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﻿Endangered Animals!!!



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We chose the topic endangered species because it is an environmental problem, that causes damage to the world today. Including the food chain and human lives. Endangered are to protect because it often takes and economic sacrifice. Most animals have and important roll in the ecosystem and keeping the earth clean. Some animals may have nothing to eat if their food goes extinct and other animals may be over populated because their predators go extinct.

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Top 5 Endangered Animlas- 1. Black Rhino 2. Giant Panda 3. Tiger 4. Beluga sturgeon 5. Golden Seal



Gorillas!

Gorillas are the largest, rarest, and most powerful ape . " According to the 2006 edition of the “IUCN Red List of Threatened Species” released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, gorillas are endangered; that is, they face a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.﻿"Gorillas are endangered because of loss of habitat and hunting.male western lowland gorillas have the power of fourt to eight humans, but from hunting they are predicted to be extinct by 2019.



Why are so many animals about to become extinct?

There are many reasons why this is happening. one cause is the BP oil spill. More than 200 sea turtles were found dead.Tthe western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna was most threatened by the spill because they have lost 80% of their population. Some other animals in danger are Sharks, turtles, whales, shrimp, and squid. They have all been found in places where the oil has been. Also, International trade in wildlife is a multibillion-dollar industry that, in some cases, has taken species to the brink of extinction.

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Organizations

There are many organizations who help prevent animals from going extinct. One, is the endangered species act, their purpose for the act was to provide immediate protections to individual species. And, to protect threatened species. In order to solve the problem of the international trade in wild life, several countries have signed a treaty--the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora--that took effect in 1975. The Convention's member countries meet periodically to discuss implementation of the Convention.

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Long term Effects

The extinction of animals will majorly effect the earth we live on. For example, the food chain will gets messed up. If bats were to go extinct, there would be and over population of rodents and insects. More rodents and insects means farmers crops will be eaten and damaged. Therefore, farmers will have to use more pesticides which are not good for humans. And the chemicals will pollute the Earth. Bats also carry White Nose syndrome where bats come out early from hibernation. when they come out early this leads to starvation and starvation leads to going extinct. a numerous amount of states have been effected by this.



Work Cited:

Christian Science Monitor FDCH Congressional Testimony USA Today