Part of my presentation on Endangered Species for my International Environmental Law course through the Rome Summer Program at Catholic University of America Law School

1. The Many Faces of
Endangered Species
Background Music: “Colors of the Wind” made famous in
Disney’s Pocahontas -- acoustic cover by Lani Petrulo
Images: World Wildlife Fund & ESA sources

4. Amur Leopard - Russian Far East– Critically
Endangered
Biggest Threats: illegal poaching for fur trade

5. • African Black Rhino, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: poaching for rhino horn trade, habitat changes
• Population: Around 5,000

6. Gorilla, Congo Basin, Critically Endangered
Biggest Threat: illegal hunting & killing, inbreeding & loss of genetic diversity
Population: 200-300 individuals

7. • Hawksbill Turtle, Coral Reefs Worldwide, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threat: fishing nets, hooks

8. • Javan Rhino, Indonesia, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: trophy hunters, lack of genetic diversity
• Population: 60

9. • Pangolin, Asia & Africa, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: poachers for scales and meat

10. • Saola, Greater Mekong, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: Habitat loss, hunting
• Population: Unknown

11. • Tiger, South China, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: illegal hunting
• Population: BELIEVED TO BE EXTINCT IN THE WILD

12. • Elephants, Sumatra & Borneo, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: Deforestation & habitat loss, poachers
• Population: 2,400 – 2,800

13. • Orangutan, Borneo & Sumatra, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: capture & domestication, hunting, habitat loss
• Population: 7,300

14. • Vaquita, Gulf of California, Critically Endangered
• Biggest Threats: fishery bycatch
• Population: Fewer than 100

15. • Wild Dog, Africa, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: accidental & targeted killing by humans,
rabies, habitat loss, competition with bigger predators
• Population: 6,600

16. • Bengal Tiger, India, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: poaching, prey loss, conflict with humans
• Population: 2,500

17. • Black-Footed Ferret, Northern Great Plains, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: habitat loss, non-native disease
• Population: 300

18. • Blue Whale, Southern Chile & Gulf of California, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: habitat loss, toxic waste, ship strikes, fishing
gear
• Population: 10,000 – 25,000

19. • Bluefin Tuna, Coral Triangle, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: overfishing, pirate fishing
• Population: unknown

20. • Bonobo, Congo Basin, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: poaching for meat
• Population: 10,000 to 50,000

21. • Pygmy Elephant, Borneo, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: habitat loss, conflict with humans
• Population: 1,500

22. • Penguin, Galapagos, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: pollution, bycatch, climate change, non-native
disease
• Population: fewer than 2,000

23. • Giant Panda, Yangtze, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: deforestation, habitat loss, lack in genetic
diversity, hunting, poaching
• Population: 1,864

24. • Sea Lions, Galapagos, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: introduced species carrying diseases, climate
change
• Population: Unknown

25. • Snow Leopard, Himalayas, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: climate change, retaliatory and symbolic killing
• Population: 4,080 – 6,590

26. • North Atlantic Whales, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: Commercial Whaling, collisions with ships, oil
pollution
• Population: 300

27. • Polar Bear, Arctic, Vulnerable
• Biggest Threats: human conflicts, climate change, industrial
impacts, hunting
• Population: 22,000 – 31,000

28. • Penguin, Arctic
• Biggest Threats: Bycatch, climate change
• Population: Unknown

29. • Northern Hairy-Nosed
Wombat
• Australia, Endangered
• Biggest Threats: habitat loss,
fighting for food sources with
domesticated sheep & cows
in the area
• Population: 160

30. • Coral Reef