How to Help Endangered Animals

Many endangered animals are becoming extinct as a result of human activities creating pollution, reducing habitat, cutting into wildlife corridors, polluting their environment, reducing food supplies and from illegal poaching and hunting.Losing key species can mean entire food chains are disrupted and some animals will over-breed while others die out. Pollination can also be affected and without plants, where would any of us be? There are a number of ways that every individual can take action to help endangered animals and to help reduce extinction possibilities.


Steps

• One of the most important ways to help threatened plants and animals survive is to protect their habitats permanently in national parks, nature reserves or wilderness areas. There they can live without too much interference from humans. It is also important to protect habitats outside reserves such as on farms and along roadsides.
• You can visit a nearby national park or nature reserve. Some national parks have special guided tours and walks for kids. Talk to the rangers to find out whether there are any threatened species and how they are being protected. You and your friends might be able to help the rangers in their conservation work.
• When you visit a national park, make sure you obey the wildlife code: follow fire regulations; leave your pets at home; leave flowers, birds’ eggs, logs and bush rocks where you find them; put your rubbish in a bin or, better still, take it home.
• If you know someone who lives on a farm, encourage them to keep patches of bush as wildlife habitats and to leave old trees standing, especially those with hollows suitable for nesting animals.
• Some areas have groups which look after local lands and nature reserves. They do this by removing weeds and planting local native species in their place. You could join one of these groups, or even start a new one with your parents and friends. Ask your local parks authority or council for information.
• By removing rubbish and weeds and replanting with natives you will allow the native bush to gradually regenerate. This will also encourage native animals to return.
• Make Space For Our Wildlife.
• Build a bird feeder and establish a birdbath for the neighborhood birds.
• Plant a tree and build a birdhouse in your backyard.
• Ask your parents not to use harmful chemicals in your garden or home.
• Recycle, Reduce, And Reuse.
• Save energy by turning off lights, radios and the TV when you are not using them.
• Encourage your family to shop for organic fruits and vegetables

Animal Extiction

Man's desire to expand rapidly has destroyed the natural habitat of wild animals, making them homeless. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) includes the red list names of over 5,000 vertebrate animals, among a total of 15,589 species, as endangered animals.

Causes of Endangerment

• The main reason for animals endangered is the uncontrolled human activity. To pursue mindless development, man has created irreparable damages. The gases emitted from greenhouses have brought global climate change affecting everybody. Industrial wastes have polluted the river water and marine life.

• Overexploitation of animals to satisfy the needs of humans has led to considerable downfall in their number. Unrestricted hunting of Whales during the twentieth-century has made them endangered animals. Poaching of rhinoceros and tigers is another serious cause of their falling numbers. Rhino horns and tiger bones are widely used in making traditional medicines.

• According to IUCN, one-third of the amphibians, one-half of the fresh water turtles, one-eighth of all the birds, and one-fourth of mammals are in danger. The causes for their endangered lives are directly related to the human beings.

Saving the Endangered Animals

It is important to save the endangered animals to maintain the ecological balance. Nature has its own way of maintaining the balance. If we do not take steps to ensure it, we will ultimately have to face the consequences.
Animals endangered have to be taken care of for their medicinal values. If once they are lost, they cannot be replaced. Tiger bones are used as an effective cure against some deadly diseases like cancer.
By protecting the natural habitats of wild animals, we can do a lot to save them. Greedy advancements of man are endangering animals. Today, most of the animals are in the list of endangered animals. Asian elephant, Blue whale,Brown pelican, Orangutan, Panda, Puma, Rattle snake, Sperm whale, Kangaroo, Bactrian camel, Bengal tiger, Dhole, etc. are some animals endangered by human activity.
Legal private farming for profit has contributed in restoring the situation to some extent. According to IUCN, legal private farming for profit has increased the number of both the Black Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros in the United States.

WWF (World Wildlife Federation), established in 1961, has played a significant role in conserving the wildlife. It has brought awareness in people by conducting various exercises worldwide.
Special laws for protection of wildlife and checking illegal poaching have been formulated by all the nations. Governments of the nations are ensuring their duties for the endangered animal.
The information given above on endangered animals will help you to understand the true situation. Although some damages have been done, still there is much scope to restore the situation with timely efforts. It is our moral duty to ensure a safe life to all the creatures, otherwise the coming generation of people may not be able to know about the lives which will become extinct.