Endangered species

A main factor influencing the decrease of the number of

specimens of a certain species in the excessive
deforestation and the destruction of the areas protected by
poaching.Thousands of rare animal species species are
endangered due to the fact that they are hunted or no longer
have the necessary source of plants (some animals) to
feed ,because those plants have also been destroyed by
humans.Governments have banned the sale of aligator
skins,vicuna ,koala and elephant ivory,turtle shells
etc.However some do not fo
 Blue whale
• There was a time when the blue whale was found in every ocean and
deep sea in the world.But the arrival of the whaling era had reduced
their numbers so drastically that blue whales are on the verge of
extinction today.The reason for whaling are many.Their gigantic size
erroneousily led sailiors to belive that sucha large animal could be a
deadly threat at sea.They were also hunted for the fat and meat of
this oceanis mammal.At first,whaling was limited by
primitivemethods and whaling techniques,so the damage to this
species was controllable.But with the advent of powerful
harpoons ,motor boats and stern puppets in whaling vessels,this
unwanted phenomeon has taken off,with whales being hunted at an
alarming rate .IN 1931 alone 29,649 whales was killed
• Blue whales also have a rhythm slow
reproduction.Afemale gives birth only
once every two years.This means that
the rate of extinction of the blue whale
population can’t be counteracted by an
increase intheir number through
reproduction.
 Elephant
• Elephant extinction rate africans ,following poaching ,is 8% ,up from7.4% in
1989,when restrictions were imposed on international trade in
invory,reports the Telegraph.
• Moreover,the demand for ivory has inccreased in some places in the world
such as China ,Japan and United States.
• In 1989s, there weree about 1 million specimens in the world with 70,000
elephants was killed annually ,currentely, there are less thaan 470,000
copies in the world.
• Elephant poaching has negative impact on their ecosystem and other
elemets of the fauna that depend on it.To these are added the loss of
income resulting from ecotourism ,practiced in many African countries.
 Koala
• The koala ,Australia’s iconic teddy bear ,is in danger of extinction in the
next century due of global warming .Koales have a diet consisting of
eucalyptus leavels ,and increasing thee level of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere decreases the nutritional value off the leaves ,leading to
malnutrition and hunger for koala .Longer and frequent droughts increase
the fires of vegetation,which kill milions of animal living in forests ,such as
the Koala.
Monarch butterfiles
• Are famous for their impressive migrations from north America to
Mexico,which lasts 8 weeks .Like all butterfiles the monarch is very
sensitive to wheather and climate .The increased freqency of
extreme wheather events threatens the futureof this species .In
addition ,in the caterpillar stage,the monarch eats only lettuce,and as
the climate continues to warm,the range of the butterfly becomes
drier ,leading slowly to the extinction