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Endangered, Vulnerable, and Threatened Animals

Endangered, Vulnerable, and Threatened Animals

Bagheera – An Education Website About Endangered Species and the Efforts to Save Them 10 Easy Things You Can Do to Save Endangered Species 1. Learn about endangered species in your area. Teach your friends and family about the wonderful wildlife, birds, fish and plants that live near you. The first step to protecting endangered species is learning about how interesting and important they are. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. By protecting habitat, entire communities of animals and plants can be protected together. Join the Endangered Species Coalition Activist Network to stay involved.

A List of Endangered Animals in Mexico Mexico provides habitat to a tenth of all land species in the world. According to Ecology Fund, a group that helps the Pronatura Mexico National Conservation Center (pronatura.org) conserve imperiled habitats, the country is one of the five most biologically diverse countries on earth. Thirty species of animals are already classified as extinct, making it more important than ever to protect the endangered animals currently on the list. Cats As the largest cat in Mexico, the endangered jaguar weighs from 200 to 250 pounds. Monkeys The endangered mantled howler monkey lives in the southern part of the country. Marine The Vaquita, a species of porpoise found in Mexico's Gulf of California, lives in shallow, muddy lagoons along the coast. Birds The short-crested coquette, a tiny hummingbird, lives in a small area in Guerrero where it feasts on nectar and insects; the bird reaches less than 5 inches in length. About the Author Photo Credits Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images

10 Animals That Are No Longer On the Endangered Species List These days, it’s easy to feel like the world is a depressing place where nothing good ever happens. Bombs explode, wars trundle on, politics gets more polarized, and the future looks as black as can be. No wonder we wake up each morning reaching for the Xanax. But not everything has to be a non-stop horror show of mind-numbing misery. In the shadows of the natural world, far away from where headline writers’ prying eyes can glimpse them, a number of animals have been undergoing a remarkable resurgence. 10. The giant panda is the poster boy for endangered animals. When the WWF first picked the panda for their logo in 1961, the species had nearly vanished. Thanks to all this effort, panda populations have been growing at an encouraging rate. 9. 90 percent of you just saw the name ‘Chatham Petrel’ and said something along the lines of “Whaaaaaa?” Thankfully, New Zealand’s birders are nothing if not inventive. 8. Nonetheless, the Louisiana bear itself nearly went extinct. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2.

EcologyFund.com, Mexico Info - Save and protect endangered Mexican wildlife for free! The Project: Endangered Mexican Wildlife Protect the Pozas Azules and the Cuatro Cienegas Basin EcologyFund is helping Pronatura purchase 7,000 acres in the Cuatro Cienegas Valley, home to over 100 endemic animal and plant species. The basin features the incredible Pozas Azules, desert springs that support diverse wildlife in multi-colored sink hole ponds with unique species like the Cuatro Cienegas pupfish and cichlid, as well as living stromatolites. Fossil marine stromatolites provide the first evidence of life on Earth. This area in central Coahuila in Northern Mexico is famous for its unique aquatic and terrestrial habitats including tufa deposits, gypsum dunes, thermal and non-thermal springs, crystalline spring fed streams, cenotes (sinkholes), and marshes, located in a desert basin ringed by limestone Sierras topped by pine forests. Less than 2% of the original forest in the Sierra Madre Occidental remains relatively undisturbed. Pronatura - 8.25 sq. ft. per sponsor.

‘Destroying Nature Is Destroying Life’ – Powerful Awareness Campaign By Robin Wood Destroying Nature is Destroying Life – this is the slogan of a powerful new awareness campaign against the destruction caused by uncontrolled industrialization, organized by the Robin Wood foundation. We’ve all heard that oil drilling, deforestation, intense agriculture is “killing the nature”, but as long as we don’t hear who are the actual casualties, we seem to distance ourselves from the problem quite easily. These artistic images by designer Surachai Puthikulangkura and agency Grabarz & Partner, show who gets to pay the price for our everyday comforts. More info: behance | robinwood.de (h/t: ufunk.net) Read more

6 organizations that protect animal rights - Best Friends Animal Society - CSMonitor.com Dogs are man's best friend. And the Best Friends Animal Society wants to keep it that way. The Kanab, Utah-based organization was founded in 1984 with the purpose of providing safe and loving homes for dogs and cats; its mission today is still "no more homeless pets." But the other crucial part of Best Friends' work has been its no-kill mission. At the time of the organization's founding, 17 million animals were being killed in shelters every year, despite the fact that 90 percent of them were adoptable or would’ve been adopted with the right health and behavioral treatment. Thanks to the work of Best Friends, that number today is 4 million.

Species Day Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and everyday actions they can take to help protect them. Check back often to learn more about the 13th annual Endangered Species Day on May 18, 2018. More … The toolkit includes materials for Endangered Species Day events and activities, a step-by-step guide to planning an event, sample lesson plans and other materials to make your event fun and successful. Endangered Species Day Bird Note Show Listen to an Endangered Species Day show from Bird Note about the Palila: Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest

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