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The number of endangered species threatened with extinction keeps increasing mostly because of human activities as time passes. Since humans are the main cause, it is again within our power to prevent the extinction of them.

In this post, you will see 8 ways that can be helpful to protect animals.

1. Use alternatives to herbicides and pesticides!  Herbicides and pesticides can be beneficial or your yards, but they are in fact very hazardous for wildlife. They can poison smaller animals which are the preys of predators, therefore harming a bigger scale of animals through the food chain.

2. Drive carefully! A lot of wild animals get killed on the roads that divide their habitat. Drive slowly and carefully when you see a sign indicating that you’re in an area where a wild animal can appear.

3. Recycle! As we know, recycling helps us protect forests but it doesn’t end there. Alongside forests, we help the forest species keep their home to themselves when we recycle. Be informed about what can be recycled and always buy sustainable products.

4. Do not buy products made from endangered species! Sometimes, products, especially souvenirs and fashion items are made of animals that are facing extinction, as disturbing as it is. It is best to avoid buying these types of products. Fur gets trendy from time to time, but know that animals are getting killed in order to produce them. So don’t purchase anything that includes fur, crocodile skin, any medical products made from animals (if they do have an alternative), tortoise-shell, etc.

5. Keep your carbon footprint at the lowest! Your carbon footprint means the amount of carbon dioxide you produce as a person. Walking more instead of going everywhere in your car and using biodegradable products can contribute to reducing your footprint.

6. Do not contribute to polluter companies! Some companies can be careless when it comes to their wastes. Pollution of water resources is mostly done by the factories of these companies. Keep yourself clear of them and stand against them as much as you can.

7. Volunteer! Volunteering in projects that defend wildlife and try to resurrect the habitats of endangered animals can be a huge help. There are lots of projects and organizations that you can choose from. See here and here if you don't know where to start.

8. Raise awareness! Trying your best by yourself is of course remarkable. But we need every human to be this considerate about our wild friends if we want to make a serious change. For that to happen, we need to raise awareness and educate the people. You can simply start doing that with the people around you. Just tell them what you know, what can be done and must be done.

These are the most basic things we can do to protect endangered animals. See the video down below that suggests 10 ways to protect endangered animals if you want to hear a different voice too.

(Inspired by websites 1 and 2.)

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Top 10 Ways To Protect Endangered Species

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The rate of extinction was known to be 1 species every 100 years, but this may change due to various causes.

According to National Geographic, the most endangered animals are:

1. South China tiger which may be gone extinct now because there were only 100 in captivity in 2015.

2. Central Bornean orangutan whose numbers have been more than halved in the past 60 years.

3. Giant panda numbers increased enough for the IUCN Red List to downlist it from endangered to vulnerable 2016.

4. Hawksbill sea turtles are listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.

5. Asian elephants are also listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

You can find other most known animals that are endangered in the graph below.
According to this graph, the number of these 12 animal species’ are limited. While there are approximately 690,000 African Elephants, only 670 Rothschild's giraffe exist in the world now.

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When even one species is extinct, the natural world is in danger. It affects the circle of life. If animals cannot hunt the animals that become extinct, it means they will become extinct as well.

Also, some animals contribute to the nature. For example, bees. If they become extinct, then there would be no animal to bloom the flowers or carry their offsprings. If the plants bees pollunate become also extinct,  the animals who eat these plants become extinct. As we said above, the circle of life would be spoilt.

You can watch how a bee contributes to the world by clicking here.

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Why Do Animals or Plants Become Extinct?

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Why Do Animals or Plants Become Extinct?

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Although there are thousands of species in the world, how can their numbers be  reduced continuously? Can these rapidly becoming extinct species give us the message that the end of the world is coming? Let's have a look at why animals are becoming extinct.

1-Asteroid Strikes

As we all know, 65 millions years ago, a huge asteroid collapsed with the Earth and destroyed all living dinosaurs.  There are other incidens as well which vanished some species from the world.

2- Climate Change

During the Ice Age, some mammals were unable to adapt to warmer weather and they became extinct (about 11.000 years ago). The results of human activities mostly after the Industrial Revolution has led the greenhouse gases to spread in the atmosphere swiftly. The atmosphere protects us from the destructive rays, but extensive greenhouse gases prevents the atmosphere to do so.

3-Hunting

People hunt animals for some unacceptable reasons. For example, people hunt them for wearing their fur, eating their meat or selling both. They sometimes do it in order to protect themselves.

4-Environmental Pollution

It doesn’t happen naturally. Human beings spoil the environment, water, air and such. Water pollution causes marine animals to die. Air pollution causes animals to die.
Acidic rains harm plants and animals.

5- Lack of Habitat

Forests are crucial to natural world. Many animals need a territory to live, hunt and breed in. But as a result of forest fires, the habitats animals live in become uninhabitable and the trees and thousands of plants die.

6- Population Growth

As people are getting more and more in number, the things we told you above happen faster and lead to the destruction of natural world. The sources cannot feed them .

If you want to watch a short video about why do animals become extinct, click here.

Inspired by websites 1 and 2.

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As a team, we conducted a survey to show some public opinion on this problem. The survey consisted of 8 multiple-choice questions and 24 participants took place in this survey.

For the 1st question, the age of 4 participants is less than 18. The age of 16 participants ranges from 18 to 25 while the age of 1 participant ranges from 26 to 45. The age of 3 participants is more than 45.
For the 2nd question, 16 participants are extremely concerned about the extinction of endangered animals while 6 participants are moderately concerned about this problem. 1 participant is slightly concerned and 1 participant is not at all concerned.
For the 3rd question, 9 participants have been aware of the future of the animals for 3-6 years. Also, 9 participants have been aware of the problem for more than 6 years. 6 participants have been aware of the problem for 1-3 years. None of the participants chose the option ‘less than 12 months’.
For the 4th question, The reason of the extinction that 15 participants think is destruction of habitats. 5 of the participants think that the reason is environmental pollution as 4 participants think that the reason is hunting of fishing. None of the participants chose the option ‘invasive species’. For the 5th question, the best solution to protect endangered animals that 17 participants think is protecting and restoring the habitats. 4 of participants think that the best solution is educating people about endangered species as 1 participant thinks that the best solution is reducing threats to wildlife. None of the participants chose the option ‘donating money to organizations’.
For the 6th question, 22 participants are able to name at least 3 animals that are endangered while 2 participants are not able to name 3 endangered animals.
For the 7th question, 11 participants support animal protection organizations financially or philosophically while 13 participants don’t support the organizations.
For the 8th question, 13 participants follow accounts or websites about the problem while 11 participants don’t follow any accounts or websites.

(Charts are created by Visme and the questions are taken from websites 1 and 2.)

The findings are presented as charts:

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Organizations prepare reports and conduct surveys to present the causes and solutions of the problem that animals are becoming extinct. These reports and surveys show some public opinion on the problem that animals become extinct. Also, they show whether people are aware of this problem or not.

If you want to read reports about endangered species, you can visit WWF website and you can watch the video down below to see WWF Living Planet Report 2018.

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WWF Living Planet Report 2018 - Marco Lambertini

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Endangered species has been a matter of discussion for a long time. Oxford Dictionary describes endangered species as ‘a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction’. There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are endangered species threatened with extinction. The aim of this padlet is to present you the endangered animals. Our padlet includes the description, causes and effects, public opinion and solutions to endangered anima. You can watch the video down below to have a look at endangered species.