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Wildlife Conservation
Biodiversity Benefits• Animals: • have a right to exist• all have a niche• Are indicators of the health of the environment
Extinct• A species is gone forever
Passenger Pigeon• Wiped out 1914 due to hunting and deforestation• Were billions of them
Quagga• Wiped out in the 1870’s due to mass hunting• Resembles horses and zebras
(Doh-Doh) Dodo Bird• Wipes out in 160O’s due to over hunting• About 3 feet tall
Saber toothed cats• Wiped out thousands of years ago due to climate
change of loss of prey (man overhunting)
Endangered• A species is close to extinction
Chinese Giant Salamander• Largest amphibian• Exploited for food
Amur Leopard• Found in Russia (extinct in Korea and China)• Deforestation, Development, Illegal hunting
Greater Bamboo Lemur• Madagascar (only place Lemurs are found)• Over habitat loss and hunting
Leatherback Sea Turtle• Loss of beach habitat to lay eggs (development,
erosion, climate change)• egg theft by humans
Threatened Species• Species with larger numbers, but conditions point to
there numbers dropping quickly in the near future.
Koala• Loss of habitat due to development and
overgrazing.
Polar Bears• Loss of hunting habitat (frozen sea)• Global warming, melting ice caps