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Endangered Animals Presented by ,Jacob Choi, Nemo Dong, and Gabriel Bush. Dec. 2012 Quick Facts 11% of birds, 25% of animals, and 34% of fish are facing extinction. Contents S The causes of endangered animals. S The effects of endangered animals. S The solutions of endangered animals. S CAUSES I Reduction of Forest Deforestation Forests cover 31% of the land area on our beautiful earth. The forests are the shelter of most of the land animals. Forest Fires CAUSES II Illegal Wildlife trade 2,500 elephants a year are killed just for… Only 5,090 tigers are left living on the earth Ivory Tiger fur CAUSES II Illegal Wildlife trade A lot of sharks are killed just for… shark fin soup. Effects The main effect caused by the extinction of animals is Destroying the Balance of the Biological Chain The biological chain is also called the food chain. All the animals are interdependent to each other including humans. Effects (I)The effect on OTHER SPECIES OF ANIMALS: If humans remove a species from the food chain The predators will die of starvation, and then, their predators will die too. The prey will overpopulate, and then overkill their prey. Effects (II) The effect on ENVIRONMENT: The extinction of animals may cause the reduction of forests because the growth of the plants relies on the animals living in the forest. And then the decrease of forest will worsen the Global Warming and Desertification. Effects (III) The effect on HUMANs: Human is a point in the biological chain. If the balance of the chain is broken, . SOLUTIONS Legal Solution A number of laws have been enforced to protect endangered animals. Washington Convention Illegal International Animals Trade FORBID! PUNISHMENT to the Crimes of Illegal Animal Poach & Trade SOLUTIONS Science and Technology Solution Investigate the droppings of endangered animals to search the DNA and other information. Investigate the habits of the endangered animals by putting radio monitoring device, such as… SOLUTIONS Personal Solutions Let more people realize and worry about the problem of endangered animals. Not to buy or use the stuff made of ivory or fur, and not to eat shark fins. To reduce the release of CO2 by using the cars as little as possible or using hybrid cars. Balanced World Everything in universe is going under a balance. Nature the system should go under a balance as well. But humans are overpopulating, and need more and more land, food, resource. We ‘rob’ these stuff from other creatures and eventually break the balance of the nature. Let’s take the action to create a PERFECT BALANCED WOLRD!!