Prevention of Extinction

Why do we need to prevent the extinction of species?

To keep wildlife from going extinct, we have to protect the places where they live, and if there are only few of them left, try to increase their numbers.

Prevention:

• Defending and strengthening the Endangered Species Act, which provides an essential legal safety net to prevent the loss of plant and animal species to extinction.
• Holding federal agencies and others accountable for complying with laws protecting rare and endangered species using cooperation, persuasion, and--where necessary--litigation.
• Advocating for increased funding for private landowner incentives and other conservation programs that benefit endangered species.
• Protecting and restoring the habitats on which endangered species and other wildlife depend for their survival, and encouraging wildlife-friendly land management practices.
• Reducing threats to wildlife that can lead to their endangerment and extinction, such as loss of habitat, contamination of water and spread of invasive species.

Timeline of Extinction of Species

20th-21st Century 

20th century

1900s

• 1901 - The last certain specimen of the Australian pig-footed bandicoot is collected.

• 1905 - The last known Honshū wolf of Japan dies in the Nara Prefecture

1910s

• 1910 - The Usambara Annone from Tanzania no longer grows in the tropical forests.

• 1911 - The last Newfoundland wolf was shot.

1920s

• 1925 - The Kenai Peninsula wolf was driven to extinction.

1930s

• 1930 - Darwin's Rice Rat was last recorded in the Galápagos Islands. Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of black rats.

• 1932 - "Booming Ben," the last known Heath Hen was seen on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

1940s

• 1940 - The Cascade Mountain wolf was hunted to extinction.

• 1941 - The British Columbia wolf was hunted to extinction.

1950s

• 1952 - Last reliable report of the Caribbean Monk Seal.

• 1952 - The Bernard's wolf was hunted to extinction.

1960s

• Circa 1960 - The last Mexican grizzly bear is shot.

• 1962 - The Red-bellied gracile opossum was last recorded in Argentina.

1970s

• Circa 1970 - The Caspian Tiger becomes extinct. Nearly exterminated in the early 20th century the last of its population succumbed to deforestation and hunting.

• 1972 - The endemic to Jamaica Mason River Myrtle becomes extinct.

1980s

• 1981 - The Puhielelu Hibiscadelphus becomes extinct.

• 1981 - Last sighting of the green-blossom pearlymussel, an American mussel.

1990s

• 1990 - The Dusky Seaside Sparrow was officially declared extinct in December 1990. The last definite known individual died on 17 June 1987.
• 1994 - Saint Croix Racer, a snake native to the Virgin Islands, declared extinct.

21st century

2000s

• 2000 - "Celia," the last Pyrenean Ibex dies under a fallen tree. was hunted to extinction . However in 2009 it was cloned back into existence but died 7 minutes later due to defects in the lungs, making it extinct once again.

• 2003 - The last individual from the St. Helena Olive, which was grown in cultivation, dies off. The last plant in the wild had disappeared in 1994.

2010s

• 2010 - The Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is declared extinct.

• 2011 - The Eastern Cougar was declared extinct.

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