Endangered Species

The number of endangered species has been increasing sharply over the last dozens of years.
Endangered specie is ,like the name says, a specie (animal or vegetable) that is in danger of disappearing from the face of the Earth, this is, being extinguished.
The main cause of the mass extinction of species is Man. Due to the deforestation, mainly in South America; a great number of unique vegetable species disappears, not every year, but each month. Animals like the chimpanzees, alligators and many others also disappear due to this deforestation, because their homes are destroyed or the places where they could find their preys disappear.
However we cannot say that deforestation is the main cause of the disappearance of a great quantity of species.
For a long time it existed poachers who hunted a lot of animals (like lions, tigers and crocodiles) to sell their fur or skin as high quality material for clothing which lead to the sharp decrease of some species of wild animals. There are many other causes of this mass extinction that we can see on the video below.
Pandas, tigers, toucans, sea turtles and koalas are only some of the great list of species that are in danger of disappearing.






(SOURCE: http://www.giant-panda.com/panda-munch.jpg )








(SOURCE: http://koalas.org/pair.jpg )







We should react immediately by taking part in associations that defend all the animal rights but especially the ones which defend the endangered species, which are increasing each day.





CLIP FROM A DOCUMENTARY RELATED WITH ANIMAL RIGHTS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Learn about Endangered Species

Ricardo


SOURCES:

* "VIDEO" :

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Endangered-Species-117527096

* "MUNDO ANIMAL" :

http://mundo_animal.blogs.sapo.pt/3228.html
http://mundo_animal.blogs.sapo.pt/4498.html

* "DEFINITION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES" :

http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/what/definition.html