African Endangered Species

The Mountain Gorilla

• Scientific name: Gorilla beringei beringei
• Location: Central Africa
• Population: 700

The sub-species of Gorilla known as the Mountain Gorilla exists in the wild in two small regions - the Virunga Volcanoes region at the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. These animals are threatened by hunting and human encroachment for agriculture and timber. While eco-tourism may help to protect these small populations, there is a risk of spreading human illnesses to the animals. 

The Black Rhino

• Scientific name: Diceros bicornis
• Location: Southwest Africa
• Population: 4,000

The Black Rhino was once the most numerous rhino species, ranging throughout southwestern Africa. Due to excessive hunting, the population has been reduced by over 90% in just the last 70 years.The greatest threat to the black rhino is poaching. They are hunted simply for their for horns, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as for trophies and ornamental use.Increased law enforcement and conservation programs are helping increase their numbers, but they are still considered critically endangered. 

The Bonobo Ape

• Scientific name: Pan paniscus
• Location: Central Africa
• Population: 5,000 to 60,000

Bonobos are members of the Great Ape family and are found only in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are closely related to the more familiar chimpanzee, with longer legs, shorter arms and smaller trunk. Like chimpanzees, bonobos are remarkably social, but bonobos tend to be more peaceful than chimps.The greatest threat facing bonobos, aside from the limited range of their habitat, is from poachers who kill the apes and sell them for bush meat.

                      These are mostly endangered animals in africa there are also other animals are in endangered in africa.

Most Endangered Animal

Endangered Species

In a survey of biologists conducted by New York's American Museum of Natural History, 70% of the biologists surveyed believe that 20% of all living animal populations could become extinct by 2028. Science has only identified about 2 million species, but it is estimated that this is only a small fraction of the number that have yet to be discovered, or that have already gone extinct. Over the past 400 years, 89 mammalian species have gone extinct, and another 169 are threatened with extinction. Here the world's most endangered species - there are many more species that are endangered or threatened with becoming endangered, but most of these are considered to be at extreme risk of extinction...

The Siberian Tiger

• Scientific name: Panthera tigris altaica
• Location: Russian Far East, possibly small border areas of China and North Korea.
• Population: 450

Tigers once ranged all over Asia, but today their numbers are dangerously low, and more tigers exist in American zoos than in the wild in Asia. The Siberian, or amul, tiger is the sub-species closest to extinction in the wild. These are the largest sub-species of tiger in size, as well as the largest of the world's big cats.The major threats facing these big cats are poaching and loss of habitat due to human encroachment. Much of the poaching is done to supply tiger parts for traditional Chinese medicine, even though equivalent modern alternatives are available and have been proven to be more effective.

Wildlife

                   Wildlife is a very important part of our ecosystem to maintain the natural balance. We are the product of the wildlife. At first when the living things are evolve on earth everything are wild. After the years of years of evolution we the human being came to an existence. After the years of evolution we separated from the wildlife we socialize. Wildlife is very vast to explain, lets not go there.  Reason to choose wildlife topic is to awareness for the wildlife conservation. It is the matter of great concern the some species of wildlife have been already exterminate while some species are facing extinction. Such extinction can cause the ecological imbalance. Some of the causes of extinction of wildlife are killed them for commerce and sustenance, destroying their natural habitat by deforestation, over gazing by livestock, population of air and water and the construction of towns and factories. There are lot of the wildlife conservation program are lunched in the world wide. It is very important to save some species from extinction they are greatly in endangered. Some of these programs include The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resourses, which keeps track of the number of species in the wilderness, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, which sets up refugees for many endangered species to live. Extinction of species is not a novel phenomenon. It has been there ever life began on the earth. Since 1600, more than 200 species have become extinct.