Endangered Wild Animals

Today more than 500 of the spectacular species of animals have become extinct due to the humans and what is even worse is that most of this took place in this century itself. Apart from these 500 species of animals there are about 5,000 endangered wild animals in the world today. It is believed that at least one species of the wild animals or plants dies out each year. Their numbers have been steadily rising; some of these get added to the list of endangered wild animals without most of us even having knowledge of these facts.

The green police proclaim that the most important reasons behind the declining number of the wild animals is shrinking habitats, due to human encroachment, deforestation, and the impacts of climate change on their habitat as well as on what they feed on.

The wild animals are of great importance and value to the human beings and if adequate measures are not taken to safeguard their interests and to check the rapid decline in their numbers in the wild, it would not be long before we lose most or all of these beautiful creatures.

The first step towards saving the endangered wild species is to learn about these animals. Some of the animals that require our immediate help are the loggerhead turtle, the tiger, the greater horseshoe bat, macaque, empire penguins, elephants, the great apes, and the rhinos.

Endangered Animal Species

Endangered animal species are some of the earth’s most spectacular living beings. With the passing of each day the numbers of endangered animal species continue to increase across the globe, so much so that many of these endangered animal species are on the verge of extinction. From the elephants in Asia and Africa, the great apes of Africa, to the tigers and the rhinos also face serious danger from being extinct.

The greatest threat to these endangered animal species is the destruction of their natural habitat by the human beings. Many countries have now established laws for the conservation of these endangered animal species and adopted conservation methods for the protection of these species as well as their natural habitats. However despite their efforts there are only about 4000 tigers that remain in the wild the world over and the population of the tigers continues to decrease as these majestic big cats continue to be poached illegally for their skin, teeth and other body parts. So is the case of the other endangered species. According to the green police, the great apes were once found in Asia as well as Africa and had a mighty population. But today its numbers has reduced to an alarmingly low number so much so that these gentle giants are almost at the brink of extinction.

Animals That Are Endangered

Animals that are endangered today can be extinct animals tomorrow, so it is up to the human beings to help save the animals and stop them from being extinct. Our future generations need to know the value as well as the presence of the animals that we today know as rare or on the verge of extinction and the ecological balance also have to be maintained, there fore animals are an important requirement of Earth.

Animals that are endangered are usually very few in numbers are gradually becoming fewer due to human activities like poaching, over exploitation of animals such as whaling and killing for the animal body parts, as well as destruction of vast stretches of forest land that is the habitat of several animals. Diseases also are responsible for certain animals being on the verge of extinction. Global warming is another menace that threatens the existence of both animals and humans.

According to the green police, animals that are endangered include the Asian orangutan, Atlantic salmon, elephants, polar bears, koalas, marine turtles, rhinoceros, giant panda, Siberian tiger, gazelle, komodo dragon, leopard, tapir and several other animals.

The US Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement has come with several laws that are for the protection of the endangered species of animals.