Why Are Endangered Animals Endangered?

1. Why Are Endangered Animals Endangered? By:Abby

2. Endangered animals There are many endangered animals. • They include gorillas to Rhinos even to Marine life. • Common ways animals die are by pollution, abused and starvation • All of these animals are on the critically endangered list.

3. Gorillas • Western Lowland Gorilla Threats: poaching and disease • Mountain Gorilla Threats: war, disease, poaching, charcoal making and habitat loss • Cross River Gorilla Threats: hunting and inbreeding Fun Facts: Mountain gorillas live in very high elevations

4. Rhinos • Sumatran Rhino Threats: habitat loss, illegal wildlife trade and genetic loss • Javan Rhino Threats: illegal wildlife trade, natural disasters, disease, invasive species and reduced genetic diversity • Black Rhino Threats: habitat loss and illegal wildlife trade Fun facts: Rhinos have 3 horns in total These animals are killed mostly for there horn

5. Cats • Sumatran Tiger Threats: habitat loss, illegal wildlife trade and human-wildlife contact • South China Tiger Threats: hunted as pests and habitat loss • Amur Leopard Threats: illegal wildlife trade and pray scarcity Fun facts: A lot of Sumatran animals are dying because of the habitat loss. They are using most of this forest for Paeso, the paper brand South china tigers are extinct in the wild These animals are killed for there fur

6. Marine life • Vaquita- a kind of propose like a dolphin Threats: infrastructure and bycatch • Hawksbill Sea Turtle Threats: illegal wildlife trade and fishers bycatch • Leatherback Sea Turtle Threats: overharvesting and illegal wildlife trade, fishers bycatch and habitat loss Fun facts: The hawksbill turtle helps the environment by eating scum off of the coral reefs Vaquita’s are very scared of boats the will swim away at any chance they get

7. Other animals • Sumatran elephant Threats: Habitat loss, human-wildlife contact and poaching • Sumatran orangutan Threats: habitat loss and hunting • Saola- like a gazelle with different prints and straighter horns Threats: hunting and habitat loss Fun facts: The Saola is a prized animal in thiland Orangutans are captured and kept as pets

8. Ways to help • Don’t by paeso brand and livi • Don’t buy things with leopard and tiger fur, turtle shells, elephant tusks and horns This can be found in jewelry and clothes • You can also help by donating money to an orignizatuon

9. Pictures Everything from: http://worldwildlife.org/species/directory?sort=extinction_status&direction=desc