. Most problems that all animals have are made by humans, such as Global Warming, Bycatch, Habitat Loss, one of the biggest ones, Illegal Wildlife Poaching and Trade, and other problems. I created a chart that has endangered animals on it which includes the threats they have. Every single one of the reasons is manmade. We have to stop polluting (Air and Water), developing land, poaching, and enforce stricter laws. Project Ideas: How to raise money, Stop poaching, Raise awareness, and Save endangered animals.

Sammy FLL homework

To me, animal allies means helping other animals and taking care of them and preventing them from going extinct. Animals are our allies because we use them for food, entertainment, and research, and now we should help them back. Many animals have been hunted over hundreds of years and are becoming endangered, and many animals are being abused and mistreated, like chickens. We should respect our animal friends, by taking care of them and preventing animal abuse. Animals are our friends, and I love animals, so I know how they feel when they are mistreated. If everyone works together to help their allies, the animals will be fine.

The websites I found didn't change my perspective on animal allies, but their perspectives were the same as mine. Some were about giving shelters to homeless animals. I learned about pollution that kills animals living in the ocean and on land. I learned that animals are necessarily for the food chain, and can be used for food and research. When all animals go extinct, we will run out of food and the food chain will go out of balance. I already know that many animal species are endangered, but the species that aren't still need help. There is much evidence that factory food is being abused and that many animals are being treated inhumanely. I have found many organizations and websites dedicated to why and how we will save the animals. I have learned that animal allies isn't just about saving the animals, but treating them well so that they won't be endangered again. Animals have been used in agriculture for hundreds of years and used in war times. In world war one, dogs were used in warfare and pigeons were used as messengers. Basically, the overall idea of animal allies is saving and helping the animals, because of the history with humans and what they do for us.

Matthew's view of "Animal Allies"


Animal Allies to me means that animals are caring for humans and helping them to thrive and survive while the humans can also help them by building shelters, providing food, and helping different species like lions, turtles, wolves.

All sorts of animals are being helped in shelters and habitats all over the world so humans are helping the animals but what are animals doing to help the humans? Well, animals are comforting humans, giving them food, and entertainment. Animals are helping lives in the world. We use dogs to help find people in an avalanche, or to sniff out drugs, you can use horses and mules as transportation, and you can use oxen, horses, and other animals to generate power. These are all examples of how animals are allies to humans too.

However, often times the humans leave pieces of trash here and there in the animal’s habitats which kill the animals because they think them as food. This can be a huge threat to wildlife.

William's view of "Animal Allies"

Animals aren’t really my passion, but as all things, they deserve rights.  Just like in the 1960’s there was the civil rights movement, we need to campaign for the stop of animal abuse and mistreatment. Sure, people have been saying that we need to help animals for decades now, but we need to take initiative and really push to the point that animals don’t have a worry in their mind.

Why? First of all, animals have equal claim to this earth and its resources as much as we do. This means that we cannot destroy their habitats and hunt them down just for trophies. Have you ever seen a lion kill a human just so it could hang that person’s head on a wall? No! In fact, the only lions kill humans in the first place is because they are provoked.  Another reason is because people need the animals. If one falls, it damages an entire ecosystem, and due to the butterfly effect, it would affect us humans, which nobody would like to happen.   

After reading articles from organizations like peta and the website that chungtai found, I learned a lot more in specifics about endangered animals, habitats in jeopardy, etc. it’s taught me that there are many liable reasons that people should save animals and protect ecosystems, one, being its cruciality to all life, and also because animals have feelings, they have needs and wants, just like humans.  That I think was the most important thing I learned through research.