Endangered Animals
Our planet now has 41,415 different species of animals and plants on its endangered list, almost 16,306 of those species are threatened with extinction. We are in the middle of the earths sixth mass extinction, the last one took place over 65 million years ago. This extinction is caused almost entirely because of humans and our extensive use of our natural resources. Nature simply can’t support the pressure we put on the environment. We have over hunted, farmed, and industrialized our planet. Our population goes unchecked, growing at an unsustainable rate for the Earth to keep up with. The human population is at the top of the food chain, giving us the chance to over populate the earth. The human races overconsumption of Earths resources often disrupts numerous ecosystems in many ways. We often destroy their habitats with our pollution, deforestation, agriculture and industrialization.
There have been many treaties and laws put into action to try and slow the decline of these species. Theses laws make it illegal to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect any of the species on the list. Although these species are still endangered they are still considered valuable buy people all over the globe who purchase them for the products they make.
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