1. Endangered Animals

2. Cheetah • What are they like: • Fastest mammal on land • Run at 60 mph • After a chase need 30 min rest • Doesn’t have spots on white belly • Difficult to breed in captivity • Where: • Namibia has the largest population of wild cheetah -about 2500. • Smaller populations exist in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania while 19 other countries have even fewer.

3. Population: In 1900 there were only about 100,000 cheetah worldwide. • Now: 10 to 15 thousand with about 1/10 of those living in captivity. • Why: • Skin • captured for hunting • human expansion leads to lack of habitat and food.

4. Mountain Gorilla • What are they like: • Gorillas are the largest strongest primates • A mature male gorilla can be over 6 feet tall and weigh 300 to 500 pounds. • Full range of emotions: love, hate, fear, grief, joy, greed, generosity, pride, shame, empathy, and jealousy. • Gorillas sleep about 13 hours each night and rest for several hours at midday.

5. Population: about 600 individuals, living in 2 populations of about 300 each, separated by about 20 miles. • Why: • Habitat loss • Poaching- illegal hunting for trade • War • Hunted for sport

6. Zebra • What are they like: • Largest Zebra • No 2 zebras have the same pattern • Herbivores • Excellent eye sight, smell and hearing • Where: • -Plains Zebra live on the grasslands of Africa-Mountain Zebra live in dry areas of southern Africa, -Grevy's Zebra live in the dry areas of northeast Africa.

7. Population: • A few decades ago, more than 15,000 Grevy’s zebra inhabited Africa. • Today, fewer than 2,500 remain. • Why: • Habitat loss • Over grazing • Livestock • Depleting water supply

8. Elephant • What are they like: • Elephants are sensitive fellow animals where if a baby complains, the entire family will rumble and go over to touch and caress it. • Elephants cry, play, have incredible memories, and laugh! • Predicted to be extinct by 2020 • Where: • Africa & India

9. Population: • 7.4 percent a year led to the international ban on the ivory trade. • The death rate of African elephants is now 8 percent a year with the fact that the ban is absent today. • Now elephant population is less than 470,000 • Why: • Poaching • Ivory tusks

10. Dolphin • What are they like: • Very little is known about the Baiji. • The Baiji is easily frightened and usually next to impossible to approach by a boat. • This species is probably the most endangered of all the cetaceans • Very seldom seen above the surface of the water • Where: • China

11. Population: • 150-200 • Why: • Trapped and tangled in fish nets • Hunting, • Destruction of their habitat • Human disturbance • Pollution of the waters they live in.

12. Orangutan • What are they like: • Orangutans have an enormous arm span. • Orangutans are more solitary than other apes. Males are loners. • Where: • Southeast Asian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

13. Population: • 7,300 individuals in the wild • Why: • Deforestation • Hunting

14. Red Panda • What are they like: • The red panda has an extra thumb for feeding and climbing. • The red panda is an excellent climber. • Red pandas have semi-retractable claws. • Where: • live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.

15. Population: • There are fewer than 2,500 adult red pandas. • Why: • Habitat loss • Hunting • Soil pollution

16. Tortoise • What are they like: • Female tortoises dig burrows to lay their eggs in. • Their growth depends on the availability of food and water. • Most of them are herbivorous i.e they eat grasses, weeds, leafy greens, flowers, and certain fruits but some eat insects also. • Where: • Galapagos Islands

17. Population: • 15,000 Galapagos giant tortoises left in the Galapagos. Around the world, many species of giant island tortoises have been either wiped out altogether or reduced to near- extinction. • Why: • Taken for supplies • Introduced mammals • Goats eating vegetation