Animal Population Decreasing

In the last half-century, there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of animal populations. The World Wildlife Fund states that the number of vertebrate populations has decreased by half in just 40 years. The number of vertebrate species in South America decreased by 80 percent between 1970 and 2010, making it the region most severely impacted by the extinction crisis.

Therefore, if there is no proper animal protection, some species might disappear from the earth. Here are seven animals on the endangered list.

What Are the 7 Animals on the Endangered List?

Javan Rhinoceros

It is approximated that there are only 67 Javan rhinos left in the world today, which places this species of Rhino in the category of threatened species on earth. They are confined to a single park located on the southwest point of the island of Java in Indonesia. Nevertheless, all three kinds of Rhinocerous are listed as endangered; the black Rhino, the Javan rhino, and the Sumatran rhino.

Giant panda

Everyone adores pandas, yet they may be the cutest species humans have brought to extinction. Since the late 1980s, China has implemented increasingly rigorous habitat regulations, and poaching has all but halted. China is home to the last wild population of fewer than 2,500 individuals. Their position is still precarious, however. Their territory is scattered, and they remain susceptible to disease, frequent predation, and famine when vast swaths of the bamboo on which they rely for sustenance perish.

Tiger

The habitat accessible to these felines has been drastically reduced due to agricultural practices such as slash-and-burn, logging, and human intrusion. These felines require significant ranges that can support the huge herbivores that make up the majority of their diets.

There are probably less than 4,000 of them still living in the wild today. The consumption of threatened animals, such as tigers, whose bones, penises, and other parts are superstitiously thought to have magical therapeutic qualities, was officially illegal in China in 2014.

Vaquita

The Vaquita is a little harbor porpoise species only found in a specific portion of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of Mexico. It is the tiniest known living Cetacean (which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises), attaining only 4-5 feet (1.2-1.5 m) and weighing not much more than 100 pounds. At this point, the species is dangerously close to going extinct.

Snow leopard

According to a genetic study, the snow leopard is more closely linked to the tiger than the leopard, despite its name and resemblance to the spotted inhabitants of more equatorial climes. Due to the species’ preference for inaccessible mountainous habitats and its mysterious nature, it isn’t easy to obtain accurate population estimates. But they are estimated to be fewer than 6500 in the world.

Gorilla

All gorillas are threatened. It is approximated that there are about 220,000 gorillas still living in the wild. Many animals have perished due to habitat destruction and illegal hunting for bushmeat, prizes, and magical symbols.

Tasmanian devil

Throughout 1996 and 2008, the numbers of Tasmanian devils decreased by around 60% due to Devil Facial Tumour Disease, a deadly disease. It continues to destroy colonies of the species, which is endemic to the island of Tasmania in Australia. There may barely be 10,000 individuals left in the wild.

Conclusion

Do you love wildlife? The rate at which most of the animals are decreasing calls for high levels of animal protection. This is to prevent extinction of various species like rhinos, tigers, leopards, gorillas, etc.