Exotics/wildlife management

Question 1

domestication

Answer 1

tame and bred for human use with suppression of natural instincts with genetic change

Question 2

characteristics of domesticated animals?

Answer 2

flexible diet, fast growth rate, amenable to captive breeding, good disposition, stable temperament, modifiable social hierarchy

Question 3

imprinting

Answer 3

process by which an animal learns to identify itself with a person

Question 4

taming

Answer 4

process where an animal becomes socialized/desensitized to humans over time

Question 5

habitat fragmentation

Answer 5

humans encroaching on wildlife which splits species far apart from each other
creates issues with breeding and inbreeding increases which leds to a bad genetics pool

Question 6

translocation

Answer 6

moving animals to different spaces or reintroducing a species to an area they used to be apart of
not always successful, careful to think about how the change could effect the ecosystem

Question 7

what are some common issues that have arisen from translocation?

Answer 7

stress, introducing disease, bothering other species/unbalancing ecosystem

Question 8

when did industrialized farming start?

Answer 8

after WWII when the industrial boom occurred
was only meant to be short term so we could get back on our feet after the war

Question 9

how is industrialized farming done and what are the benefits of it?

Answer 9

it is done through the use of pesticides and fertilization
benefits: high density, high yield, and low cost farming

Question 10

CAFO’s

Answer 10

concentrated animal feeding operations
uses antibiotics and hormones on animals
causes pollution in the water surrounding these farms

Question 10

why are amphibians so important to watch?

Answer 10

they are very sensitive to environment changes so we can use them to see if changes need to be made
currently they are having sex changes and genetic changes like ending up with multiple heads = not good

Question 11

POPs

Answer 11

persistent organic pollutants

Question 12

OWCs

Answer 12

organic wastewater compounds
ex: excreted hormones, pharmaceuticals, detergents and household products

Question 13

bioaccumulation

Answer 13

increased concentration of a pollutant in an organism

Question 14

biomagnification

Answer 14

increased concentration of a pollutant in a food chain

Question 15

eutrophication

Answer 15

occurs when bodies of water become enriched with nitrogen and phosphates causing harmful algal blooms and red tide
red tide creates domoic acid
(red tide is normal in some areas but not constantly and in this large of an amount)

Question 16

canis lupis familiaris

Answer 16

canine specific name

Question 17

canis lupis

Answer 17

gray wolves

Question 18

what organizations regulate zoos/aquariums/rescues?

Answer 18

USDA, UA fish and wildife, AZA (american zoological association), DNR (department of natural resources)

Question 19

what laws do we have against selling exotics?

Answer 19

Captive Wildlife Safety Act, Wild Bird Conservation Act, Endangered Species Act
they prohibit the selling and interstate transfer of certain exotics

Question 20

CITIES

Answer 20

Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species

Question 21

IUCN

Answer 21

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Question 22

what does the CITIES and IUCN do?

Answer 22

help regulate the import/export of endangered species

Question 23

traffic

Answer 23

underground group that helps catch exotic smuggling

Question 24

yewei

Answer 24

wild taste
cultural eating of wild animals for good luck and strength