News Weekly -- Endangered Animals

The Problem With Endangered Animals And their Failing Habitats

Endangered animals are a problem that we need to fix. Like the dodo bird and every animal before and after it like itself, we pay part of the price.

You can be an endangered species for many reasons. You get endangered from a huge chunk of your population of species beings to be cut out from Poaching, Hunting, Deforestation, etc.

Humans have endangered some animals to the point that they went extinct. Humans are parts of the exact problem of many nature issues. Extinction, climate change, etc. So today I would like to talk about endangered species, how we can help, and how big the problem is.

Some species that I will be talking about is the Sunda Tiger, The Hawksbill turtle, and the Sumatran Elephant.

Sunda Tigers

Currently, there are fewer than 400 Sunda tigers in the world. Sunda tigers live in the Sunda Islands, near New Guinea, and they became endangered because of poaching, illegal hunting, and habitat loss. Their forest habitats are being cut down and now nearly 80% of their natural habitats are lost from deforestation and logging. Which are illegal in most countries. They are named Sunda Tigers because of their habitat-the Sunda islands(or the Sumatra). In Indonesia, if someone is caught hunting or poaching one of these tigers, they could face jail or steep fines. Sunda tigers are losing their habitat and prey. And poaching is a never-ending threat.

The Hawksbill Turtle

The hawksbill turtle is the most endangered species of turtle. The estimated amount of them left in the world is lower than 25,000. There were around 9 million hawksbill turtles hunted between 1844 and 1992. Hawksbill sea turtles are not poisonous to the touch, but their meat is sometimes poisonous to humans. They eat mostly sponges. But also eat sea anemones and jellyfish. They are also named after their sharp pointy beak, which they use for hunting. You might think that an animal with such a pointy mouth and such a big shell wouldn't be a prey. But it is. Hawksbill Turtles most feared predators are Sharks, octopuses, crocodiles, and most feared and saddest of all, humans. Their shells are very strong and sharp, but predators can just claw through that. Their span of height is close to a six-foot-tall man. And their shells have serrated looking edges that make them look unique.

Sumatran Elephant

The Sumatran Elephant is the most endangered elephant and has lost 70% of its habitat in the last 25 years! Because of deforestation, fewer than 2000 are left in existence. In 2011, by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) classification, the Sumatran Elephant was rated as critically endangered. The Sumatran Elephants’ main habitat is the Sumatran Islands (in Indonesia). Sumatran Elephants only eat plants such as grass, seeds, fruits, and leaves. They have a very healthy ecosystem and zoologists say that they are very neat. They are herbivores and only eat plants. They are very easy to hunt. They stand out in a crowd, don't they, I mean they're 10 feet tall.

These three endangered species we're few amongst so many endangered species. These are a few against many. We all hope that we can all save them, and we need to take action. They will not last forever and we won't either. So we can all make a difference.

Help by not using much plastic, reducing long showers, taking awareness, and spreading this concern to others. You can do so much more than you think. Simple actions can make even bigger differences. So join us in this fight for endangered animals.

Why are these animals important to our environment? Because of the circle of life. If one goes extinct, their prey overpopulates and the prey will then run out of food because of the mass consumption, which will then lead the prey to go extinct. If you want to go extinct don't help. We should all be in this fight. This is the most selfless thing you could do. But this is also a fight for us, and the planet we all, seven billion of us walk on each day. This fight is for the world. But it's for our habitat too.