These pictures are of some of the most rare creatures on the planet. Thousands of animals are threatened or endangered worldwide, and many more vulnerable to extinction. Species are disappearing from every continent. There is no time like the present to get to know these animals and they role they play in the global ecosystem.
The list is not discriminatory- land reptiles, marine mammals, birds, insects, and everything in between- the overwhelming cause of animal population decline is human intervention.
The New Zealand Kaka bird is a red parrot that lives on the North and South Islands. The National Wildlife Center is breeding these birds in captivity to reintroduce them to the wild.
Other animals are not so lucky. Fin whales, humpback whales, and sperm whales, to list a few photographed here, are at the mercy of ocean pollutants. These gentle giants may one day be gone from our oceans for good.
A world away, on the dryer continent of Africa, a picture of mating... (... more information below the photos)
Elephants Mating Elephants Mating in Etosha National Park in Namibia, Africa |
Kaka Bird Picture An endemic bird to New Zealand, the Kaka dwells mostly in the depths of the forest throughout the country. |
Endangered Animal List Stock photo of one of the mammals found on the Endangered Animal List a cute Red Panda. |
Cheetah Pictures Cheetah Pictures in Namibia |
Close Up Polar Bear Portrait Picture Churchill Manitoba About as close up to a polar bear as you want to get for a portrait picture near the town of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada. |
Killer Whales Endangered |
Sumatran Tiger Photo The Sumatran Tiger is a beautiful member of the cat family with this particular one residing at the Auckland Zoo on the North Island of New Zealand. |
Yellow Eyed Penguin The yellow eyed penguins are a endangered animal |
Galapagos Giant Tortoise Photo of the Galapagos Giant Tortoise which belongs to the list of endangered animals. |
Fin Whale Photo of a Fin Whale which belongs to the list of endangered animals |
Endangered Whales |
Orangutan Pictures The Orangutan is a highly endangered animals, why? ... Human involvement of course! |
Endangered Bald Eagle |
Humpback Whale Endangered |
Red Panda The Red Panda is a endangered species, only a few red pandas are still alive in the wild. |
Endangered Mammals |
Animal Picture Golden Lion Tamarin A cute Golden Lion Tamarin clings to a tree in the Tropical Forest at the Biodome de Montreal in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. |
Sea Otters |
Galapagos Tortoise Stock Photo of a giant galapagos tortoise |
Tuatara Reptile The Tuatara is an endangered species of reptile and you can view them at the Auckland Zoo in New Zealand. |
Endangered Animal Polar Bear Global Warming Through early ice break up in arctic regions such as Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada (as a result of global warming) as well as through pollution, the polar bear has been deemed a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act of the USA. |
Resting New Zealand Sea Lion South Island A New Zealand Sea Lion resting on the beach at Waipapa Point along the Catlin's Highway on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Auckland Zoo Animal The Ring-tailed Lemur is naturally found only in Madagascar but they are also a common animal at the Auckland Zoo. |
Geochelone Elephantopus |
Testudo Elephantopus |
Timber Wolf Canis Lupus Parc Omega Montebello Quebec Canada A Timber Wolf, more commonly known as a Gray Wolf, looks directly at the camera in Parc Omega, located in Montebello, Outaouais, in Quebec, Canada. This species of wolf is the largest member of the Canidae family, which includes coyotes, jackals, wolves. |
New Zealand Sea Lion Behavior Otago NZ Watching a New Zealand Sea Lion at the beach at Roaring Bay in Otago, NZ perform his behavior tactics, can be quite amusing. |
Yellow Eyed Penguin Walk Curio Bay New Zealand A lonely Yellow-Eyed Penguin on a walk across the Fossil Forest at Curio Bay on the South Island of New Zealand on its way back to its nest. |
Yellow Eyed Penguin Behavior Otago New Zealand Scratching is one type of behavior a Yellow-eyed Penguin does often, especially after returning to land in Otago, New Zealand where people can observe these cute birds. |
Yellow Eyed Penguins Beachwalk Otago New Zealand The beachwalk is something the Yellow-Eyed Penguins do every night when they come ashore at Roaring Bay in Otago on the South Island of New Zealand. |
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... African Elephants is reason to hope that these animals, indeed all endangered animals, can make a comeback.
This category is dedicated to pictures of some of the endangered animals of the world.
There are many species that have found themselves on the endangered animals list, with many reasons for their decline, but the most prominent being human intervention causing loss of habitat.
As the list of pictures in this category grows, I hope that the protection of endangered animals continues, so future generations can experience more than pictures of these unique and beautiful creatures that roam the earth.
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