Web Sites (1 - 10 of 135): Extinction

Sumatran Orangutan Society - Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered. Habitat loss and poaching are pushing them towards imminent extinction. Please help us to help them.
Reviewer: K. Mortensen     .   .

Sea Otter * - The sea otter has been hunted to near extinction for its soft, thick, lustrous fur. This marine mammal once inhabited the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea from northern Asia and the Aleutian Islands south to lower California. By 1911 it...
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Welcome To IN THE WILD - Extinct * - Choose an animal to learn more about why it became extinct. AN OVERVIEW OF EXTINCTION BLUE PIKE CARIBBEAN MONK SEAL DODO BIRD HEATH HEN MOAS NEANDERTHAL PASSENGER PIGEON STELLAR'S SEA COW DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW TASMANIAN TIGER...
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Australian Orangutan Project - The orangutans' rainforest is disappearing at an overwhelming rate with the remaining forest degraded by drought and forest fires. Extinction is likely to be 2005 for Sumatran orangutans and 2010 for Bornean orangutans... News & Events, Can you help?,...
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The Tiger Foundation * - The foundation was conceived with the objective of saving tigers from imminent extinction by bringing together a network of people as well as corporate and government organizations that care about the survival of the few thousand tigers that still live o...
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Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust * - Safe Hands in a Wild World. Durrell Wildlife's mission to save wild animals from extinction. What you are about to see are some true stories, about some real people who are bringing some of the world's rarest animals back from the brink.
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North Dakota Endangered Species * - This colored guide is designed to provide any reader a quick and meaningful method of identifying and learning about the federally listed threatened and endangered species found in North Dakota. The Endangered Species Act, which was passed by Congress in...
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Andean Condors * - find out how the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is using satellite to track these birds. Once extending to Tierra del Fuego through the Andean mountain range of South America, the Andean Condor came perilously close to extinction due in part to aggressive hunti...
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All for TIGERS! * - This site is dedicated to the tigers of the world. They are some of the most beautiful, graceful, and powerful animals on earth and they are being slaughtered to the point of extinction. There are five tiger subspecies left out of the original eight. Curr...
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Katie's Manatee Page - I think manatees are adorable, and it's such a shame that these wonderful animals are nearing extinction! Less than 3,000 remain! So I made this page to remind people of the poor manatees and their fight for survival. I'm also the proud adoptive mom of a...
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