ENDANGERED SPECIESA Pressing Synopsis

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There are 3079 animalsand 2655 plants classified as

Endangered worldwide, compared with 1998 levels of 1102 and 1197, respectively.[1]

"Penguins are telling us a story that we need to hear:

11 of the 18 species of penguins are listed as Vulnerable or Endangered by IUCN.“―Pablo Garcia Borboroglu President of the Global Penguin Society http://bit.ly/PgNjOXSource: pigu via activist360 on Pinterest

Loggerhead sea turtles currently face threats from commercial fisheries, habitat destruction, and climate change along our coasts and throughout the Gulf of Mexico - http://bit.ly/Uk230S

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Sawfish - The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has completed comprehensive status reviews under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and has determined that five foreign species of sawfish meet the definition of “endangered” under the Act - http://bit.ly/100Emim

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Yangtze Finless Porpoise population nosedives to 1,000, suggesting it might be endangered - http://yangtzefinlessporpoise.weebly.com/

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Mexican Gray Wolf - The Mexican gray wolf is the smallest, southern-most occurring, rarest, and most genetically distinct subspecies of gray wolf in North America - http://bit.ly/VPcKKH

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Giant Pandas - Almost their entire diet consists of bamboo, a potential shortage of which is threatening their subsistence, suggesting it might be endangered (unless alternative food sources become available) - http://bit.ly/TJhmu5

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Bornean Orangutan - An estimated 49% of the orangutan distribution will be lost if all forest outside of protected areas and logging concessions is lost - http://bit.ly/TQNHBt

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Monkeys - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Rhinos - Listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species -http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN http://bit.ly/WzVjKu

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Butterflies - Listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Birds - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Turtles - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Fish - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Lizards - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Frogs - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/T85SQN

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Bees - Listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species -http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/VwGevj

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Bats - Several species of which are listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission list of 100 most threatened species - http://huff.to/RJblNF http://bit.ly/UKJRJg

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