Introduction

• Andean bears are beneficial to the environment
• They are not expensive to take care of
• South America's only bear

Counterclaim

• Not saving the boa
• Some species are stable
• They have lots of offspring

Ecological Functions

• Spreads tree seeds not digestible by other animals
• They help out with the environment

Additional Appeals

• Rings around eyes, spectacled bear (Aesthetic value)
• The only bear in South America

Cost/Resources required to conserve

• Cheap food, prefers to eat fruit
• They reproduce annually
• Large habitat, not many bears

Conclusion

• Endangered, need to be saved
• Aesthetic value
• Important to ecosystem
• Ecosystem could potentially fall apart without them

Credits

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tremarctos_ornatus/

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/species/spectacled-bear

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/andean-spectacled-bear\

https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/boa-constrictor-snake/

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Boa_constrictor/

http://www.penguins-world.com/penguin-habitat/

http://www.rainforestconservation.org/rainforest-primer/2-biodiversity/b-how-much-biodiversity-is-found-in-tropical-rainforests/

http://study.com/academy/lesson/desert-ecosystems-how-biodiversity-impacts-hot-and-cold-deserts.html

http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/components/forests/en/

https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/spectacled-bear/