Animals on the Brink of Extinction
Poaching for human adornment - hunting - habitat degradation - diminishing habitat deforestation bushmeat trade poison - road kill - human-wildlife conflict - cattle grazing - climate change - live capture for live facilities - capture of infants as pets - forest fires - transmission of disease from domestic livestock removal of hedgerows shark finning shoreline erosion - nest destruction changing water levels
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African Elephant
African Penguin Amazonian Manatee Amur Leopard Andean Condor Argali Sheep Asian Elephant Atlantic Puffins Aquatic Warblers Azraq Killifish |
Barbary Macaque
Basking Shark Bechstein's Bat Black Rhinoceros Blue-Grey Taildroper Blue-Troated Macaw Bottlenose Dolphin Brown Hyena |
Cheetah
Chimpanzee Common Crane Common Doormouse Common Hippopotamus Coral Reefs Crayfish Curlew Sandpipers |
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Dall's Porpoise
Dehhil Sands Flower-Loving Fly Dingoes Dinstinguished Jumping Spider Dolphins Drill |
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Ethiopian Wolf Eurasian Curlew Eurasian Lynx European Stag Beetle |
Floria Panther
Fosa Freshwater Pearl Mussel Fruit bats |
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Giraffes
Gouldian Finch Great Crested Newt Greater Bamboo Lemur Greek Red Damselfly Green Turtle Grey Nurse Shark Gurney's Pitta |
Hairy-Nosed Otter
Helmeted Hornbill Hippos - Pygmy Hippos Humphead Wrasse Howler Monkeys Irish Hare Javan Leaf Monkey Jocotoco Antpitta |
Kipunji
Leatherhead Turtle Lion Little Whirlpool Ram's-Horn Snail Long-Eared Owl |
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Mangrove Finch
Marsh Fritillary Mediterranean Monk Seal Mice Mockingbirds |
Natterjack Toad
North Atlantic Right Whale Numbat |
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Orangutan |
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Painted Dog
Parakeets - Sun Parakeets and Grey-cheeked Parakeets Peacocks Philippine Eagle Owl Pine Marten Piping Plover Pochards Polar Bear Pygmy Hog Red Ruffed Lemur Red Squirrel Red-Breasted Goose Roseate Tern |
Scalloped Hammerhead
Scaly-sided Merganser Scimitar-Horned Oryx Sea Lions Seals Sharp-Tailed Snake Short-Beaked Common Dolphin Siamese Crocodile Siberian Crane Siberian Tiger Slavonian Grebe Snow Leopard South China Tiger Spectacled Bear Spiny Seahorse Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Sumatran Tiger |
Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle
Tomistoma Trinidad Piping-Guan Tristan Albatross Turtle Doves |
Vultures - Egyptian Vultures
Water Buffaloes
Wolf Spiders
Woolly Monkey
Yellow-Eyed Penguin
Zebras
Water Buffaloes
Wolf Spiders
Woolly Monkey
Yellow-Eyed Penguin
Zebras
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The book ' Going Going Gone' is dedicated to the wildlife of the world, and to the many people who work hard to protect it.
Foreword by Professor Jonathan Baillie, Director of Conservation Programmes, Zoological Society of London Published 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. ISBN (print) 978-1408-1-8630-5 ISBN (ePub) 978-1408-1-8632-9 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1408186306/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0HJNZTE7T8AKB99YFQ12&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294 |
Understanding a Status Report
Extinct in the Wild
Known only to survive in cultivation in captivity or as a naturalised population/s well outside the past range.
Critically Endangered
Considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
Endangered
Considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Vulnerable
Considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Near Threatened
Close to qualifying for, or is likely to qualify for, one of the above categories in the near future.
Least Concern
Widespread and abundant wildlife are included in this category, although they may be regionally threatened.
Extinct in the Wild
Known only to survive in cultivation in captivity or as a naturalised population/s well outside the past range.
Critically Endangered
Considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
Endangered
Considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Vulnerable
Considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Near Threatened
Close to qualifying for, or is likely to qualify for, one of the above categories in the near future.
Least Concern
Widespread and abundant wildlife are included in this category, although they may be regionally threatened.
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