1. Save the
Amazon
Rainforest!
South America’s Amazon is the
largest rainforest in the world:
over 1/3 of all the animal
species live there.
The Amazon rainforest is in
danger!

2. People are clearing
away trees for
wood and to build
farms.

3. People are
destroying over
9,000 square miles
of the rainforest per
year.

4. Many animals only
live in the Amazon.
If people destroy
the rainforest, these
animals will
become extinct!

5. Sloths only live in
rainforests.
People are
destroying their
homes. They are
cutting down the
trees!

6. Jaguars have
beautiful fur.
People are killing
jaguars for their fur!

7. Macaws are in
danger because
people are
destroying their
homes.
People trap them
and sell them as
pets.

8. The Amazon Rainforest
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