I bring up this rare animals topic for you hoping that more and more people will be more concern about our nature in this planet earth. Hopefully, more people will be more aware of the situation we, humans have caused to the deaths and extinction of many creatures that still lives even a decade ago.
The Pinta Island Tortoise has been reduced to one known survivor –
Lonesome George. A Galapagos tortoise, George is considered a “poster
child” for the conservation efforts in the Galapagos Islands. George is
about 100 years old, and all he’s missing is a mate. In fact, some
sources report that there is a $10000 reward for someone who finds a
female mate for George. There is some skepticism about George’s claim
as the last Pinta Island Tortoise in the world. A Prague zoo claims to
have another male that they call Tony, but this information is
unconfirmed.
The okapi (pronounced /oʊˈkɑːpiː/), Okapia johnstoni, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe.
The white lion is occasionally found in wildlife reserves in South Africa and is a rare color mutation of the Kruger subspecies of lion (Panthera leo krugeri).
It has been perpetuated by selective breeding in zoos around the world.
White lions are not yet a separate subspecies and they have been said
to be indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries,
although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was 1938.
Regarded as divine by locals, white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s in Chris McBride's book The White Lions of Timbavati.
Up until 2009, when the first pride of white lions was reintroduced to
the wild, it was widely believed that the white lion could not survive
in the wild. It is for this reason that, now, a large part of the
population of white lions are in zoos. Another large part, however, are
bred in camps, for canned hunting trophies.
Whether we know it or not, humans are the most responsible factor of all the extinction of animals in the recent years. Research stated that the major caused of the extinction of an animal is caused by the rareness of it in the first place, why? Because the more rare it gets the more hunters will chase them, for those greedy people who wants all the things which caused the extinction of this rare creatures.
Other things that is causing the extinction of a creature is that unbalanced nature cycle that again mostly caused by the more advancing human world, new technology, new lifestyle, moreover the high-end lifestyle.
And here is the list of some of the animals that we could still save from its extinction.
And here is the list of some of the animals that we could still save from its extinction.
Pinta Island Tortoise
Okapi
The okapi (pronounced /oʊˈkɑːpiː/), Okapia johnstoni, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe.
The animal was brought to prominent European attention by speculation on its existence found in popular press reports covering Henry Morton Stanley's journeys in 1887. Remains of a carcass were later sent to London by the English adventurer and colonial administrator Harry Johnston and became a media event in 1901. Today there are approximately 10,000–20,000 in the wild and as of 2011, 42 different institutions display them worldwide.
Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin)
The Baiji is or was a freshwater dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China. Nicknamed "Goddess of the Yangtze" in China, the dolphin was also called Chinese River Dolphin, Yangtze River Dolphin, Whitefin Dolphin and Yangtze Dolphin. It is not to be confused with the Chinese White Dolphin.
The Baiji population declined drastically in decades as China industrialized and made heavy use of the river for fishing, transportation, and hydroelectricity. Efforts were made to conserve the species, but a late 2006 expedition failed to find any Baiji in the river. Organizers declared the Baiji "functionally extinct", which would make it the first aquatic mammal species to become extinct since the demise of the Japanese Sea Lion and the Caribbean Monk Seal in the 1950s. It would also be the first recorded extinction of a well-studied cetacean species (it is unclear if some previously extinct varieties were species or subspecies) to be directly attributable to human influence.
Javan Rhino
This scarce animal is one of the rhino
species with fewer than 60 animals surviving in only two known
locations: one in Indonesia and the other in Vietnam. Though once
widespread throughout Asia, by the 1930’s the rhinoceros was nearly
hunted to extinction in Peninsular Malaysia, India, Burma and Sumatra.
It was poached for its horn, that is believed to have medicinal uses,
and driven to extinction to the intense agricultural practices. Even
with all the conservation efforts, the Javan rhinoceros’ chance of
survival is small: the population is reduced, hence there are risks of
disease and inbreeding.
White lion
The white lion is occasionally found in wildlife reserves in South Africa and is a rare color mutation of the Kruger subspecies of lion (Panthera leo krugeri).
It has been perpetuated by selective breeding in zoos around the world.
White lions are not yet a separate subspecies and they have been said
to be indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries,
although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was 1938.
Regarded as divine by locals, white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s in Chris McBride's book The White Lions of Timbavati.
Up until 2009, when the first pride of white lions was reintroduced to
the wild, it was widely believed that the white lion could not survive
in the wild. It is for this reason that, now, a large part of the
population of white lions are in zoos. Another large part, however, are
bred in camps, for canned hunting trophies.
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