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6S this year will be sponsoring an animal with the World
Wildlife Fund [WWF].Look through the following slides and decide
which animal you would like to sponsor. You may want to do extra
research before you make your choice, which would be a very good
idea, as you will be making a more informed decision.
Once you have decided, make your vote on the 6S Literacy blog.
You may want to write a post telling everyone why you have made
your specific choice..
Less than 45 Amur leopards remain in the wild, and their habitat
is under threat from logging, forest fires and land clearance for
farming.In the wild, Amur leopards are only found around the border
areas between the Russian Far East and north-east China, in a range
thats smaller than 2,500 square kilometres. To compare, thats an
area smaller than Dorset.A 2013 survey found that the population of
Amur leopards had grown to 45, up from 35 in 2007. This increase
shows that the population could recover especially since the
balance of male and females is almost equal and gives us hope that
this magnificent species can recover from the edge of
extinction.
Amur Leopard
The magnificent Asian elephant is threatened by extinction in
the wild.As human populations grow, its habitat is shrinking fast.
Help us halt the devastation.The threats to elephants:Habitat
destruction and fragmentationClimate change also increases the
vulnerability of these fragmented forestsPoaching and illegal trade
for ivory and meatConflict with people
AsianElephant
Over the past 100 years, the number of wild tigers has plummeted
by around 95% to as few as 3,200.The tiger is the biggest, the most
iconic, and one of the most endangered of all cats.Three of the
nine known tiger subspecies are extinct - the Bali, Caspian, and
Javan tiger. A fourth the South China tiger hasnt been seen in the
wild since the 1970s.There remaining six living sub-species of
tiger the Amur (Siberian), Bengal (Indian), Indo-Chinese, Malayan,
Sumatran and South China still need your help to avoid the same
fate.
Tiger
Relentless hunting for their horns and loss of their natural
habitats, has led to a catastrophic fall in rhino numbers.Help us
protect these incredible animals.There are two species of African
rhino the white and the black. Despite their names, both are the
same dark grey-brown colour. Its thought that the name white rhino
is a misinterpretation of the Afrikaans word wyd, referring to its
square upper lip. Black rhinos have hooked lips.One subspecies the
southern white rhino is a significant conservation success story.
The population has recovered from fewer than 100 in 1895 to over
20,000 today. But sadly there are no northern white rhinos left in
the wild, and only a handful in captivity.Black Rhino
The magnificent mountain gorilla, now critically endangered with
only around 880 left in the wild.Help us protect the future of
these incredible animals.The powerful mountain gorilla is one of
four surviving gorilla subspecies.Theyre found in just two isolated
populations in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, and
the Virunga volcanoes which span the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Mountain gorillas
generally live in groups with several females and their young, and
one dominant male. Dominant males are known as silverbacks because
they have a patch of silver hair on their back and hips which they
develop when theyre about 1215 years old.MountainGorilla
Within the last decade alone, orang-utan numbers have fallen by
between 30 and 50%.Help us protect these gentle giants and their
forest habitat.There are two species of orang-utan the Bornean and
the Sumatran. Orang-utans used to roam as far north as southern
China, and as far south as the Indonesian island of Java.Today
theyre only found on two islands Sumatra and Borneo.Orang-utan
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