Why Do Animals Become Endangered?
For the most part we humans are
responsible when animals become extinct, endangered or threatened.
Here are some reasons why animals become
endangered
A species is called endangered when there
are so few of its kind left that it could disappear and become extinct.
When does an Endangered animal no longer
an Endangered animal?
When members of the officials at the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service stand to profit from contractors when they buy their
lives!
Or
Destruction~ of Habitat to build homes, roads and other
developments. Pollution from oil
spills and water pollution have been devastating for many species of fish and
birds. Hunting/Fishing animals are
over-hunted because their meat, fur and other parts are very valuable. When
animals or plants arrive into a new habitat from a foreign place they introduce
diseases the native species can't fight, other sspecies can also prey on the
native species.
According to the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, a species can be listed as endangered if it is
threatened by any of the following:
- The present or threatened
destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range.
- Utilization for commercial,
sporting, scientific, or educational purposes at levels that detrimentally
affect it [a species].
- Disease or predation.
- Absence of regulatory
mechanisms adequate to prevent the decline of a species or degradation of
its habitat.
- Other natural or man-made
factors affecting its continued existence.
