Endangered Animals
Black-Footed Ferret
Status: Endangered
Population: Approximately 1,000.
Location: United States, across the Great Plains.
Causes: Habitat loss and diseases
What Is Being Done: Some Black-Footed Ferrets are being bred in captivity and are being released in the wild.
Quick Fact: The population of the Black-Footed Ferret is around 1,000.
Population: Approximately 1,000.
Location: United States, across the Great Plains.
Causes: Habitat loss and diseases
What Is Being Done: Some Black-Footed Ferrets are being bred in captivity and are being released in the wild.
Quick Fact: The population of the Black-Footed Ferret is around 1,000.
Giant Panda
Status: Endangered
Population: 1,600 in 2004.
Location: South central China
Causes: Hunting, forest destruction
What Is Being Done: Establishing Panda reserves, linking isolated pandas with others.
Quick Fact: A wild Giant Panda’s diet is made up of almost only bamboo, which is 99%.
Population: 1,600 in 2004.
Location: South central China
Causes: Hunting, forest destruction
What Is Being Done: Establishing Panda reserves, linking isolated pandas with others.
Quick Fact: A wild Giant Panda’s diet is made up of almost only bamboo, which is 99%.
Bengal Tiger
Status: Endangered
Population: Fewer than 2,500.
Location: Nepal, between India and China.
Causes: Poaching, trading and severe loss of prey.
What Is Being Done: Making anti-poaching communities in Nepal, India. Conserving landscapes. Linking routes to other species.
Quick Facts:
Population: Fewer than 2,500.
Location: Nepal, between India and China.
Causes: Poaching, trading and severe loss of prey.
What Is Being Done: Making anti-poaching communities in Nepal, India. Conserving landscapes. Linking routes to other species.
Quick Facts:
- Bengal Tigers are primarily found in India.
- There are less than 2,500 left in the wild.
Lemur
Status: Endangered
Population: 100 species of lemurs today.
Location: Madagascar, Africa.
Causes: Habitat loss
What Is Being Done: Protected from illegal hunting and trading.
Quick Facts:
Population: 100 species of lemurs today.
Location: Madagascar, Africa.
Causes: Habitat loss
What Is Being Done: Protected from illegal hunting and trading.
Quick Facts:
- Most lemurs live in Madagascar, Africa.
- 90% of all Lemurs are facing extinction.
Long-Eared Jerboa
Status: Least Concern
Location: Desert regions
Quick Facts:
Location: Desert regions
Quick Facts:
- The Long-Eared Jerboa lives in remote, harsh locations.
- The mouse-like creature is nocturnal.
Mountain Gorilla
Status: Critically Endangered
Population: Approximately 880.
Location: Virunga National Park, Africa.
Causes: Killed in war, habitat loss, disease, charcoal making and poaching.
What Is Being Done: Conserving Virunga National Park, charity funds for the park.
Quick Facts:
Population: Approximately 880.
Location: Virunga National Park, Africa.
Causes: Killed in war, habitat loss, disease, charcoal making and poaching.
What Is Being Done: Conserving Virunga National Park, charity funds for the park.
Quick Facts:
- The Mountain Gorilla lives high in the mountains.
- The The current population of the species is approximately 880.
Sei Whale
Status: Endangered
Population: 80,000 in 2008.
Location: Inhabits most oceans.
Causes: Hunting [ Japan kills 50 annually ]
What Is Being Done: Observers at sea.
Quick Fact: The Sei Whale can swim up to 30 miles per hour.
Population: 80,000 in 2008.
Location: Inhabits most oceans.
Causes: Hunting [ Japan kills 50 annually ]
What Is Being Done: Observers at sea.
Quick Fact: The Sei Whale can swim up to 30 miles per hour.
African Elephant
Status: Vulnerable
Population: 10,000 in 2006.
Location: Africa
Causes: Hunted for tusks [ Ivory ] and habitat loss.
What Is Being Done: Anti-Poaching clubs like, MIKE (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants)
Quick Fact: Largest animal to walk the Earth.
Population: 10,000 in 2006.
Location: Africa
Causes: Hunted for tusks [ Ivory ] and habitat loss.
What Is Being Done: Anti-Poaching clubs like, MIKE (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants)
Quick Fact: Largest animal to walk the Earth.
Sumatran Orangutan
Status: Critically Endangered
Population: Approximately 7,300
Location: Only found on the island of Sumatra, in Indonesia.
Causes: Hunting, habitat loss
What Is Being Done: Saving Orangutan forests, mitigate the conflict between humans and orangutans.
Quick Facts:
Population: Approximately 7,300
Location: Only found on the island of Sumatra, in Indonesia.
Causes: Hunting, habitat loss
What Is Being Done: Saving Orangutan forests, mitigate the conflict between humans and orangutans.
Quick Facts:
- The Sumatran Orangutan rarely leaves the trees.
- Females give birth to only one infant every eight or nine years.
Blue Whale
Status: Endangered
Population: 10,000 - 25, 000.
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Causes: Environmental change, toxic pollution.
What Is Being Done: Satellite tracking food routes for Blue Whales.
Quick Fact: The Blue Whale is the largest animal on Earth and can weigh as much as 200 tons.
Population: 10,000 - 25, 000.
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Causes: Environmental change, toxic pollution.
What Is Being Done: Satellite tracking food routes for Blue Whales.
Quick Fact: The Blue Whale is the largest animal on Earth and can weigh as much as 200 tons.
Amur Leopard
Status: Critically Endangered
Population: 30 Individuals
Location: Eastern Russia, Northern China
Causes: Prey scarcity, Illegal trade
What Is Being Done: The Amur Leopards received a safe haven in 2012. Stop poaching, monitor the population, and protect the habitat.
Quick Facts:
Population: 30 Individuals
Location: Eastern Russia, Northern China
Causes: Prey scarcity, Illegal trade
What Is Being Done: The Amur Leopards received a safe haven in 2012. Stop poaching, monitor the population, and protect the habitat.
Quick Facts:
- The Amur Leopard is solitary.
- Amur is Asian river between China and Russia.
- The Amur Leopard is one of the most endangered species in the world.
Black Spider Monkey
Status: Endangered
Population:
Location: Eastern South America, around the Amazon River.
Causes: Habitat loss,
What Is Being Done: Agencies being created t protect the forests, like the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Quick Fact: The Black Spider Monkey helps the ecosystem by spreading plants' seeds.
Population:
Location: Eastern South America, around the Amazon River.
Causes: Habitat loss,
What Is Being Done: Agencies being created t protect the forests, like the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Quick Fact: The Black Spider Monkey helps the ecosystem by spreading plants' seeds.
Javan Rhino
Status: Critically Endangered
Population: As few as 35
Location: Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia
Causes: Poaching, illegal trade, natural disasters, disease, and not enough reproduction.
What Is Being Done: New populations are being established, the rhinos are being monitored closely.
Quick Fact: The Javan Rhino's horn can grow up to 10 inches.
Population: As few as 35
Location: Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia
Causes: Poaching, illegal trade, natural disasters, disease, and not enough reproduction.
What Is Being Done: New populations are being established, the rhinos are being monitored closely.
Quick Fact: The Javan Rhino's horn can grow up to 10 inches.
White Bengal Tiger
Quick Facts:
- The White Bengal Tiger is actually a Bengal Tiger with a recessive white colored coat.
- The tigers are being inbred, often causing the offspring to have deformities.
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