2. List Of Some Species close to
extinction!
•Elephants
•Tigers and
•Giant Panda>
•Brown bear
These are just some of the
earths endangered wildlife.
3. Causes Of Endangerment
Our planet is continually changing,
causing habitats to be altered and
modified. Natural changes tend to
occur at a gradual pace, usually
causing only a slight impact on
individual species. However, when
changes occur at a fast pace, there is
little or no time for individual
species to react and adjust to new
4. Endangered species.
Medical
Plants and animals are responsible for a
variety of useful medications. In fact, about
forty percent of all prescriptions written
today are composed from the natural
compounds of different species. These
species not only save lives, but they
contribute to a prospering pharmaceutical
industry worth over $40 billion annually.
5. Why Are These Animals
Murdered!
•Some animals have valuable fur,
teeth or tusks.
•Other animals or simply hunted
for sport even though this is
illegal.
•But there are still animals that
6. The Asian
Elephant -
•There are from 34,000 to 54,000 Asian elephants left
in the wild today.
•Because people are taking away their land and also
taking away their resources causing them to die of
starvation. Another reason is because humans are
killing them for the ivory which is found in their
trunks even though this practice is illegal.
•Asian elephants are found in Bangladesh, Bhutan,
China, India, Indonesia, Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia,
7. Tigers-
•Tigers feed mostly on deer, wild boar, wild
cattle and even young rhinos and elephants.
They are excellent hunters and prefer to
ambush their prey.
•The tiger is the most powerful living cat species
on the earth and the largest and heaviest living
of the cats in the world. The tiger is the most
powerful living cat species on the earth and the
largest and heaviest living of the cats in the
8. Giant Panda -
•The giant panda is an extremely rare animal found
mainly in the Western Szechwan province of
southwest China
•Giant pandas eat mostly bamboo leaves and
shoots. But they can also eat fruit and berries,
fungi, grass, and even small mammals, birds and
fish. Pandas live alone most of their lives, only
coming together when it is time to mate
•The giant panda is only found in central and
western China, and only 1000 to 2000 remain in
9. How can we help this
endangered species -
•We can work together to
help stop people from
hunting them and try to set
up even more protection
schemes to try to keep these
species from dyeing out.