Rabbit-Proof Fence

          According to the story the aboriginies were not given equal law as the white people because the white peope would handle the situation differently if a aboriginie commited the crime compared to a white person.  This would be a violation to human right #7, saying that everone is just to fair law.  Another violation s when the people are pushed of their land.  This would violate number #17 right to own property.  Also then the aborigines are not allowed to practice their religon on the land that the white people took from then, thus violating rule #18, freedom of belief and religon.

          Civilizing of Australia is similar to the U.S. because we also pushed people who were native to the land out of their land just because we think because our skin is different we are better.  We also did not treat them with fair law because we would commit them of crimes that they did not know they committed because it is part of their culture.  Just like the men in the story who took the sheep from the man.  We also forced them into places that they did not want to be like settlements where they are not used to living and practicing their rituals on.

          I do not think that the relocating the children of mixed descent is right because it is not giving the children a choice.  Men would just take children from their families with no reason except for that it would mix the race of the people.  Plus taking away children from their families is awful.  They are going to grow up with the family that stole them from their family rather than growing up with their own family that would of taught the children about the past of their ancestors and the culture of her family.

Invasive Species

          Cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 as an attempt to control the native cane beetle.  It then reproduced wildly and is now hurting Australian ecology.  It is primarily located in New South Wales, and the Northern Territory.  The introduction of the Cane toad has hurt the snake population because they are taking over the habitats of snakes.  People believe that a solution would be to let the adult Cane toads eat the baby Cane toads, because the adults will often mistake the baby toads for a insect.  Also you could use Australian Meat Ants to eat the Cane Toads. 

          An invasive species in America is the European wild boar.  European boars destroy lots of sugar cane, and many other habitats without regard to the species and plants that live there.  A solution to the wild boar would be to use cage traps, put up fences to keep them out of unwanted places, and  hunt them for sport/food. 

          Invasive species should be something to be concerned with because it is a threat to habitats of many kinds and they are ruining the culture of some people who respect animals greatly.  Our issues with invasive species are similar to the ones in Australia because in each case we have animals that are rapidly hurting our ecosystem and habitats of many species.

European Boar

Cane Toad