Threatened Habitats by Stacey Banks

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Threatened Habitats

Published on Nov 29, 2015

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Poachers: one of the largest causes of endangered species and extinction.
Poaching occurs mainly in Africa but also occurs in most Asian countries.
Habitat Degradation: the other cause of extinction
Habitat degradation leads to animals losing their homes and the already fragile ecosystems breaking, leading to many species dying off.

If your pet and all its species were suddenly to go extinct, how would you feel?
Of the tremendous amount of known species, we are losing approximately 0.01 to 0.1% of species. Of this 2 million, that means around 200-2,000 extinctions a year for the lower estimate
For the larger estimate (0.1%) and being 100 million species on our planet, around 10,000 to 100,000 species are becoming extinct
If someone came along to your house with a bulldozer and knocked your house down, you wouldn't be very happy.
Sadly this is the case for many animals and even fish, amphibians and insects, are being left high and dry due to the dumping of pollutants into water sources.

Poachers play a large part. Take the black rhino for instance, in 1997 WWF launched an African Rhino program to protect the remaining 2,599 rhinos. Today there are around 4,000 black rhinos in the wild
It took 18 years and heavy penalties for poachers, to get the population of black rhinos back off the threshold of extinction.
Tigers are another species that are becoming extinct. Since the start of the last century, we lost 97% of the species.

http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2015/07/08/4269274.htm About the fragility of our native animal species and how many species are disappearing under our noses
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5090/20131126/bonobo-habitat-threat.... About the loss of habitats through land clearing for the bonobo, a type of chimpanze.

The African government is putting laws on the poaching and trafficing of wildlife.
prohibit the purchase, acquisition, sale, supply, or export of any live animal that is listed as threatened or protected

IAPF provides anti-poaching rangers with equipment, management, support and training to help these rangers on the first and last line of derfence, whilst working alongside credible partners.

Many individuals support anti-poaching and many charities and NGOs have grown to become fully fledged with others supporters.
Other individuals have joined charities and are ambassadors for the charities, by going to other countries and helping with conservation and getting the message out there.