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What is an amur leopard?
The Amur leopard is solitary. Nimble-footed and strong, it carries and hides unfinished kills so that they are not taken by other predators. It has been reported that some males stay with females after mating, and may even help with rearing the young. Several males sometimes follow and fight over a female. They live for 10-15 years, and in captivity up to 20 years. The Amur leopard is also known as the Far East leopard, the Manchurian leopard or the Korean leopard.

Why are amur leopard endangered?

Amur Leopards are the world's most endangered big cats due to poaching and habitat loss. It is estimated that the current wild Amur leopard population is 60 to 80

How can we save amur leopard?

Protecting Amur leopard habitat. This work includes increasing areas of protected land in both Russia and China, reducing illegal and unsustainable logging practices, and facilitating trade between companies committed to responsible forestry practices.

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Indo-Pacific finless porpoise（Kuek Rui Qi)

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What are Indo-Pacific finless porpoise

Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (also as know as Neophocaena phocaenoides) is one of eight porpoise species. The species ranges throughout most of the Indian Ocean, as well as the tropical and subtropical pacific from Indonesia north to the Taiwan Strait.

The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise lives in the coastal waters of Asia, especially around Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and Bangladesh. At the western end, their range includes the length of the western coast of India and continues up into the Persian Gulf. On the eastern edge of their range, they are found throughout the Indonesian archipelago and range north to the Taiwan Strait. Finless porpoises are also one of the species protected at Sundarbans National Park.

Finless porpoises are opportunistic feeders using various kinds of available food items available in their habitat, including fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods.

Why are Indo-Pacific finless porpoise endangered?

Indo-Pacific finless porpoise are endangered because of entanglement in fishing gear.Their preference for nearshore waters brings them into close contact with a variety of fishing gear. Thousands upon thousands of Indo-Pacific finless porpoises die each year as a result of entanglement in fishing gear. In most places this occurs they’re either used for food or placed in captivity.It is also because of pollution.One of the burgeoning threats facing Indo-Pacific finless porpoise throughout their range.

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What is Bengal Tiger?

- The Bengal tiger, also known as the Royal Bengal tiger, is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent.

Why Bengal Tiger is an endangered animal?

- Bengal Tigers face extreme threats in the wild. Conservation efforts focus on stopping poaching as well as protecting areas and wildlife corridors that tigers use. In a densely populated country like India, human-wildlife conflict is a big problem. Although people are often willing to move away from tiger habitat to safer areas, moving large numbers of people is difficult and time consuming.

- Bengal Tigers are hunted for trophies or for body parts or skins. They are also hunted if they prey on domestic livestock, and because of this have even been declared ‘pests’ in some areas.

- Due to habitat destruction and fragmentation, as well as hunting, three of the nine sub-species of tiger that have existed in modern times are now extinct. All remaining tigers are classified as Endangered by IUCN (with the Sumatran and South China subspecies classified as Critically Endangered). The Bengal Tiger actually has the largest surviving population of any tiger sub-species.

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What are sloths?

Sloths are a group of arboreal Neotropical xenarthran mammals, constituting the suborder Folivora. For their slowness of movement, they spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central America. They are considered to be most closely related to anteaters, together making up the xenarthran order Pilosa.

Why are sloths endangered?

Ultimately the decline of sloths populations is due to deforestation and urbanization, which have resulted in a multitude of risks for sloths. Due to habitat loss,sloths are coming down to the ground more frequently, and are therefore vulnerable to dog attacks, car strikes, and poaching.

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Proboscis monkeys are endemic to the jungles of Borneo, never straying far from the island's rivers, coastal mangroves, and swamps. They are a highly arboreal species and will venture onto land only occasionally to search for food.They live in organized harem groups consisting of a dominant male and two to seven females and their offspring. Various groups often congregate near water at night to sleep. Proboscis monkeys have declined at a rate of approximately 50% in the last 40 years, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This is as a result of habitat destruction for human over exploitation. In Sarawak and Sabah, the large-scale logging and utilization of coastal mangroves and other forests have severely destroyed the few remaining proboscis monkey habitats. In some areas, especially in Sarawak, although the proboscis monkey is a strictly protected animal in the local area, illegal hunting and killing for recreational purposes is still a serious threat to its extinction. In Sarawak, there are less than 1,000 proboscis monkeys, and their distribution is irregular, in Sabah, there are only some areas of proboscis monkeys, at the mouth of the Brunei River, only one population is found. In Indonesia, the number of proboscis monkeys has changed from more than 1,000 to less than 100. Furthermore, this is also as a result of habitat destruction for logging and oil palm plantations, but hunting for food and traditional Chinese medicine also occur.

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What is an Indiana Bat?

The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) is a medium-sized mouse-eared bat native to North America. It lives primarily in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states and is listed as an endangered species. The Indiana bat is gray, black, or chestnut in color and is 1.2–2.0 in long and weighs 4.5–9.5 g (0.16– 0.34 oz). It is similar in appearance to the more common little brown brat, but is distinguished by its feet size, toe hair length, pink lips, and a keel on the calcar.

Where can the Indiana Bat can be found?

Indiana bats are found from New Hampshire south to northern Florida and west to Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma. In the winter, Indiana bats hibernate in special roosting sites called hibernacula. Hibernacula are located in limestone caves, where bats cluster in the thousands.

Why is Indiana bat endangered?

The Indiana bat was listed as endangered in 1967 due to episodes of people disturbing hibernating bats in caves during winter, resulting in the death of large numbers of bats.They hibernate during winter in caves or, occasionally, in abandoned mines.

What would happen if the Indiana bat went extinct?

The loss of our bat populations will have substantial ecological consequences that will even affect us. ... One bat can eat between 600 to 1,000 mosquitoes and other flying pests in just one hour! If bats disappear the insect population will boom, causing crop failure, economic damage and human illness.

Why are Indiana bats going extinct?

The Indiana bat was listed as endangered in 1967 due to episodes of people disturbing hibernating bats in caves during winter, resulting in the death of large numbers of bats. ... They hibernate during winter in caves or, occasionally, in abandoned mines.

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(About Black Rhino and why Black Rhino is endangered species )

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Endangered Species: Black Rhino (Rachel Moniques)

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Endangered Species: Black Rhino (Rachel Moniques)

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★About Black Rhino★

Black Rhinos are the most endangered species as we all know today. In scientific name,Black Rhino are also known as Diceros Bicornis . They are mammals and are herbivore. The height of a Black Rhino is 1.3 - 1.8m and their weight is between 800 to 1400 kg.

Black rhinos are browsers that get most of their sustenance from eating trees and bushes. They use their lips to pluck leaves and fruit from the branches.

The black rhino has a pointed upper lip, while its white relative has a squared lip.

Black rhinos are not black. The species probably derives its name as a distinction from the white rhino and from the dark-colored local soil that covers its skin after wallowing in mud.  The upper lip of the black rhino is adapted for feeding from trees and shrubs.

Black rhinos feed at night and during the gloaming hours of dawn and dusk. Under the hot African sun, they take cover by lying in the shade. Rhinos are also wallowers. They often find a suitable water hole and roll in its mud, coating their skin with a natural bug repellent and sun block.

Rhinos have sharp hearing and a keen sense of smell. They may find one another by following the trail of scent each enormous animal leaves behind it on the landscape.

★The populations of Black Rhino★

The populations of Black Rhino are around 5366 and 5627. Almost 98% of the total population is found in just 4 countries which are South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya.

★Why the Black Rhinos are endangered?★

The main reason the West African black rhino is extinct is because of poachers, or illegal hunters. Poachers killed them solely for their horns, both for use in Chinese medicine and for use as decoration in the Middle East. Even rhinos living in national parks were not safe. Rhino horns are sometimes bought for the sole purpose of being gifted to others.

Around 3 rhinos are killed each day for their horn. Poaching and illegal trade of rhino horn has increased sharply since 2007 and remains one of the major reasons rhino are still endangered today.

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Red Pandas
The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur. The belly and limbs are black, and there are white markings on the side of the head and above its small eyes. Red pandas are very skillful and acrobatic animals that predominantly stay in trees. Almost 50% of the red panda’s habitat is in the Eastern Himalayas. They use their long, bushy tails for balance and to cover themselves in winter. Primarily an herbivore, the name panda is said to come from the Nepali word ‘ponya,’ which means bamboo or plant eating animal.

Why the red pandas are endangered
Red pandas are endangered and are legally protected in India, China, Nepal and Myanmar. Their primary threats are habitat loss and degradation, human interference and poaching. Habitat loss is primarily attributed to logging, grazing livestock, demand for firewood, human encroachment and farming.

How to save red pandas
We can get involved by spreading awareness, donating and fundraising, taking part in ecotourism, and working against the red panda trade. The WWF is also working to protect red pandas and their habitats.

Let's work together to save red pandas💪💪💪

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Axolotls

What is an axolotl

⁃The axolotl is a paedomorphic salamander related to the tiger salamander. The species was originally found in several lakes, such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults remain aquatic and gilled.

Why are axolotls endangered?

⁃The leading causes of Axolotl decline are human development, waste water disposal, and loss of habitat due to droughts. Despite their prevalence in the aquarium trade, these species are critically endangered in the wild.
⁃There are estimated to be between 700 and 1,200 axolotls in the wild.

How can we save axolotls?

1. Educate others about the importance of axolotl conservation.
2. Stop eating fish to lower the demand for artificial farming.

3. Don’t use disposable plastic products and recycle whenever you can.

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Characteristic of pangolins

Though many think of them as reptiles, pangolins are actually mammals. They are the only mammals wholly-covered in scales and they use those scales to protect themselves from predators in the wild. If under threat, a pangolin will immediately curl into a tight ball and will use their sharp-scaled tails to defend themselves. Pangolin tails are also covered in the same scale armour as the rest of their bodies, but their tails are strong too

Some pangolins live in the trees and can use their tail as a fifth limb that’s easily strong enough to support their full bodyweight.

Pangolins eat ants, termites and larvae and are often known as "the scaly anteater." Because they have no teeth, pangolins pick up food with their sticky tongues, which can sometimes reach lengths greater than the animal’s body.

Why pangolins endangered？

Pangolins are hunted for meat, for use in traditional medicine and as fashion accessories, particularly in China and Vietnam. Even though pangolin scales are made of exactly the same stuff as your fingernails, they are being slaughtered by their thousands because some people believe that their scales have magical medicinal properties.

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Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, as well as a few living species formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands. One of the giant tortoise's most amazing adaptations — its ability to survive without food or water for up to a year.
Characteristics of Giant Tortoise
Giant tortoises have thick scales all over their limbs, neck and pointed head. Their limbs vary from dark grey to black in color. The thickness of their skin helps protect them from the sun, but their hard shell is still very important for protecting their soft endoskeletons.
Giant Tortoise Population
In 1959, the Ecuadorian government created Galápagos National Park to protect the tortoises’ habitat.
Captive breeding efforts in the Galápagos are yielding positive results. The Galápagos Conservancy has raised more than 7,000 tortoises of various species in captivity and released all of them into the wild. Chelonioids hoodedness, a species from Española Island, has grown from a population of just 14 tortoises to more than a thousand.
Why are Giant Tortoise enlarged?
The giant tortoise is threatened by introduced species to the islands, such as dogs and cats

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Spix Macaw
The smallest of the blue macaws, the Spix's Macaw gained international attention in 2011 via the Hollywood animated movie “Rio”, with the supposed last two Spix's Macaws in the lead roles. The plumage of adult Spix's macaws is dull blue with a faint greenish tinge on the breast and abdomen. The upperside of the back and tail are a deeper blue, the bare lores and cheeks are dark grey, the ear-coverts and forehead are pale grey-bluish. The underside of the tail and wing-coverts are dark grey.Unfortunately in real life, the species has been considered extinct in the wild since the year 2000. The greatest problems threatening the macaw population are the rapid rate of deforestation and illegal trapping for the bird trade.Today, only around 160 birds exist in captivity, making the Spix's Macaw the rarest parrot in the world, with even the New Zealand Kākāpō now officially numbering more. Together with the Brazilian Government, ACTP actively engages in the breeding and conservation of this beautiful bird and we are working towards its reintroduction back into the wild.

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Sea turtles are large, air-breathing reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical seas throughout the world. Their shells consist of an upper part and a lower section . Hard scales cover all but the leatherback, and the number and arrangement of these scutes can be used to determine the species.

Characteristics of Sea Turtle
Sea turtles come in many different sizes, shapes and colors. The olive ridley is usually less than 100 pounds, while the leatherback typically ranges from 650 to 1,300 pounds! The upper shell, or carapace, of each sea turtle species ranges in length, color, shape and arrangement of scales.

Why are Sea Turtle endangered?
It is because of pollution.Plastics, discarded fishing gear, petroleum by-products, and other debris harm and kill sea turtles through ingestion and entanglement. Light pollution disrupts nesting behavior and causes hatchling death by leading them away from the sea. Chemical pollutants can weaken sea turtles’ immune systems, making them susceptible to disease. The second reason is the changes of climate. Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, result in loss of nesting beaches, and cause other alterations to critical sea turtle habitats and basic oceanographic processes. It may impact natural sex ratios of hatchlings and increase the likelihood of disease outbreaks for sea turtles. The third reason is the direct take. Sea turtles and their eggs are killed by people throughout the world for food, and for products including oil, leather and shell. The fourth reason is fisheries. Sea turtles virtually everywhere are affected by fisheries, especially longlines, gill nets, and trawls. The most severe of these impacts are death after entanglement, habitat destruction and food web changes.

How to save Sea Turtle?
Reduce marine debris that may entangle or be accidentally eaten by sea turtles.

Participate in coastal clean-ups and reduce plastic use to keep our beaches and ocean clean. Trash in the ocean can harm sea turtles and other creatures that live there.

Carry reusable water bottles and shopping bags. Refrain from releasing balloons, they'll likely end up in the ocean where sea turtles can mistake them for prey and consume them.

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Giant Panda🐼

Giant panda, (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also called panda bear, bearlike mammal inhabiting bamboo forests in the mountains of central China. Its striking coat of black and white, combined with a bulky body and round face, gives it a captivating appearance that has endeared it to people worldwide.According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, fewer than 1,900 pandas are thought to remain in the wild.

Why the pandas are endangered?
Pandas are endangered mainly due to habitat loss. Humans have cleared much of the bamboo forests that pandas need to survive. Because pandas eat only bamboo, they cannot adapt to live outside of those forests the way other animals do, unless the pandas are provided with bamboo. Pandas also have difficulty reproducing, even in captivity, due to their extreme choosiness about their mates, their low-nutrient milk and the fact that they usually only have one viable cub at a time. Poaching is also an issue for pandas, since panda skins and pelts are valuable on the black market.

How can we do to save pandas?
You can do your part to save pandas by:
♚ Donating to a charitable organization that protects pandas
♚ Adapting ecotourism practices
♚ Using recycled paper
(Giant pandas live on bamboo, which is scarce because bamboo trees are being cut down to make paper, which is destroying their natural habitat and only food source. By not using fewer paper products, you are helping to protect pandas from extinction. Choose recycled paper products when available, and always recycle them when you are finished with them)
♚ Purchasing carbon offsets

Let's work together to save pandas 🐼

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Endangered animals - Blue whales

Blue whales live in colder waters during the summer and swim to warmer waters in the winter. Today there are between 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales in the world's oceans. These may seem like big numbers, but blue whales are endangered. Since the late 1800s, several hundred thousand have died because of activities by people. Such as whaling , whaling is hunting and killing whales.The speed and weight of blue whales   bmade it hard for whalers to catch them at first. But in the early 1900s, whalers designed new weapons and tools, and they began catching thousands of blue whales every year.

Besides that ,The continuous issues with chemical pollution in the ocean combined with oil spills and garbage continue to affect recovering whale populations. However, dolphins that live close to the coastline or in rivers may face even more ecological threats. In addition to chemical pollution and garbage, whales may also be affected by noise pollution from human-made equipment such as loud jet engines, sonar, underwater explosives, and other equipment types that can interfere with echolocation or cause damage to the whale’s hearing.

Moreover, Aquatic construction also make whales endangered because the building bridges, dams, waterways, and other materials may affect traveling whale pods by separating whale groups and preventing them from meeting up with family and friends.In some situations, these constructions may even affect their food supply.

Commercial boating also harmful to whales .Whales and dolphins are known to be occasionally struck by passing boats. As the rivers and ocean become more congested with boats and ships, the likelihood of whales being seriously injured or killed also increases.

Last ,overfishing also one of the reason that cause blue whales endangered .Overfishing is when a company continues fishing to the point where it has an ecological impact on the sustainability of a particular population of fish or other ocean animals.In certain areas, overfishing is making it difficult for whales and other marine mammals to find sufficient food sources, causing these marine mammals to leave or possibly starve.

So that’s all the reason that why blue whales are endangered.Thank You.

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Kelp

Giant Kelp Forests have now been put on the endangered list. Major issues of concern for this ecosystem include marine pollution, water quality of the ocean, Kelp harvesting, fisheries, invasive species, and climate change are huge factors of this endangerment.

Giant Kelp is harvested as a source of algin, an emulsifying and binding agent used in the production of many foods and cosmetic products, like ice cream, toothpaste and even cereals.

What are the causes of kelp becoming an endangered species?

The primary culprit is climate change: These giant algae need to be bathed in cool, nutrient-rich currents to thrive, yet regional warming in recent decades has extended the waters of the warmer East Australian Current into Tasmanian seas to devastating effect, wiping out kelp forests one by one.

How can we protect kelp forests?

Destructive fishing practices, coastal pollution, and accidental damage caused by boat entanglement are known to negatively affect kelp forests. Area based management (e.g., designation of marine protected areas) is known to be an effective way to protect kelp forests from excessive use or harm by people.

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Galapagos penguins are the rarest and most endangered penguin species in the world, and the only penguins found at the equator.

Characteristics of Galapagos Penguin
Galapagos penguins characterized by the presence of a narrow C-shaped band of white feathers that extends from the eye to the chin on each side of the head and a single band of black feathers that cuts across the large region of white feathers on the breast.

Galapagos Penguin population
The population of the Galapagos penguin is fewer than 2000.

Why Galapagos Penguin endangered?
The two biggest issues for Galapagos penguin populations are climate variability and invasive species. The cyclical, large-scale climate phenomenon known as El Niño significantly reduces the amount of food available to Galapagos penguins, causing them to skip nesting. In severe cases, these events can lead to starvation of the adults.They also face the hazards of unreliable food resources and volcanic activity. Illegal fishing activity may interrupt the penguins' nesting, and they are often caught in fishing nets by mistake.

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Where do whale sharks come from?🐳
Austrailia is one of the most reliable locations to find whale sharks.

Whale sharks population 🐳
Maximum likelihood modelling resulted in a population estimate of 2,167 whale sharks throughout the entire region.

Whale sharks characteristics 🐳
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest shark, and indeed largest of any fishes alive today. They feed on plankton and travel large distances to find enough food to sustain their huge size, and to reproduce. Whale sharks are found in all the tropical oceans of the world. Their white spotted colouration makes these gentle giants easy to distinguish, and popular with snorkelers and divers at sites where they aggregate off the coast.

The maximum size of whale sharks is not known, but could be as large as 20m. Females give birth to live young but this has never been observed. Where pupping occurs and where the youngest animals situate remains a mystery, as they are very rarely found. Adults are often found feeding at the surface, but may dive to 1000m. Whale sharks are protected from fishing in many countries these days, but are decline in some areas.

Why whale sharks are endangered?🐳
Whale sharks are highly valued on international markets. Demand for their meat, fins and oil remains a threat to the species, particularly by unregulated fisheries. They are victims of bycatch, the accidental capture of non-target species in fishing gear. And whale shark tourism presents a threat to the species as it can interrupt their feeding and sharks can be injured by boat propellers.

How to save whale sharks?🐳
Conservation of endangered species may sound like a job for politicians and scientists. A problem of such proportions seems impossible to be tackled by the average person. But you can make a significant impact by adopting some simple habits; and if we all do the same, we have the power to protect endangered animals all over the world.There are a few ways you can make a difference for endangered species like whale shark.

1.Do not buy / use Shark Products or eat Shark Fin Soup.⛔
Direct fishing for sharks to supply the demand for shark products and shark fin soup is one of the reasons why global shark populations are in trouble. Even the whale shark is hunted for its meat and huge fins, used simply to make a bowl of soup! A great way to help sharks of all species is to simply avoid any shark meat or any products that contain shark cartilage or liver oil. By refusing to buy these products we can help to reduce the market demand, causing companies to stop killing sharks to make these products.

2.See Whale Sharks in their natural environment 🗻
Whale Shark tourism is big business – the industry is worth over $100 million every year worldwide. For the countries involved, whale sharks are worth far more alive than in a bowl of soup! Snorkeling next to a whale shark is a truly mind-blowing experience but we have to remember that there are certain guidelines we should follow in order to keep this industry ‘whale shark friendly’. Simple things like not swimming too close, not using flash photography and not touching whale sharks help to keep these encounters safe and enjoyable for both the tourist and for the sharks.

3.Reducing your Seafood Consumption / Choose Sustainable Seafood 🦀🦐
Commercial fishing can be a big problem for sharks, including the biggest of them all! Removing the fish that sharks depend on for ourselves will obviously result in little or no food for them, but also the way we catch these fish can often be devastating for sharks. Every year, countless sharks are killed as by catch; caught in fishing nets or on long lines used to catch other fish species. Simply by reducing your consumption of seafood or by choosing only sustainably caught products, we can help to reduce the number of sharks killed each year by commercial fishing operations.

4.Respect the Oceans 🤗
Respecting the Oceans is so important if we are to help save not only whale sharks but all marine species. One of the biggest threats to marine life is waste (especially plastics) being dumped into the ocean at an alarming rate. Reducing the amount of energy we use can also help slow the rate of global warming which is also posing a huge threat to our Oceans. If we all did simple things like reducing our carbon footprint, reducing our reliance on single-use plastics, recycling our waste and participating in beach cleans, – we could all make a big difference!

5.Participate in Whale Shark Research🔎
A great way to play a direct part in helping to protect whale sharks is to volunteer on a whale shark research project. Whether it is collecting photographs of sharks for ID purposes or recording data on shark movements and behaviors; all of this information is vital if we are to learn more about whale sharks and develop ways to best conserve them. South Ari Atoll Maldives, is home to the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme, a charity that carries out whale shark research and develops community focused conservation initiatives in the Maldives. Volunteer research assistant opportunities are often available throughout the year.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE THEM! 💪💪💪

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Vaquita
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Averaging 150 cm (4.9 ft) (females) or 140 cm (4.6 ft) (males) in length, it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species is currently on the brink of extinction, and currently listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List; the steep decline in abundance is primarily due to bycatch in gillnets from the illegal totoaba fishery.

Population Status
Because the vaquita was only fully described in the late 1980s, historical abundance is unknown. The first comprehensive vaquita survey throughout their range took place in 1997 and estimated a population of 567 individuals. By 2007 abundance was estimated to have dropped to 150. Population abundance as of 2018 was estimated at less than 19 individuals. Given the continued rate of bycatch and low reproductive output from a small population, it is possible that there are as few as 10 vaquitas alive today.

Why do people want vaquitas?
The totoaba fish are highly sought after for their swim bladders, which in China are used for dubious medicinal purposes. The dried swim bladders are so valuable that they are referred to as the “cocaine of the sea” and command a price of up to $46,000 per kg on the Chinese black market.

Why is the vaquita is so endangered?
Unsustainable and illegal fishing practices are the main drivers pushing vaquita to extinction, particularly due to bycatch from illegal fishing. Vaquitas share waters with the much sought-after totoaba fish and fishing nets inadvertently catch and drown the porpoise.

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MALAYAN TIGER

The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Peninsular Malaysia.This population inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula and has been classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2015.

Characteristics of Malayan Tiger

A Malayan tiger has orange fur on its back, tail, head, and face along with a pattern of black stripes. Its underside is white. This big cat also has long whiskers and piercing yellow eyes. Its tongue is covered with small flexible spikes called papillae. Papillae are there to scrape the fur or feathers off prey captured by the tiger. This is so the tiger doesn’t have to swallow fur or feathers as it enjoys a meal. Of course, the papillae on the tongue of a Malayan tiger is much sharper than the papillae on a house cat’s tongue.

Malayan Tiger population

The official conservation status of Malayan tigers is Critically Endangered which means the population of this big cat is under threat and decreasing. In 2013, it was estimated that there were between 250 and 340 adult Malayan tigers in existence. There are likely to be fewer now due to loss of habitat and poaching activity.

However, some efforts are being made to preserve this tiger’s population and increase its numbers. Zoos have breeding programs and other wildlife conservation groups are joining in to help this amazing animal.

How many Malayan Tiger are left in the world ?

It’s believed there are less than 300 Malayan tigers left in the world, so they are considered critically endangered.

Why are Malayan Tiger endangered ?

These tigers are poached by humans for their skin, teeth, and more. Also, their tropical forest habitat is being lost to deforestation and land development. However, there are some groups dedicated to helping increase the population of the Malayan tiger

How can we save Malayan Tiger ?

Firstly, we can reduce your purchases of products that lead to deforestation. Manufacturing products such as paper requires cutting down trees. So, if we decrease usage, then fewer trees will be cut down.

Secondly ,we can tell people about this incredible tiger. We can share our knowledge of the Malayan tiger with friends, family, teachers, and classmates. Tell them about the unique facts and get them interested in the Malayan tiger as well !

Besides that , we can refuse to purchase products such as clothing accessories or medicines made from the parts of this tiger. If we refuse to buy these item , people will stop selling them and  Malayan tigers will be less in demand by poachers.