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We share our environment with other living things. A balanced and healthy environment should have many different species living together in interdependence. Many species in the world today are in danger of disappearing because their numbers have been reduced_ by hunting, by loss of their habitat, or by an environmental change in their food chain - to where they can no longer reproduce efficiently.

It is of benefit to the total environment to maintain and encourage these endangered species, for when something goes wrong in the natural order, it can affect us all.

For example, jungle cats have become rare in many places. The rats which the cats used to eat have multiplied now that their natural enemies are gone. In their search for food the rats now invade villages, carrying disease to the inhabitants and eating their crops.

An important element in conservation education is awareness. In order for a community to be concerned about the endangered species of the area, people must know something about these species.

A school program

A school program to study a local endangered animal could be a very effective way to begin to develop community awareness.

Suggestions for study:

1. Choose an endangered animal.

2. Make poster pictures of it to display in the community.

3. Study the food chain of the animal,

4. Identify changes in the local environment which affected the animal's habitat.

5. List as many reasons as you can for the animal's disappearance.

6. Make up guessing games about the endangered animal.

7. Build a battery-powered guessing game to match relationships in the endangered animal's habitat, for example.

8. Invite a wildlife technician to the school or the community center to talk about endangered species.

9. Find and follow a suggestion on the "Action Treatment" list which is appropriate for you.

A community program

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (ICUN) has proposed conservation measures to promote the survival of endangered and threatened species. (Endangered species are close to disappearing; threatened species are likely to become endangered). These measures, called "Action Treatment", are included here in order for you to determine if any would be possible for you to undertake as part of a community conservation program.

Action Treatment

1. Fact-finding:

(1) To make a brief status survey to determine the status of the species and the current threats to its survival;

(2) To make a longer ecological study to identify the species' requirements, the factors limiting its population growth, and the relationship between the species and local human population;

(3) To ascertain the legal and enforcement situation.


2. Action proposed:

(1)

(a) To prompt new legislation;
(b) To improve law enforcement;
(c) To improve the legal situation in any other way

(2) To acquire land as a reserve;

(3) To promote the formation by a Government or other appropriate agency of

(a) A National Park;
(b) A Nature Preserve.

(4) To establish the research station to study the fauna, flora and ecology of the region;

(5) To establish a research foundation possibly within an existing organization (such as a university) which will focus scientific attention on the species concerned;

(6) To create a continuing scientific presence by any other means;

(7) To promote a program of

(a) Captive propagation;
(b) Translocation.

(8) To offer bounties for successful rearing of young (chiefly applicable to birds).

(9) To control:

(a) Feral animal species;
(b) Introduced animal species.

(10) To increase food supply or living space.

3. Use of influence:

(1) To exert influence by persuading someone of importance to write:

(a) A personal letter;
(b) An official letter.

(2) To send a high level mission to confer with the heads of Governments or Ministers concerned;

(3) To promote a local meeting on the subject;

(4) To promote a resolution or recommendation at a Conference;

(5) To secure recognition in high places by some other means.


4. Publicity:

(1) To promote a publicity campaign;

(2) To propose the adoption by a group (e.g. city, school) of:

(a) The species;
(b) The project.

(3) To promote a program of long-term education.

5. Funding:

(1) To promote a World Wildlife Fund project;

(2) To seek financial aid from an individual or organization which may be linked with the species or project;

(3) To get help in kind from industry or commerce;

(4) To obtain the services of people able to give practical help.


From the
Red Data Book of the
International Union for
Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources

Endangered animals of selected countries

Afghanistan

Endangered Mammals:

Wolf



Indian Tiger



Caspian tiger



Leopard



Snow Leopard



Asiatic cheetah



Bactian deer



Markhor



Kabul markhor



Straight horned markhor


Endangered Birds:

Cheer pheasant


Endangered Reptiles:

Central Asian grey monitor

Bahrain

Endangered Mammals:

Arabian gazelle



South arabian leopard



Dugong

Belize

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean manatee


Endangered Reptiles:

Central American caiman



American crocodile



Morelet's crocodile

Benin

Endangered Mammals:

Olive colobus



Chimpanzee



African wild dog



Leopard



West African manatee

Botswana

Endangered Mammals

Brown hyena



African wild dog



Leopard



Black rhinoceros



Lechwe


Endangered Reptiles:

Nile crocodile

Brazil

Endangered Mammals:

Buff-headed marmoset



Golden lion tamarin



Golden-headed tamarin



Golden-rumped tamarin



Goeldi's marmoset



White-nosed saki



Bald uakar



Red uakari



Black-headed uakari



Wooly spider monkey



Giant anteater



Small-eared dog



Maned sloth



Giant armadillo



Brazilian three-banded armadillo



Thin-spined porcupine



Maned wolf



Bush dog



La Plata otter



Giant otter



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean Manatee



Amazonian manatee



Marsh deer


Endangered Birds:

Red-rumped ant thrush



Baer's cardinal



Red-billed curassow


Endangered Reptiles:

Arran turtle



Terecay turtle



Spectacled caiman



Paraguay caiman



Broad-nosed caiman



Black caiman



Dwarf caiman



Smooth-fronted caiman



Queimada Island bothrops

Cameroon

Endangered Mammals:

Chimpanzee



Gorilla



Cameroon clawless otter



African wild dog



Leopard



West African manatee



Black rhinoceros


Endangered Birds:

Kupe Mt. Bush shrike



Grey-necked rock-fowl


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile


Endangered Amphibia:

Goliath frog

Central African Republic

Endangered Mammals:

Chimpanzee



Gorilla



African wild dog



Leopard



Square-lipped rhinoceros



Black rhinoceros

Chad

Endangered Mammals:

African wild dog



Leopard



Cheetah



West African manatee



African wild ass



Black rhinoceros



Scimitar horned oryx



Addax



Slender horned gazelle


Endangered Reptiles:

Nile Crocodile

Chile

Endangered Mammals:

Chinchilla



Marine otter



Southern river Otter



Juan Fernandez fur seal



Vicuna



South Andean huemul



North Andean huemul

Colombia

Endangered Mammals:

Cotton-topped tamarin



Black-headed uakari



Giant anteater



Giant armadillo



Small eared dog



Bush dog



Spectacled bear



Giant otter



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean manatee



Amazonian manatee



Mountain tapir



Central American tapir


Endangered Birds:

Barred tinamou



Andean eared grebe



Pygmy swift



Red-eyed cowbird


Endangered Reptiles:

South American red-lined



turtle



Arran turtle



Magdalena River Turtle



Terecay turtle



Spectacled caiman



Rio Apaporis caiman



Central American caiman



Black caiman



Dwarf caiman



Smooth-fronted caiman



American crocodile



Orinoco crocodile

Costa Rica

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean manatee



Central American tapir


Endangered Birds:

Cocos Island finch



Cocos island mangrove cuckoo



Cocos Island flycatcher



Cocos island yellow warbler



Quetzal


Endangered Reptiles:

Central American caiman



American crocodile


Endangered Amphibia:

Golden toad

Dominican Republic

Endangered Mammals:

Haitian solenodon



Cuvier's hutia



Dominican hutia



Caribbean manatee


Endangered Birds:

Hispaniola least pauraque


Endangered Reptiles:

American crocodile



Rhinoceros iguana



Ricord's ground iguana

Ecuador

Endangered Mammals:

Giant armadillo



Small-eared dog



Bush dog



Spectacled bear


Endangered Reptiles:

Spectacled caiman



Black caiman



Dwarf caiman



Smooth-fronted caiman



American crocodile

El Salvador

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Ocelot



Central American tapir


Endangered Reptiles:

Central American caiman



American crocodile

Ethiopia

Endangered Mammals:

Northern simian fox



African wild dog



Leopard



Cheetah



Dugong



African wild ass



Grevy's zebra



Black rhinoceros



Tora hartebeest



Beira antelope



Dibatag



Walia ibex



Mountain nyala


Endangered Birds:

African lammergeyer



Teita falcon



White-winged dove



Turaco



Scarce swift


Endangered Reptiles:

Nile Crocodile

Fiji

Endangered Mammals:

Dugong


Endangered Reptiles:

Fiji iguana



Fiji snake, Ogmodon

Gabon

Endangered Mammals

Chimpanzee



Gorilla



Leopard



West African manatee

Gambia

Endangered Mammals:

Leopard



West African manatee



Western giant eland


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile

Ghana

Endangered Mammals:

Olive colobus



Chimpanzee



African wild dog



Leopard



West African manatee


Endangered Birds:

White-necked rock-fowl


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile

Guatemala

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Ocelot



Central American tapir


Endangered Birds:

Quetzal



Giant pied-billed grebe



Horned guan



Golden-cheeked warbler


Endangered Reptiles:

Central American caiman



American crocodile



Morelet's crocodile



Chiapan beaded lizard

Honduras

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean manatee



Central American tapir


Endangered Bipeds:

Golden-cheeked warbler


Endangered Reptiles:

Central American caiman



American crocodile



Morelet's crocodile

India

Endangered Mammals:

Lion-tailed macaque



John's langur



Golden langur



Snub-nosed langur



Assam rabbit



Indus dolphin



Wolf



Asiatic wild dog



Sloth bear



Malabar large spotted civit



Clouded leopard



Asiatic tiger



Leopard



Snow leopard



Asian elephant



Dugong



Indian wild ass



Great Indian rhinoceros



Sumatran rhinoceros



Pygmy hog



Swamp deer



Manipur brow-antlered deer



Kashmir stag (hangul)



Asiatic buffalo



Gaur



Wild yak



Himalayan musk deer



Nilgiri tahr



Markhor


Endangered Birds:

White-winged wood duck



Cheer pheasant



White-eared pheasant



Sclater's monal



Blyth's tragopan



Western tragopan



Siberian white crane



Great Indian bustard


Endangered Reptiles

River terrapin



Marsh crocodile



Estaurine crocodile



Gavial



Indian python



Yellow monitor

Iran

Endangered Mammals:

Wolf



Baluchistan bear



Leopard



Anatolian leopard



Caspian tiger



Asiatic cheetah



Dugong



Asiatic wild ass



Persian fallow deer


Endangered Reptiles:

Marsh crocodile

Ivory Coast

Endangered Mammals:

Olive colobus



Chimpanzee



African wild dog



Leopard



West African manatee



Pygmy hippopotamus



Jentink's duiker


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted crocodile



Nile crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile

Jamaica

Endangered Mummify:

Jamaican hutia



Caribbean manatee


Endangered Beach:

Jamaican black rail


Endangered

Repotted: American crocodile



Jamaican boa



Cayman island iguana



Grand Cayman iguana

Kenya

Endangered Mandate:

Tana River mangabey



Tana River red colobus



African wild dog



Leopard



Cheetah



Dugong



Grevy's zebra



Black rhinoceros



Hunter's hartebeest


Endangered Birds:

African lammergeyer



Teita falcon



Mrs. Morden's owlet



Scarce swift


Endangered Reptiles:

Pancake tortoise

Korea

Endangered Mammals:

Wolf



Asiatic wild dog



Siberian tiger



Amur leopard


Endangered Birds:

Chinese egret



Japanese white stork



Tristam's woodpecker

Lesotho

Endangered Mammals:

Leopard



Cheetah


Endangered Birds:

African lammergeyer


Endangered Reptiles:

Nile crocodile

Liberia

Endangered Mammals:

Olive colobus



Chimpanzee



Leopard



West African manatee



Pygmy hippopotamus



Jentink's duiker


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile

Malawi

Endangered Mammals:

African wild dog



Leopard



Cheetah



Black rhinoceros


Endangered Repotted:

Nile crocodile

Malaysia

Endangered Mammals:

Orangutan



Four-striped ground squirrel



Asiatic wild dog



Clouded leopard



Indochinese tiger



Leopard



Asian elephant



Dugong



M al Ryan tapir



Sumatran rhinoceros



Asiatic buffalo



Gaur


Endangered Birds:

White-winged wood duck



Malaysian peacock pheasant



Rufous-headed robin



Rueck's blue fly-catcher


Endangered Reptiles:

River terrapin



Estuarine crocodile



Siamese crocodile



Flase gavial

Mali

Endangered Mammals:

African wild dog



Leopard



Cheetah



Black rhinoceros


Endangered Reptiles:

Nile Crocodile

Mauritania

Endangered Mammals:

Mediterranean monk seal



Scimitar horned oryx



Addax



Rio de Oro dame gazelle

Mauritius

Endangered Mammals:

Mauritian flying fox


Endangered Birds:

Mauritius kestrel



Mauritius pink pigeon



Mauritius ring-necked parakeet



Mauritius cuckoo-shrike



Mauritius olivaceous bulbul



Mauritius fody



Coq de bois


Endangered Reptiles:

Serpent Island gecko



Round Island day gecko



Macabe Forest Skink



Round Island skink



Round island boa



Rodriguez day gecko

Morocco

Endangered Mammals:

Barbary macaque



Barbary hyena



Barbary leopard



Cheetah



Morocco Dorcas Gazelle



Cuvier's gazelle



Mohrr gazelle



Mediterranean monk seal


Endangered Birds:

Waldrapp



Spanish imperial eagle


Endangered Reptiles:

Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise

Nepal

Endangered Mammals:

Wolf



Asiatic wild dog



Sloth bear



Clouded leopard



Indian tiger



Leopard



Asian elephant



Pygmy hog



Great Indian rhinoceros



Himalayan musk deer



Swamp deer



Asiatic buffalo



Gaur



Wild Yak


Endangered Birds:

Cheer pheasant


Endangered Reptiles:

Indian python

Nicaragua

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean manatee



Central American tapir


Endangered Birds:

Golden-cheecked warbler



Nicaragua grackle


Endangered Reptiles:

Central American caiman



American crocodile

Nicer

Endangered Mammals:

African wild dog



Scimitar horned oryx



Addax



Slender horned gazelle


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



Crocodile



Nile crocodile

Nigeria

Endangered Mammals:

Chimpanzee



Gorilla



African wild dog



Cameroon clawless otter



Leopard



Cheetah



West African manatee



Black rhinoceros



Pygmy hippopotamus


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile

Oman

Endangered Mammals:

South Arabian leopard



Dugong



Arabian oryx



Arabian gazelle



Arabian tahr

Paraguay

Endangered Mammals:

Giant anteater



Giant armadillo



Greater pichiciego



Maned wolf



Bush dog



La Plata otter



Giant otter



Ocelot



Marsh deer


Endangered Reptiles:

Paraguay caiman



Broad-nosed caiman



Chaco broad- nosed caiman

Philippines

Endangered Mammals:

Mindanao gymnure



Gugong



Calamian deer



Asiatic buffalo



Tamaraw


Endangered Birds:

Monkey-eating eagle



Palawan peacock pheasant



Mindoro imperial pigeon



Giant seeps owl



Koch's pitta



Abu black shame



Ashy ground thrush


Endangered Repotted:

Mindoro crocodile



Estuarine crocodile



Sail-fin lizard

Rwanda

Endangered Mammoth:

Gorilla



Mountain gorilla



African wild dog



Leopard



Black rhinoceros


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile

Senegal

Endangered Mammals:

Chimpanzee



Leopard



West African manatee



Western giant eland


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile

Seychelles

Endangered Birds:

Seychelles kestrel



Seychelles turtle dove



Seychelles vase parrot



Seychelles owl



Seychelles magpie robin



Seychelles warbler



Seychelles black paradise



Seychelles black paradise flycatcher



Seychelles white eye



Seychelles fodi


Endangered Repotted:

Seychelle islands stink


Endangered Amphibia:

Seychelle islands frog



Seychelle Islands tree frog

Sierra Leone

Endangered Mammoth:

Olive colobus



Chimpanzee



Leopard



West African manatee



Pygmy hippopotamus



Jentink's duiker


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted crocodile



Nile Crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile

Solomon islands

Endangered Mammals:

Dugong


Endangered Reptiles:

Estuarine crocodile

Swaziland

Endangered Mammoth:

Cheetah



Leopard


Endangered Repotted:

Nile Crocodile

Thailand

Endangered Mammals:

Pileated gibbon



Asiatic wild dog



Clouded leopard



Indochinese tiger



Leopard



Asian elephant



Ma 1 Ryan tapir



Javan rhinoceros



Sumatran rhinoceros



Fea's muntjac



Thailand brow-antlered deer



Asiatic buffalo



Gaur



Kouprey


Endangered Birds:

Giant ibis



White-winged wood duck


Endangered Reptiles:

River terrapin



Siamese crocodile



False gavial



Burmese python

Togo

Endangered Mammals:

Olive colobus



Chimpanzee



African wild dog



Leopard



West African manatee


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted



crocodile



Nile crocodile

Tunisia

Endangered Marmots:

Barbary hyena



Barbary leopard



Barbary deer



Morocco Dorcas gazelle



Cuvier's gazelle



Slender horned gazelle



Mediterranean monk seal


Endangered Reptiles:

Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise

Upper Volta

Endangered Mammals:

Leopard



Scimitar horned oryx



Endangered Reptiles: African slender-snouted crocodile



Nile crocodile

Venezuela

Endangered Mammals:

Black-headed uakari



Giant anteater



Giant armadillo



Sectacled bear



Small-eared dog



Giant otter



Ocelot



Jaguar



Caribbean manatee



Amazonian manatee



Mountain tapir


Endangered Birds:

Barred tinamou



Pygmy swift


Endangered Reptiles:

South American red-lined turtle



Arran turtle



Terecay turtle



Sectacled caiman



Central American caiman



Dwarf Caiman



Smooth-fronted caiman



American crocodile



Orinoco crocodile



Aruba island rattle snake

Yemen

Endangered Mammals:

South Arabian leopard



Dugong



Arabian gazelle


Endangered Birds:

African lammergeyer

Zaire

Endangered Mammals:

Chimpanzee



Pygmy chimpanzee



Gorilla



Mountain gorilla



African wild dog



Leopard



Black rhinoceros



Northern square-lipped rhinoceros



Lechwe


Endangered Birds:

Graver's cuckoo shrike


Endangered Reptiles:

African slender-snouted crocodile



Nile crocodile



West African dwarf crocodile



Congo dwarf crocodile

Figure 18


ORANGUTAN


CHIMPANZEE


CROCODILE

Figure 19


LEOPARD


OCELOT

Figure 20


TAPIR


GIANT ANTEATER

Figure 21


ASIATIC BUFFALO


RHINOCEROS

Figure 22


PARAKEET


EAGLE

Source materials - Appendix G

Endangered species of the United States
National Wildlife Federation
1412 16th Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20036, USA

Forest interpreter's primer on wildlife
Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA

List of foreign endangered & threatened species
National Wildlife Federation
1412 16th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA

Red Book of the international Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources
1110 Morges
Switzerland