Zusammenfassung der Ressource
EXTINCTION ANIMALS
- Endangered means to be under threat or near extinction. When a species/animal is endangered it
means that they are disappearing fast or have a very small population - not large enough to survive.
Extinction means the end of existence for a species.
- WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE
ENDANGERED SPECIES?
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- Learn about
endangered species in
your area.
- Visit a national
wildlife refuge,
park or other
open space
.
- Make your home
wildlife friendly
- Native plants provide
food and shelter for
native wildlife.
- Herbicides and pesticides
may keep yards looking
nice but they are in fact
hazardous pollutants that
affect wildlife at many
levels.
- Slow down
when driving.
- Never purchase products
made from threatened or
endangered species.
- Recycle and buy
sustainable
products.
- Harassing wildlife is
cruel and illegal.
- Protect wildlife
habitat.
- CAUSES
- Climate Change
- Disease
- Loss of Habitat
- Lack of Genetic
Diversity
- Invasive
Species
- Lack of
Food
- Pollution
- Human Predation
- CONSECUENCES
- Loss of genetic
diversity
- Increased vulnerability of
species and animals to
diseases, hunting, and
fortuitous changes in
populations.
- loss of
biodiversity
- Anthropogenic
processes (processes
of evolution and
development of the
human species).
- Rapid destruction
of ecosystems
- Most Endangered Species In The World
- Siberian (Amur) Tiger
- Jackass Penguin
(African penguin)
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Mountain Gorilla
- Loggerhead Turtle
- Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Mandarin Duck
- Blue Whale
- Monarch Butterfly
- Polar Bear
- Californian Condor
- Komodo Dragon
- Spectacled Bear
(Andean bear)