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Endangered Species We Need to Protect

Ishaan Govardhan
Humans have wiped out about 322 animal species, and thousands more are on the brink of extinction. Here are the species that are in urgent need of continued conservation.

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With only about a thousand mountain gorillas left in the African wild, conservation efforts are in full swing.
Mountain Gorillas

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Time’s running out for this great species. Having been relentlessly poached for ivory, they're down to about 50,000.
Asian Elephants

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Tigers
Better off than their 500 - 600 Sumatran cousins, the Bengal Tigers’ population has grown to about 2500, under governmental protection.

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In 1938 there were only 28 of these birds left in the American wild. Well-organized conservation efforts have pushed their number up to about 600.
Whooping Cranes

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Killed for their fins, Scalloped Hammerheads have declined to about 80% of their original population in certain parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks

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Tasmanian Devils
Many of these marsupials fell prey to a deadly contagious disease, and now only around 20,000 of them are still left in the wild.
Orangutan
Yes, it is the destruction and degradation of  tropical rain forests that has lead to endangering this species. Since orangutan live on trees, habitat loss brought into decline in the population.
Humans are one of the reasons for endangering of the snow leopard as they are taking away this animal's food.
Snow Leopard
Sea Otter
These sea animals are becoming extinct due to factors like pollution, fishing nets and majorly shark attacks.