alissa fin whale, vegas leopard, polar bear

Endangered in 1996. Now Recovering.

FIN WHALESBalaenoptera physalus

Alissa Aliassime

Global distribution

The exact number of Whales is unknown.

estimated to have been 100,000 ( at its minimum) and grown to 119,000 ( today)

Threats Overhunting ( high demand for whale products

By-catch

Conservation

Fin whale hunting is forbidden.

Populations are being watched to control the black market of whale products.

Las Vegas Leopard Frog

Lithobates fisheri

Alissa Aliassime

Extinct • 1990 was the

last year where a living species was seen.

• Assumed of being extinct since 1994

Reasons ?

• Habitat loss : Spring capture, ground water pumping

Works Cited

IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 October 2011.

"Google Bilder." Google. Web. 04 Oct. 2011. <http://www.google.de/search?tbm=isch>

"Redirecting..." Big Backgrounds - Free Wallpapers for Your Digital Devices! Web. 04 Oct. 2011. <http://www.bigbackgrounds.com/images_backgrounds>.

Polar bear Urus maritimus

Red List Category: Status VU\EN

Alissa Aliassime

Global Distribution

• Worlds largest terrestrial carnivore ( 352- 680 kg and 2-3 m in length)

• population size is estimated to be around 20,-25,000

Threats to Polar bears

• Hunting , only legal to indigenous people

• Loss of habitat due to Climate change.

• Intake of harmful chemicals

Conservation Efforts• Trying to slow

down Climate Change.

• Increasing number of nature reserves for Polar bears

Works Cited

• WWF - WWF. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://wwf.panda.org>.

• World Atlas including Geography Facts, Maps, Flags - Worldatlas.com. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://www.worldatlas.com>.

Works Cited

IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 October 2011.

"Fin Whale." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_whale>.