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Page 1: Endangered Means There’s Still Time  Endangered species are like fire alarms. They tell us about problems in our home we call Earth.  If we listen to
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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Endangered species are like fire alarms. They tell us about problems in our home we call Earth.

If we listen to their alarm calls, they could help us improve our lives and the health of our planet.

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DefinitionsEndangeredEndangered

A species of plant or animal that is in immediate danger of becoming extinct and needs protection to survive.

ThreatenedThreatenedA species is likely to become

endangered if it is not protected

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Definitions

ExtinctExtinctA species of plant

or animal that is no longer living.

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Passenger Pigeon – Now Extinct

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Dusky Seaside Sparrow

Last of these birds died in 1987

Sparrows lost their homes as marshes were destroyed

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

An endangered species is one that is getting close to extinction.

Black Rhino of Africa

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Gray wolves are also endangered in most of the lower 48 states.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

A threatened species is just a step behind, and may soon become endangered if we don't help.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Poachers cut off their ivory tusks to make carvings and sell them for money.

African Elephant

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Ways That Species Become Endangered

Habitat lossUnregulated or illegal killing or

collectionPesticides, pollutionCompetition with other speciesDiseasePredation

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

It is because of habitat loss that spotted owls are threatened.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Different aged trees like this are perfect for owls nests, food, shelter and protection from predators.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

The spotted owl's problem started years ago when old growth forests were cut faster than they could regrow.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

The spotted owl is our fire alarm to the problem of over-cutting our forests.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

It is also because of habitat loss that whooping cranes are endangered.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Whooping cranes need wetlands for food and protection.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Historically, wetlands were considered wastelands, suitable only for mosquitoes and draining.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

When wetlands are drained of all their water, this is habitat loss.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Ferrets depend on these prairie dogs for food.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Prairie dogs were considered pests by the settlers

Thousands of prairie dog towns were killed off

Without the prairie dogs, the ferrets had no food

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There are two reasons why tigers are endangered, habitat loss and illegal killing.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Certain human activities are also the main problem facing the endangered manatee, or sea cow.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Sometimes speed boats run over the manatees.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Not all endangered species are mammals and birds we are familiar with.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Many plants, like this insect-eating pitcher plant, are endangered.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

This is a bunched Cory Cactus, a very endangered plant found in the Southwest deserts.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

All living things, from mammals to fish and insects, are connected and depend on each other for survival.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

All living things are connected to each other including humans.

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It has been estimated that a disappearing plant can take with it up to 30 other species.

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United streaming Cross Species

cloning

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Endangered species show us that our world may not be as healthy as we think.

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The use of a dangerous pesticide called DDT caused bald eagles to begin laying eggs with shells so thin they often broke.

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DDT was being used on farms to control agricultural pests.

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Endangered Means There’s Still Time

Brown pelicans also signaled the DDT alarm to us when their egg shells started thinning.

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The system of living things depending on one another is called an ecosystem.

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It is the job of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage over 500 refuges with over 90 million acres for the conversation of endangered species, ecosystems, and natural diversity.

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In 1973, the Endangered Species Act was passed by our government to protect disappearing plants and animals.

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More than 900 species of plants and animals in the U.S., and more than 530 species living in other parts of the world, are protected by the Endangered Species Act.

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According to the Act, it is illegal to import, export, or sell animals and plants on the list across state lines.

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Internationally C.I.T.E.S. Convention on

International Trade in Endangered Species

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How does it work? CITES works by subjecting

international trade in specimens of selected species to certain controls.

All import, export, re-export and introduction from the sea of species covered by the Convention has to be authorized through a licensing system

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How does it work? Each Party to the Convention must

designate one or more Management Authorities in charge of administering that licensing system and one or more Scientific Authorities to advise them on the effects of trade on the status of the species.

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Film Clip Prince William and C.I.T.E.S.

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What can youyou do to help endangered species?

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Learn as much as you can about endangered species in your area

Visit a nearby national wildlife refuge or nature center

Volunteer to helpDon’t buy species illegally taken

from the wildDon’t buy products made from

threatened or endangered species.

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The most hope for endangered species lies in the hands of young people like you who care enough to make a difference.

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