2016/05/21

Yong-yoon Cho/p.85-86/Wed34

1 Rivers reported that garbage left behind around Mount Everest by past climbers now poses a serious threat to the environment and a hazard to other climbers (3).

2 United Nations Environment Programme stated that major problems caused by tourism include the depletion of natural resources, pollution, and various physical damages caused by construction and tourist activities (5-6).

3 UCLA biologist Pat Farber said that it is a failure of imagination that we humans cannot see value in animals beyond their use to us as food or entertainment (qtd. in Covertino 27)

4 Every year, an estimated 25 million vertebrate animals are used for the purpose of research, experiment and education in the U.S. ("Frequently Asked Questions about Animals in Research").

5 According to United Nations report, approximately 25% of the mammals and 12% of the birds in the world might become extinct during the next few decades due to global warming (qtd. in Roberta Schultz).

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