THE MOST THREATENED ANIMALS-by Andrea Ruiz

THE MOST THREATENED ANIMALS

 The survival of a lot of animals is increasingly worrying due to habitat loss, hunting and related climate change challenges.

TIGER

The accelerated deforestation and excessive hunting can imply the extinction of tigers that are hunted because some parts are used for traditional Chinese medicine, while their skins are highly valued in the market      

                                         

ARCTIC POLAR BEAR

Arctic polar bear has come an icon of the victims affected by the loss of habitat due to climate change, the polar could be extinct in the next century if heating continues in the arctic.

PANDAS

Their habitats are bamboo forests found in mountainous areas. For many years they destroyed part of these forests for their transformation into farmland. This was a serious threat to pandas, whose populations were reduced and were left more isolated.

                                            

LINCE

The break of their habitats, loss of food, the mortality related to man are the most important threats.

JAGUAR

The two main reasons of the blurring of the jaguar are motivated by human action. First, jaguars are hunted for their fur. Farmers are also enemies, who expand their territories near the jaguar, and often defend their flock ending the life of these animals.

BAULA TURTLE

It is in serious danger of extinction. They attract more tourism, catch, water pollution and hunting for their shell, meat or eggs.