protect endangered animals outline

We Should Protect Endangered Animals What we know as the circle of life shows that all living creatures are all linked together in some way. We as humans need to do our part in order to protect nature’s gifts, especially those that are endangered or threatened in order to sustain the circle of life. So let just take a quick second and imagine something really quick. Image you’re in a city walking around just like any other day, and you don’t come across a single person. Have they all died? What has the world come to? Friends and family are just disappearing? Is the quote “If I was the last person on Earth” funny anymore? This is called extinction. Thousands of animals are threatened to become extinct. So that is why today I’m persuading you all to want to help protect endangered species.
a) Endangered- species that are likely to become extinct.
b) Threatened- Species that are likely to be endangered in the near future.
c) Extinct- A species that is no longer existing or living.

1) Once an animal is extinct they can no longer repopulate.
According to thedailygreen.com
a. Examples of extinct animals are
i. Golden toad
1. In Costa Rica
2. Extinct in 1989 ii. Zanzibar Leopard
1. In Tanzania
2. Extinct in 1996 iii. Javan Tiger
1. Indonesia
2. Extinct in 1979 iv. West African Black Rhino
1. Africa
2. 2006
v. Tasmanian Tiger
1. Tasmania
2. 1936
2) Those animals are gone forever. Now according to the Endangered species act as of October 2009, 1,361 plants and animals in the U.S. were listed as threatened or endangered.
a. According to the Mother Nature Network some endangered species include
i. Amur Leopard
1. Southeast Russia
2. 19-26 left in wild
3. Poaching, habitat loss, climate change ii. Pileated gibbons
1. Thailand
2. 32,000
3. Hunting and severe habitat loss iii. Egyptian tortoise
1. Egypt
2. 7,500
3. Hunting and illegal pet trade iv. Giant panda
1. Southwest china
2. 1,600
3. Habitat destruction and food shortages
b.