Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Location Caribbean Sea, South America, Southeastern USA Mexico and the United States
Gray Wolf
Why is it endangered Planned or accidental entanglement in gill nets by fishermen, habitat loss Hunting, habitat loss
Florida Panther
Habitat loss
Nevada
Water loss
Snow Leopard
California Condor
Hunted, loss of habitat, competition with humans for prey Loss of habitat, shootings, pesticide residue, lead poisoning, and collisions with power lines poaching Predation by animals and humans overharvested for their meat and eggs Loss of habitat due to logging, mining, forest fires, and poaching Hunting and loss of habitat due to logging and rainforests depletion Killing by farmers Destruction of habitat and poaching Hunting Illegal hunting
7000 to 9000 in Alaska and more than 3500 in lower 48 states The cougar species as a whole has made a recovery of over 30000 in the U.S 36 pupfish remain in the devils hole, but over 200 survived in protected aquariums 6000
200
Orangutan
Bomean
50,000
Harpy Eagle
Less than 4,000 1,000 to 2,000 2,500 Unknown, but gorillas numbers have declined by more than 60% over the last 20 to 25 years
Grizzly Bear
Pygmy Chimpanzee
Dramatic reduction of habitat due to human settlement, hunted Hunting, habitat destruction
1,500
190,000