Remember:
1. Lions 🦁
2. Penguins 🐧
3. Elephants 🐘
4. Turtles 🐢
5. Tigers 🐯
6. Bats 🦇
7. Sharks 🦈
8. Reindeer 🦌
9. Hippos 🦛
10. Whales 🐳
are all on the brink of extinction.
1. Lions 🦁
2. Penguins 🐧
3. Elephants 🐘
4. Turtles 🐢
5. Tigers 🐯
6. Bats 🦇
7. Sharks 🦈
8. Reindeer 🦌
9. Hippos 🦛
10. Whales 🐳
are all on the brink of extinction.
Lions are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Numbers have plummeted by a staggering 50% in the last 25 years.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/0…
Numbers have plummeted by a staggering 50% in the last 25 years.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/0…
Many lion populations are either now gone or expected to disappear within the next few decades.
Unless political and funding commitments are scaled up to address mounting levels of threat, lions may disappear from most of Africa.pnas.org/content/112/48…
Unless political and funding commitments are scaled up to address mounting levels of threat, lions may disappear from most of Africa.pnas.org/content/112/48…
Most species of penguin are endangered.
Most whale species are also endangered.
See thread:
Most whale species are also endangered.
See thread:
It's been understood for years that elephants & hippos are in grave danger.
'Large grass-eating animals including elephants, rhinos and hippos are facing extinction, a new study has warned.
As many as 60% of large herbivores are struggling to survive'
independent.co.uk/environment/na…
'Large grass-eating animals including elephants, rhinos and hippos are facing extinction, a new study has warned.
As many as 60% of large herbivores are struggling to survive'
independent.co.uk/environment/na…
Marine turtles are in terrible danger; freshwater turtles and tortoises are also heading for extinction.
See thread:
See thread:
Tigers could be extinct by 2029.
See this thread of threads:
See this thread of threads:
Bat species are threatened by climate chaos heatwaves (see Australia for recent examples of catastrophic, sudden population declines), disease, hunting, and habitat loss.
sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/p…
sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/p…
'many sharks are on the brink of extinction'
bbc.com/news/science-e…
280,000 sharks are killed every 24 hours:
bbc.com/news/science-e…
280,000 sharks are killed every 24 hours:
Reindeer:
“All caribou in Canada are at risk of extinction,” says Justina Ray, president of the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
thenarwhal.ca/canadas-reinde…
“All caribou in Canada are at risk of extinction,” says Justina Ray, president of the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
thenarwhal.ca/canadas-reinde…
From 2019:
'This year, in the dead of winter, America's wild reindeer went extinct in the contiguous United States.'mailtribune.com/news/happening…
'This year, in the dead of winter, America's wild reindeer went extinct in the contiguous United States.'mailtribune.com/news/happening…
Hippos are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
At the current rates, the species could disappear within decades.qz.com/africa/1094454…
At the current rates, the species could disappear within decades.qz.com/africa/1094454…
Extinction of the Whales:
