Is it just me or does every one of these animals look sad and tired and unhealthy. As if they are all just looking at us and saying “kill me” already, like they were an evolutionary experiment that didn’t work all that well. I know that sounds harsh, but that’s nature for you. Even before humans came to dominate the planet, there were extinctions as part of the natural order of things, so why should we try to prevent extinctions occurring now?
To all those environmentalists who ooh and ahh about the cute furry animals, how much are you willing to sacrifice to save them? 1 million dollars per animal? 10 million? Because that’s the kind of money it takes to save cases like this, and that’s money that could better spent on other things besides providing you with more animals to look at in a local zoo.

What about the Kakapo of New Zealand? There are only 86 individuals remaining. They are the largest parrot in the world. They’re flightless, relying on camouflage to hide from predators. This technique was effective when their only predators were birds but since mammals have arrived, using their sense of smell to hunt, the species has suffered massive declines. Like all of the above species the very limited genetic variability of Kakapo means that long term viability is unlikely without ongoing intervention. The arguments for and against such measures depend on evaluating the merits of the species against costs. Conservation management organisations have to work within budgets like any other organisation. Conservation programmes are designed according to human values.

How is it that people whine and complain about the millions of dollars spent on convservation programs, when countless more goes to waste on war every day? The US senate is about to approve 150 billion in spending for its ongoing military campaigns. Is an extra hundred million for endangered species seriously that much, in comparison? Its less than one tenth of one percent of the war figure.

Cite - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21089400/from/RS.3/

Further, this latest round of extinctions is a far cry from those of the past. The old extinctions were a natural part of the development of the planet. The current extinctions are often the result of man made activity - farming, factories, dam building, and so on.

Certainly, farms and dams are useful wonderful things that help feed and support people every day, but biodiversity also offers advantages. Plants and spice improve our diets and medicine, organisms inspire new technology, and life helps expand our imaginations. To say that sacrificing species today is worth the temporary economic relief is extremely narrow minded and short sighted. Ten species today, how many tomorrow?

I think what’s important is that we try to conserve the species’ which wouldn’t go extinct hadn’t it been for man. I’m all for evolution even if it means certain species dying out which can no longer naturally cope with the world as is, ambiguous of man’s influence. But I think it is important to not put too much of a quick impact on the ecosystem which supports us.

So what if we kill of the animals to make more room for humans? So what happens when an animal population is overbearing on it’s environment? Resources run low that are particular to that species and too much competition leading to a catastrophic and chaotic effect with that species, and possible extinction. I think man better learn how to balance his needs.

What about my ass. I mean thats pretty rare. mmmmm hmmmmmm! Just kiddin yall. The oomaga mikipoochalfinchclimpbackyobbychumper of europe isn’t about that much anymore mum.
xxx

I want to sort of agree with Hmm and Ryan. There is natural selection and is it right if we interfere because if we do are we tipping the evolutionary scales in the wrong direction? Of course some interference seems necessary, I suppose we need to find that fine line between interfering and helping.
Farmers are necessary and why aren’t we getting any help from them when they say they are conservation friendly? They say the gov is stealing their land, the gov ssays they are not complying. I really think a lot of these groups have gone overboard and lost sight of what the real goal is and now they can’t even think of working together, sad really.

I think the list is good in that it calls attention to endangered species, but I don’t think it’s definitive at all. It suggests that the Iberian lynx is the rarest cat with a population of 100, but I’m pretty sure that title goes to the Amur Leopard…with a population of less than 40…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_Leopard

Some of them look really, really cute.

If i remember correctly, the Baiji is already extinct in the wild… a few months ago, there were efforts to find one in the wild, but they didn’t find one

Hmmm: I think you miss the point. Human activity has caused much of habitat destruction (and I’m not just referring to drastic changes in local biological niches - maybe you’ve heard of global warming?) of innumerable species, and more than outright destruction by a few, it’s indifference that’s killing off all these animals. You might want to reconsider that extinction of a certain species affect the existence of several others.

What about the Goose Creek Clam? There is only about 18 of them left in the world. Right near here.

And the government still lets developers build houses along that creek and let mud and other pollution flow directly into it.

The clams will all be dead soon if they aren’t already.

I hate North Carolina.

Not that is a “tortoise neck”!

Something thats always overlooked in this issue is the viability of a species when only tens or hundreds remain. Sure it would be nice if we can save them, and we can earmark all the money we want. The real issue is when you only have 70 or 150 of a breeding poluation left, that species is likely doomed. You simply dont have enough genetic variety to sustain a long term population. Eventually immune systems will fail and negative traits will be carried or amplified. Essentially we are breeding zoo exibits here. Its sad, but we should be clear that we really arent restoring an animal. We are creating an un-viable animal as an exhibit to remember them by.

Hey Hmmm,

I wouldn’t pay 10m to save a single animal, but I would pay it to save an entire species.

Yes, throughout Earth’s history, species went extinct all the time. But in nearly every case of the above, the extinction was caused by humans. So why won’t you allow humans to try to fix it?

If we do it your way, then someday your children will live in a world with no wild areas, and the only non-humans on the planet would be insects, a few types of farm-raised fish and domesticated farm animals. Is that the kind of world you would like to live in?

Incidentally, the Baiji dolphin is almost certainly extinct.. You can read more about this remarkable animal here:
http://shieldofachilles.blogspot.com/2007/08/chinas-crime-and-why-it-must-not-be.html

What about a spell checker, and some grammar? Interesting content, but reading this was the literary equivalent of a redneck belching pastrami beside you at the opera. All – if you’re going to post real content on the web (And please do – there’s too much crap, and this really was interesting stuff), please check your grammar, and run the spell check – it’s the difference between professional and playing around (read: the difference between generating advertising revenue and playing with HTML as a hobby).

You’ve forgot the snow leopard, that is next to extinction with about 30 cats alive today.

Scatterblak, i noticed that too, but you’re guilty of writing the longest sentence ever!

We need to retain diverse habitats and wildlife for our own good, if they go we’ll live a very bleak existence indeed.

Why not breed the Pinta Island tortoise with another tortoise from elswhere not with a pinta island tortoise but another type of tortoise from somewhere else a cousin or some relation. It may be a hybrid but at least the gene will carry on. A halfbreed of what you have is better than none at all. Also the Tamaraw is a water cow basicly why not bredd 4 or five together in a breeding program such as a farm etc. These animals can be bred in captivaty if done correctly. THIS IS FACT! If they go extinct it is because they werent bred in captivaty correctly it can be done if done rite!!!

the genetic viability is dependent on what traits are present in the remaining population. The population could be bottlenecked and have a bad trait that dooms them, or they could have good traits that will allow them to survive with a little help from us.

Hmmm presents a very arrogant argument. The war spending point is a good rebut. The point to save these species is that we have to coexist in this world much like they do. If we continue with our ways we will be destroying the systems and cycles that allow us to live in the first place. Saving these endangered animals is a step in the right direction to promote a human society that lives with nature, not a human society that dominates nature.

Why is the Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) not listed? Current population is less than 25 individuals. Your research department should realise that endangered species lists are not “mammals only” clubs.
* sorry for the repost, the first deleted everything after I used a less than sign in the text.

So…let me get this straight, they are made out of meat?

When will the nations of the world and the religions address the real cause of all of our problems. The over population of our own species!

“The rich get richer and the poor keep having kids.”

Why should we interfere? Because we already are!

For those of you who think that human engineering–waste dumped, dams built to run our televisions, habitats plowed down–that’s natural selection? That’s absolutely nuts! We’re the first mammal to be so self aware and so smart as to think we can design better than nature, and the inherent flaw in that cockiness is that we condescend to nature instead of living in synch with it.

The Yangtze river dolphin is already extinct btw, it went extinct earlier this year. Parly due to the big dam they built and partly due to overfishing.

Yes let’s keep breeding ourselves until we’re 15 billion people, cover every square inch of the planet, put the animals that are useful to us in farms, and pat ourselves on the back for “natural selection.”

Zoom outside yourself!

yay!

keep it up guys! we’re almost winning!

I believe the yagtze dolphin is already extint

Poor tortoise Personnaly i believe that humans interfering with natures course really is a good thing. it shows that there are people out there caring more about all the creatures of the earth wether or not their lives really effect everything else going on in this world. the number of animals on the close to extinction list can only get bigger as time goes on. eventually i see this world be totally uninhabitable for really any kind of animal due to the massive populations of humans all over the world. eventually we are going to cut down all the rainforests live above and under the water most likely and it really isn’t that far fetched to imagine massive cities in the sky in the future. so with all of the land eventually taken up by humans where will the animals go? we could find things as common as a crow or a house cat to be a very rare animal in the future and i just think its good that now we are trying to do our best to see that these animals don’t go extinct because in the future its going to be far worse and a lot harder to maintain all the animals we see everyday on this planet

Through regular geochemical processes, in a few hundred million years, the atmosphere on earth will not be able to support multi-cellular life, and in a few billion years, the sun will heat up and expand to render all life on earth extinct. So we’re hastening the process a little bit, no big deal. There’s a tribe in Tibet, they need three things (besides sunlight) to survive: barley, from which they make barley cakes and barley beer; goats, to eat the leafy barley remainders, and produce cheese and a high quality manure for fertilizer; and bacteria, to do all the dirty work. Being in a constant state of low inebriation, the society is relatively free of conflict and discord!

dear “hmmm”:
1. you’re stupid

its our fault the animals look that way and im sure they do all look sad and depressed

the whole thing about extinctions is true however the rate at which they are occurring surpasses any amount ever recorded before

anyway all im trying to say here is don’t talk about things you know nothing about, and it also wouldnt do you any harm to watch out for your environmental footprint seeing as how you dont seem to care about your surroundings.

Animals go extinct all the time. Why is it that humans are suddenly responsible for extinctions? Humans evolved as a result of natural forces on this planet, just like every other animal, and have become very successful. As a result of that, humans have made an impact on the planet and its other species. What if sharks suddenly evolved legs and lungs and started walking around eating all of the rabbits in the world? Do we start fencing off beaches to keep the sharks in the water, or do we chalk it up to “the natural order of things” and say good-bye to rabbits? Do you think the sharks would care about the preservation of the rabbit species?

I’m not saying we as humans should not care, or purposely kill off certain species because we can, but there is a point where you have to let evolution run its course and do a little cleanup.

What about panda?
Panda is very nice. I think that all vegetarian animals is also very nice.

Just vegetarian animals is best

/ Kumaran

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Regarding Diana’s comment that “… the rate at which they [extinctions] are occurring surpasses any amount ever recorded before…” is not true by a long shot. The biggest one ever was the Permian–Triassic extinction event - 96 percent of all marine species and 70 percent of terrestrial vertebrate species went extinct. Wiki has a good article. The big one after, the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, was the one that killed off the dinosaurs, and relatively speaking, it was fairly minor. The current rate of extinction caused by human activity is significant, but not unprecedented. Life is very resilient and will carry on.

Wow, after reading the comments here i am ashamed to be a part of the human race.
That’s quite a job you all have done, pay ourselves on the back and remember dont be more then expected and its never your fault!

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Amur Leopards should be on this list, near the top. As far as experts know, there are only 34 left in the wild, and only 7 of those are female. It breaks my heart.

i hate that people donot try save these beautiful creatures tht we have in herited . we all need to try save these creatures

I think that if we’re going to extinctify these animals we need to work a little harder. Taking photographs of them is a good start so we know where to focus our efforts, but it’ll come down to grueling hunting trips by professionals to eliminate the few tricky remnants of these doomed species.

A few ideas I’d suggest are for:
1) government subsidies to hunt in places where these animals reside. These animals are normally found in remote locations that are expensive to get to and operate within.
2) involvement of various NGOs and corporations to ensure that people are properly informed about which animals should be targeted and the best practices for their slaughter. Public-private partnerships have the power to see every one of these species off if only the will exists.
3) public access to high resolution satellite imagery that can be used to track these animals.

I’m sure there are tons of other ways we can wipe these animals from earth’s gene pool, but everyone must realize that we’re connected in a big web of life where we all have to do our part. I don’t think it’s enough to just sit around waiting for an asteroid to wipe species out. This is something that humanity has to work on with urgency and a spirit of togetherness.

[...] a look at the world’s ten rarest animals. [...]

I think this is a moment where we can ponder the effect we have on the habitats that support not only these animals, but many others as well. This give rise to being aware of the enormous amount of resources that people consume (above what is necessary) throughout their lives. I think also that this is an opportunity for us to have compassion for other beings we share the planet with. To those that have posted with negative, sarcastic comments- why are you on this website? Go back to your hateful sites and let us be constructive.
By going vegan, you emit less carbon into the atmosphere than by stopping DRIVING. Not to mention feeling amazing!

I think more humans should become extinct , most of these animals if not all of them are dying out because of humans. They are beautiful creatures and WE’RE killing them off. A serious virus needs to hit humans and wipe them out we are so over populated and we bitch about hitting deers on the road and so we hunt to keep the population down….COME ON it was there land first not ours, they let us live here and we keep putting up buildings, roads, malls, houses over their homes and they say nothing and leave or we end up killing them in the process of putting up a fancy new apartment building. It is not about us being the top of the food chain, I’d like to see someone in the forest filled with mountain lions with no gun or weapon and see if you could survive that…I really doubt it. Hell I’d even say just against one mountain lion. We should be great full that they let us live here.

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First of all, anyone who thinks that humans are at the top of the evolutionary ladder I must tell you something: You are very sadly mistaken. Think about it. How long have humans been on this planet? Now, how long have lizards and bacteria and other such living organisms been here?? Yes, so we figured out how to adapt to survive in the world, so what?? We’re still children compared to most species of life on this planet, and it shows. It seems that we’re the last creatures on Earth to grasp the concept that in order for us to successfully survive we have to maintain the gentle balance of the life around us. Should we all shave our heads and become vegans?? No. Natural selection also has to do with the natural order of life and its unending circle. If we never ate meat again, certain animals would then become overpopulated themselves, eating too much of their food sources - whether that be plants or other animals. That’s not the solution. As much as everyone giving up meat isn’t the answer, neither is just sitting back at this point and letting our past and current decisions as a species continue to devastate the world in which we live. We all need to take steps toward saving our dying planet in order to save ourselves. If not for us, then for our children and their children after them. Sadly, I don’t think this is going to happen any time soon. Think of it this way. The planet is, say, a person. This person lived happy and healthy with an occassional cold or other sickness in its life (the natural extinctions and such problems that this planet has encountered). One day, this person starts smoking. The cigarettes are slowly killing off the body and making it sick. As much as certain parts of the body are starting to protest at this invasion of its resources and at what the person is doing, none of those body parts are capable of alone stopping the person. Until the whole body gets to the point of collapse with disease, this smoker isn’t going to give up what makes it happy for the moment. The saddest part of all, is that once the disease has progressed that far, it’s rare for someone to recover from it. So I really don’t see this planet turning itself around to the path of recovery until all of those parts of the world that are complaining are possibly gone forever, and the parts that are enjoying the here and now of it all start to realize just how bad off they really are without the complaining parts still there fighting to support them. So how is it anyone ever thought we were at the top of the ladder of evolution, unless they somehow believe that it’s possible to kill your way there?

itz really Cute but you have to add some more Animals good

[...] Expander has a list up of the ten most endangered species in the world. Among them are, George of course, but also the [...]

Most of these animals will go extinct, but does that mean we should sit back and let it happen. NO we as humans are the first species to evolve that have the ability to conciously shape the world we are in.
What im saying is that saving an endangered organism is not always about bringing back a natural population, but serves to reminder us of the fragility of the natural world that is constantly being pushed back into the column of an expendable resource. For example we barely know anything about the biological structure of the top one inch of soil. How can we claim to know that everything is going to “work out” with loss of species who’s ecological functions are largely unknown? Nature is not an expendable resource that we should sit back and watch die. Humans are in a position of power in this world, the driving forces of evolution. So why should we let extinctions, with unknown consequences, happen when we have the resources to protect what is left of the fragile populations listed above?

[...] extinctions during the earth’s history, and many scientists argue that the current rate of extinctions sees us on the cusp of a sixth era of mass extinction. Time will [...]

[...] discovered, even if they’re in a smaller number than those lost forever. After rounding up the rarest animals in the world and the most endangered animals in the world, here is a list of the new species recently discovered [...]

“that’s money that could better spent on other things besides providing you with more animals to look at in a local zoo.”

how ignorant — i won’t even try to correct your thought process there, because its beyond selfish and egotistical. extinction is a natural process, but lets say i set out to kill every single member the elephant species. are you going to argue, if i was successful, that is merely how nature works?

what other things, by the way?

apathy is going to destroy our world.

PANDAS are going bye bye it is the humans fault there are 40 pandas left the goverment is makeing a law (no won can harm pandas) it is a rule now i would HATE to see pandas go away and cheatahs OMG its not fare animals are a part of nature we shouldnt harm such delacet creaters it is sooooo rong we should let the animals go from the zoo it is so bad i am trying to help them i am going to right an angry letter i feel soo bad for those poor poor animals CRY CRY i dont know what els to say i am so sad i really really want to help but i guess i cant i dont know what to do i just ahhhhhh i hate seeing this happen befor my eyes it is soo sad i really really really really really want to do somthing to help but there is reallly nothing i can do and i hate seeing that happen i am so sad for those poor animals i am sooo soo soo soo soo soo soo soo sad well i will have to beal with it humm i got it i will help yay well ok i will do it right now yay me!!!!!!!!

I have been privlaged to live and grow up in a place where i regularly see and interact with the beings we share our planet with, and i cant bare the thought of my children and theirs not having that same privlage. Obviously the people in this forum disagreeing with the conservation of these animals have not thought of that because their sheltered, suburbian lives have taught them to care for nothing but themselves. I am ashamed to find that some people would take this wonderful gift that God has given us and not protect it . Yes, thats right, I said god.

[...] have the smallest chances of recovery out off all the Earth’s creatures. Here are 5 of the 10 rarest animals on Earth: 10. Red Wolf - Only 20 pure red wolves were estimated in 1980, however the number increased to 207 [...]

[...] have the smallest chances of recovery out off all the Earth’s creatures. Here are 5 of the 10 rarest animals on Earth: 10. Red Wolf - Only 20 pure red wolves were estimated in 1980, however the number increased to 207 [...]

just todays people dont have that much diverted mind to animals just they understand them wild.

[...] After police technicians extracted DNA from the deer to dend to the crime lab, they returned the buck to Rakotz, who is expected to mount it to her wall, next to past kills, which include a Yangtze River Dolphin and a Javan Rhino. [...]

How about the ivory-billed woodpecker? Or even the Po’ouli (unless of course both of them are already extinct, or probably in one of those peoples private homes, you know, the ones that are ancient, live in South Africa, and have an underground maze or something like that, w/ a wildlife preserve or something, like one of the arks they’re talking about

[...] Link: The 10 Rarest Animals in the World [...]

We need to make people aware about ANIMALS . Today human beings don’t have time for their kids so it is obvious that they dont even care about animals ,which will be extinct in few years.SO it would be better if we make people aware about animals through print and electronic media.Please mind it YOUNG GENERATION YOU CAN CHANGE A LOT. DO SOMETHING FOR ANIMALS THEY ARE ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS EARTH.

well i think that it was very easy to kill them off y cant we bring them back?

Boy Smooth

I’m only 10, but I’m sick of people thinking that “war” is more important than animals, probaly, where the war is, at least 100 animals die in the war due to “Big Bangs”, toxic waste, and guns. And the animals that die are nearly all wild animals!

P.S: Maybe we shouldn’t spend all this time on the computer anyway. It doesn’t help penguins and snow leopards and other polar animals.

P.P.S:I RULE!!!!

And, to that guy “Nick”, It’s really hard to bring the extinct animals back from the grave, for exampile, The tazzi tiger, there cloning it, and it’s cost already over 1,000,000 dollars to get past the 1st fight in a 15 round battle. They should just stop trying, and try to save the animals that are going to be extinct in the next 10 years. STOP CLONING, AND TRY BUILDING CONSERVAISIONS FOR THE ANIMALS THAT ARE GOING TO DIE!!!! THOS PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING ARE JUST IDIOTIC MORONS!!!!

soz for all the ppl that had to read that!

My Mum wanted to know if there is such a thing as green dolphin

someone answer my qustion above PLEASE!

Um if the animals keep dying off, more species will die due to loss of prey and it will just keep going on like that. Eventually all the animals will be endangered. After all the animals die off, then the plants will all die because nothing fertilizes the ground or spreads their seeds. Then what? We will perish because we have no more food. Oh and it wouldn’t be so bad if there werent people in the world who didn’t care about the welfare of animals. Apparently some people need to do more research, because without animals we are screwed.

im realy sorry for the tourtises the look like the ostriches in hell and there realy U.G.L.Y

those poor tourtises and dwarfs i wish i could help them if i were dead but seriously if i had money like Goerge W.B i would stop talkin about war and start focussing on dying things
Goerge bush sucks bush

im the angel of death but i can only come on the net when my Lord says so

There is no such thing as a”Green dolphin”, sure, there are dolphins with a sliet tint of green, but no pure green dolphin. People, greenies are pretty cool, (even tho im a Emo) Even I admit, the greenies have gone a tad too far, but with saving animals and rainforrests, i have no probs with em’. WAT BOUT THE POOR WHALES!!!! I hate the japs that have been killing whales “For reserch”. If you need to do reaserch, put the animal in a zoo, or conservation, where it needs to be if your gonna reserch it. PROTEST AGAINST WHALING, IT’S JUST CRULE. AND TO THE JAPS, DON’T KILL THE WHALES, YOU MIGHT AS WELL KILL A PERSON. Animals are exatly the same as people. But they mainly walk on 4 legs, and can’t talk like us. so if your gonna eat a lamb, eat a person insted. “oh no, thats called canibalisim” but it’s alright when you kill a animal that feels pain. For thos people that enjoy teasing, and killing animals, DIE!!!!! :~(. BURN IN HELL!!! I HOPE 4 THOS PEOPLE THEY HAVE A HORRIBAL DEATH~!~!!. YOU GET WAT U DESERVE!! B.I.H (bURN IN HELL)

those poor helpless animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!why would ANYONE want to kill them….STOP KILLING ANY ANIMALS ESPECALY…….PANDAS!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE HELPLESS CREATURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i Love animals and its hard to look at them and see that they might deceased. But God made it so more animals will grow. and i trust Him that he will do the best thing for this place. Im kinda sad though because everyone take things for granted i hope they can change and realize that thats its Gods creation not a piece of junk! :-(……BUT I DONT THINK THEY SHOULD BURN IN HELL WHATS WRONG WITH U PEOPLE!? SURE I LOVE ANIMALS BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN WE SHOULD SAY: BURN IN HELL COME ON! >:-o thats really not cool! and people are NOT the same as people theyre not! God made it so people could Love animals BUT Bronte theyre not the same and u should know that!!!!!! you have problems and i hope u can sort them out I LOVE ANIMALS but i would NEVER say a thing like that!!!!!!!!!! come on! God made it so we CAn also eat animals but thats why animals have babys….i agree they should stop teasing and abusing the animals and ilove them dont get me wrong but that doesnt mean i would say burn in hell come on!!!! and u guys that are saying BAD thing about Bush have problems 2 because we ARE saposed to respect are elders not say they suck come on!!!!!

It’s such a shame that these animals are rare, but I guess it’s the elusiveness that adds to the cuteness.

why should animals suffer for our mistakes. i mean less than a thousand in some animal kinds who ever decided to build the machines or structures should be ashamed with your sell ,your murdering poor defenseless animals

Its part of the food change if one animal is stronger than another it’ll kill it for food or territory issues. If Im stronger than you I might kill you for food, shelter or To stay alive. Its just people killing animals for the wrong reasons… Money? Whats wrong with you?

Who agrees with me?

you know whats as rare as the pinta tortoise? ME. im the only species of simon left in the world. and Elmo elmo, there is such thing as a green dolphin. Instead of a dolphin being blue, its GREEN. (the dolphins may murder you if you come 20 ft close to it).

Bronte.I rule, YOU SUCK. people who made this site, set the fricking daylight savings time…

to henry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sharks wont develop feet overnight, you must be aware of that………. if they do, what hinders the rabbit to develop wings and just evade the sharks. i doubt about your argument if it’s acceptable.

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Ok, sure, to some people, hunting is fun, and I’m not gonna try stopping you from doing it, but it’s when people TRY and kill off animals, and also do whaling.
Animals are EXACTLY the same as people, just in another form. Animals feel as much pain as us if we get hurt.
Just think of getting your head copped off, AND IT IS PROVEN, that you feel pain after your head is taken away from your body.

That was very interesting But I lready knew about the Baiji

I was in Lao in February of this year and took a bike ride about 20km north of vang vieng on the main road and then turned right just past the bridge onto the dirt road and travelled about 30km straight on until I arrived at a small army encampment and was told I couldn’t go any further as there was a very good chance of being shot by the tribesmen,maybe this is because they are illegally logging all the forest!
In this camp I saw what was I think a Larger Bamboo Rat with 3 new born babies,the mother being fattenned for lunch,not that she needed fattening,it was the largest rat I had ever seen,the size of a small dog and looking very angry being tied up and robbed of its babies! I understand that this is natural to the people there and cannot be stopped but why couldnt I go any further or why are the tribes fighting the army,they must have a reason,I could hear the chainsaws as I got nearer!!!
I will go there again in 4 or 5 weeks and try again, please dont hesitate to contact me if you have any comments on this. stretchtours@yahoo.com

i hope this hopeless animal, would encounter a endagered human and they will hunt them one by one till no person will set alive.
human are human, arrogance is its component, just try to predict this, what is your purpose human?

the reason for the extinctions of animals and endangerment of animals is due to mankind. We are the reason for what is happening. But it seems like no one really gives a shit about it. Well the world needs to start caring or we are going to go extinct as well

[...] designers of this particular list wanted to come up with an overview of many contrasting species.

I think we must not harm animals and try to prevent them after all they are also living creaturesand have the right to live in this beautiful world.

and i think that they must be preserved for the next generation.

with regads,
from shreya

Call me a cynic but all those animals will become extinct along with many others. We humans like to think we are so superior to everything else on the planet, but we are the most ignorant and stupid species ever to exist. Only humans kill other animals for pleasure and kill more than they need to survive. In fact we humans enjoy killing each other, no other species does that. You don’t see birds killing other birds because they are a different color! If I had one wish it would be to take out the human race. At least that would mean no more killing of rare animals because they taste good or because they can be grounded up into some weird potion.
I’m ashamed to be a member of the human race because our race is the scum of the Earth.

Rodney.

man i love the lynx alot i may be only 12 years old but i never knew the lynx was that close to extinctionthis sucks my whole day today was awsome now not anymore why dont they just try cloniong a lynxthey already did that to a cat lynx’s are cats (family;felidae=feline)

The picture of the hispid hare looks like a pig. There is a reason for this: it is in fact a picture of a pygmy hog, another rare and famous inhabitant of Manas National Park in India. You can see a real hispid hare here: http://www.ecoindia.com/animals/mammals/hispid-hare.html and a pygmy hog for comparison here: http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/rare-pygmy-hogs-head-for-the-wild

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achei muito legal a lista dos 10 animais mais raros do mundo, mais acho que ela poderia ser traduzida para o português… O.O

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they are so poor!!! i love animals.
they are so cute!!!but are you so sure that they are not extinct?

(> <)Why Are these peaople hunting down all these animals? Sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Gosh, I hope they can live

these animals will not be indagered
if you help them. HELP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Conservation work is under way to breed and reintroduce the Iberian Lynx into Southern Portugal

Very nice!!

im 14 and i can not believe how heartless people are read this it might change your mind. OK i see where people are coming from how not all of the extinction happening are our fault but if you read a bible you would know that god wants us to preserve life!!! plus if some one you know has some one in their life die wouldn’t you feel at least a little sad too. why is int it that way with animals. i also go with my theory that the only reason that we are the most civilized and sophisticated species(to our belief) in the world is because we kill every thing else before it gets a chance to even think about getting civilized. so next time you see a bug or a animal think “how would i feel if god reached down here and started swinging his hand at me or pestering me so i could not get on with my life”.

i love this world and it has much to offer with animals and beautiful plants i think people 1,000 years from now deserve the opportunity that this world offers.

There are too many people on the edge who do anything to survive, and thats how animals get endangered. But it is staggering how in places like America we have endangered species, the wealthiest country in the world.

Too many morons in power who dont give a shit about anything other than making money and making money.

Posted by Hmmm | October 1, 2007, 4:27 pm

this is for you mate…

are you sick and twisted, see the problem is that HUMANS are not part of nature, sure we were created by it and live with it but instead of adaption to the enviroment like nature intented out intelligence told us, you know what lets change the enviroment to suits us, so when you look out the window at all those houses in the city, just think that all of it was woodland where animals like the ones listed lived in harmony untill we came along.

take for example shoes, they stop our feet developing properly and that is a fact but because we feel its more comfortable to wear shoes then go barefoot we are stopping our evolution and in the prcoess cause shoes get dirty and have a hard time walking in mud and stone whe changed the streets to pavements so its easier for us to walk with shoes…..lifes a bitch

i love the dolphins they are so cool of course all the animals are so how about you do you love animals?

How come no one has thought of the obvious??? God wants all the cute animals dead! If he didnt..he wouldnt of made them out of meat..or delicious.

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What about the Okapi?

turtles are my favorite animals, and its so sad that a turtle is the rarest animal in the world. Did you know that turtle in the picture’s name is George?

hi thea!!!

We all need to stand up and do something about this! I hope that our new President will do something about this. It is very tragic to read about this stuff every day! Say something!

The iberian lynx is very foxy.

these animals are wierd looking but the are raw looking

no no ur wrong animals suck

What’s wrong with you “natural selection” people? We’ve killed off a beautiful dolphin because we’re too lazy to clean up the river, we can’t stop hunting rhinos because their horns are pretty…I mean, it’s not competition, because there is no competition. These animals can’t fight back, and we’re going to lose them because apparently everyone thinks if they can’t “evolve” bullet-proof hides they shouldn’t be allowed to live.

Muito bom esse site. eu adoro pesquisar sobre essas coisas. Estes animais são maguinificos. muitos belos. Mas o que mas me imprecionol foi o gato Iberian Lynx. perfeito. bye. nelson junior.
me add ae. nelson_gangster_@hotmail.com

I believe since we the humans caused this problem, we should fix it. We are destroying this planet and if we cant fix that then we will get it all back. Anyone who thinks that money is wasted on trying to save this animals are also the people who are selfish and dont care about the planet at all. We are allowed to live here so we should treat her with respect!
~Joanna

These animals r soo cute they should be taken in care in agood way

animales raros en ingles

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let me clear one thing. Human expansion is NOT natural, the ability to distroy the planet 6 times over is NOT natural, nature would never want it, nuclear weapons, global warming is not natural, we are not subject to the ecosystem, and hence nature, we have the power to change nature, and so far we have messed it up. so pleaze ignorant thinking will get us no where, natural extinctions do happen, but they are for a cause ans result in many more species, whereas manmade extinction is fuelled by greed, and brings nothing but detriment to nature.

I don’t think these extinctions are natural at all. They are caused by man’s action If we let them continue, pretty soon probably half of Earth’s species will be wiped out. IT WILL UPSET nature’s balence.

BAKA!!!!!!

Ethiopian wolves belong on this list.

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everry body say something, and nobody knows nothing.i am going to tell every body what’s happening in this disgraceful world. as long as the human are incharge nothing will survive. dont you knoww????????? humans are here to destroy. humans destroy the mind body and soul, destroy the forest,the rivers that years ago used to flow grean water, like the Amasonas, theres no one only fisher to tell the history. OH,boy! but that is a great business man.Can i tell you something? i will be more than happy the day that god calls me, i just cant think that i have to live in this corrupt world, where everybody is no body, man torture man, animals, there is non feeling for any body and anything. I will be most happy anywhere else.

Dear Hmmm It looks to me like your feeling pretty sad and forlorn, like your just saying “somebody please , come put me out of my misery.” The world will not miss you when you go, please leave us now.

these animals are awesome

hey i have not read all the things posted over here
but i would like to say
most of us humana are horrible if you see. We like to kill poor animals

we humans are destroying the beauty of mother earth

You forgot the black sea seal there are just 5-6 individuals left.

I was shock when i read that the Philippine tamaraw is the 8 rarest animal. It scares me as a Filipino to know that these magnificent creatures who once owned the lands of Luzon are still being hunted by the same people who should be taking care of them… I don’t want the Philippine tarsier to be next!

I am a young student who knows the importance of these animals, and I noticed that there are still more rare animals in the brink of extinction that are still not in that list! Its really saddening seeing those animals whither away just like the forest and rivers they once called home.

Our government is said to be doing its best but why are there still ignorant people who hunt tamaraws?! These animals were here even before our ancestors reached the shores of the Philippines!

I just hope that the breeding program of tamaraws will be successful. These animals are very wild and hot tempered thats why they are difficult to maintain in a man made environment. Tamaraws in captivity are gradually becoming tamed. I fingers are crossed whenever I think of the possibility that someday Mindoro will be called a home for thousand Tamaraws.

there really nothing that can be done to save these animal. let us keep killing them for meat. haha ha

Humans seem to think that we are the superior race on Earth, and that we can take care of ourselves. This is not true, no matter who says it. Every animal on this planet helps us survive in some way or another, no matter if it is in an almost unseeable way or if it is in a big way. By killing these animals, we are killing ourselves in the process. Every animal that dies tips the natural order farther and farther in the wrong direction. Animals were here before us, and we should protect them. If you have any questions, contact me at youtubedude234@yahoo.com

I wish I can be a rare animal cause then I will be famous! Besides I WOULD PREFER TO BE CUTE AND CUDDLEY!

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I hate this stupid website.I don’t give a crap about any of this.I only went here because I didn’t have anything to do and im a random website searcher.

Believe it or not, mother nature can in an instant snap her fingers and you and I will be gone, but our animal friends some will decease and some will evolve. But what do you expect we are sitting on a rock with a core of liquid iron, held down by a froce called gravity, all the while spinning around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour and whizzing through the milkyway at 600,000 miles and hour in a universe that is chasing it’s own tale.

how r u guyz out of ur stupid little minds? i LOVE animals i couldnt imagine a world without them i was 6 when i heard of world wildlife fund and i was so mad that i couldnt help cuz i was too young i remember when my famly triend to change the channel i was soo upset i am now 18 and i intend on saving an animal i hate all u haters of animals i meat sure but the animal is already dead and i only eat cow pig and chicken but i prefer vegies and fruit neday there is a fish and there r only 3 of them left and i belive in lochness and ogopogo and that there is basically only one of them but if we could find them we could clone them it makes me soo upset when pple say they dont care for them and that they r only meat so? ever heard of fruit and vegies if u wanna fight i will fight u and i will win i always do pce out!!

hey there my name is stan and i really like to rape my dog srg

there is a man wel he is my son his name is dave and i think he is gay for rare animals and i dont know what to do about this weid problem because he kepps raping my sweet dog srg

hello there i am stan the greg-man and i am here to tell you even more about dave… this is a new problem i have found in his room i found a vedio camra and some rope and i think he was makin movie with these rare animals…. but that is not all i saw a bird in his room 2 birds and well i must not say any more i think he is going to kill me if this is comment you see from me stan the greg-man please tell annn i love her!

we are preparing areport about rar plants and animals in world in our educational purpose plz tell us somethin more about this

well it is sad but very true that the Baiji are confirmed extinced… how many more will it take until we relize that maybe its been enough and consider helping these creatures… its sad that 2 of the nicest animals on this planet are endangered, elephants and dolphins
and its a huge shame that the rest of these poor creatures mentioned above just dont get the attention

another one to add would be the scimitar horned orynx, they only exsist in captivity, and same with the przewalski horse

you are kidding poofy right? That is the most obsere and crazyiest I heve heard in my life(>:() Why should we kill off endangered species? Would you like someone to say “oh I think I’ll wipe uot the human race?” Animals matter more than you think (>:()

Some people can be amazingly small minded!

I still cant beliee you poopy, i mean poofy

To those of you who thinks that the animals deserve to die or don’t deserve the help, what if some extremely advanced alien civilization (assuming it exists) decides to colonize Earth for whatever reasons (more living space, energy, farming, war, etc.) and wipe us humans out?

Would you say that we deserve to be helped then?

If yes, how is our case any different from these animals?

Wow! I’m probably the youngest thats commenting.

But aside from that Conservationist is very right! We should not think that we are the superior race. When we rely on every single animal, plant, and any other living organism for our own greed. Were creating problems that shouldn’t even happen. For instance Global Warming, were consuming everything in our path. When is it going to stop? When its to late and every animal on earth is obliterated? I don’t think so, so if it takes ALL the money in the world to save our planet isn’t it worth it? isn’t it worth saving the animals that we have caused to be in this dilemma? Yes we should.

For every life is no greater then one another,

YOU ARE ALL SUPER SUPER GAY AND HAVE NO LIVES. I LOVE ANIMALS BUT OMG!!! YOU PEOPLE JUST WANT TO LIKE RAPE THEM ALL OR SOMETHING. YOU’VE GOT PROBLEMS.

1 million dollars? 10 million dollars? Yes. 100 million, however much it takes. What price on the existance of a species? Once gone, they will never come again. We don’t know what their value might be–new antibiotics are being derived from the skins of frogs, from the blood of the American alligator (saved by the Endangered Species Act). But more than that…we should save them because it is the right thing to do. Do you put a price on a human life? An entire species is priceless, its unique genome irreplaceable.

The American Alligator is our lesson, a confirmation that we should pay close attention to. The human lives that may be saved by medicine derived from its blood are worth more than the cost of preserving it.

Quite apart from all of that, I like animals. I think diversity is sacred, and that life is sacred and should be respected, whatever its form. In order to save a species, we must save its entire habitat, and numerous other species as well. Nothing exists in a vaccuum.

Did you find a nother pinta tortoise so they can mate

My name is Emily and i am 9 years oid and i wont to make a difrence

the tokeyo people need to leave the dolfens alone because ther is onley 10 of them left and me and my whole class think no animals should be idstnck bacause animils need to live longer

My heart goes out to the Northern Hairy Nose Wombat. I beleive these cute little mammals could definitely be saved via captive breeding habitat programs. What is the difference between captive breeding and captive breeding habitat ? The selective breeders STRIVE to create as near “natural” type habitat as possible and have everything in place… grassing land, shelter, terrain, etc. (fencing–with the area large enough to suit a pair) Also, another good thing to point out here is that other foods…grains, grasses, etc. could be used in captive breeding habitat programs, not only their “native, natural” grass. I have heard many rabbit breeders (I’ve been a breeder for 25 years), and many others state it’s too hard to breed rare species in captivity. Actually it takes LOVE and EFFORT to make a “habitat” and then when the animals feel safe and secure and well cared for they WILL do what comes naturally…breed and have babies. Animals are very sensitive to their surroundings and KNOW when they truly matter and are cared for… I created singlehandly 8 years ago Astrex Rabbits creation / development program for curly bunnies. There was NO information on the internet on “Astrex RAbbits” until my site 6 years ago. I have sucessfully created a herd of approximately 100 plus curly rabbits and curl carriers in the last 8 1/2 years. So my point is: Animals that are “vitrually extinct” can be saved. IT TAKES VISION, HARD WORK, and TRUE LOVE…not wanting to make a “quick name or quick buck”. I believe the hairy nose wombat could very well be brought back from the brink of extinct with private breeding habitat programs.
Sincerely and kindly, Rett
http://www.AstrexRabbits.org

stan the greg man back here my boy dave did not kill me that night. i was lucky… i hade to buy him a new pet to rape so he would not kill me. i feel terrible but there is nothing i can do about it. i think he is in love with animals and he likes to rape them alot i have trouble sleeping at night becasue o hear him raping these poor indangered animals that i bought for him. and i think i know i have been tell people about his problem and i fell that my life is indanger and i asdjha sdpfaosdfjfjah asdf asdfa askldjh sdfdffasdfasdfasdffffffffffffffsdasdiuh ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i love animalssssssss

animals are the best. i love them so much!!!!!! there my new drug, just kidding.me and my best friend love them so much and obama will take care of them i know it

i think that they should have a special place to keep all of the indandgered animal in one place that way it will be easy for then to keep trake of then. and it could be an oberitunity for the animals to meet the other in the same sichuachon

I love animals

Protecting the environment is the responsibility of every creature who can. However, I believe it is more reasonable to get the issues within our own species sorted out before we spend millions of dollars on animals that will eventually become extinct anyway.

How aobut the white northern rhinoceros? There are less than 4 listed in the wild and only 9 in captivity. The last time the ones in the wild were seen was 2 years ago and they are deemed extinct.

Breeding programs have tried to mate the last two remaining fertile females in captivity, yet they often do not breed in zoos and only give birth once every 2 years, so it is difficult for them to produce a viable amount of offspring capable of surviving.

that is so sad about the pinta island toroise
i hope they do something about it =(

i like all the animals there super cool and cute!!! i like the turttle! now that’s a neck ,HA HA HA HA HA HA! :):):)

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1. theres 11 animals 2 ive saw a dolphin millons of times 3 your can see a turtle at tiwn LAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 THIS IS A LOAD of rubbish!! you triyed your best

geuss wat “hmmm” 9 out of yen of these animal look healthy!

why dont u even give the uses of theses animals

I think you should make a zoo of rare animals and take good care of them.And every one can see the rare animals.If you made that zoo before 2/23/09.That would help me a lot with my science project.

awww… i really hope they find a mate for george.

suck

dolphin can be found in zoo where got rare

I’ll fuck George to not save his species but create a new one.

thats sad, i love animals but what the hell is Wombat?!

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Extinctions are warning signs that something is out of balance - domino effect - we should be paying attention and trying to protect animals where Man has selfishly taken without thinking about the consequences. Think about what would happen if we didn’t, a species dies out the link of which we don’t see, and suddenly, our food supplies start becoming endangered. Can’t eat money, can’t breath money - what good will it do us if the land is destroyed and cannot support life? ie, Mankind. Mankind is acting like locust with a little brains, not enough vision to see the outcome of our own self absorption.

“According to various estimates by scientists, every day 35- 150
species of life become extinct. Most of these vanishing species are
(or were) inhabitants of tropical rain forests. A majority of them
are insects or plants, and most remain undiscovered by humans at the
time of their extinction.”

So what?

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your pictures are so cute.how many
animals do you find in a day?you must have good eyes to find these animals.are they cudly?do you have to be trained to find these animals?you must care for animals.

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I am only a young girl but i am still able to see how sad this world has become. Because of humans stupidity and selfishness aniamls are dying. The sad part is people are not welling to take the blame for it and accept the responsibity. Writing and complaining about it will not solve anything. Try acctualy doning something to help

In the first paragraph, “Earth’s creatures” should say “God’s creatures.”

hey hmmm why shouldnt we save the animals from going exstinct, did you forget that we was the ones that caused it in the first place, they thrived years ago, then we spent the money to spoil there surroundings, i think they deserve the money to be put back in to help them.

I want to know what is the “ligotaral” mean? I find it in the study book. There are four riddle about it -It’s bigger than the cat. -It’s smaller than the whale. - It’s fiercer than the tiger. - It’s a long tail as a monkey.
Please tell me about it.
Help me,please.

u r sooo nice carring 4 i dont no wat undergone means

Hello! These animals are SO cute! but, i tought the Baiji has extinct… haven’t it???

i hate all dis bullshit, i think we must understand dat humans are humans and animals are animals!!!
so, we should prioritise humans on animals, once the poverty is finished den we can deliberately move on to saving animals.
i dnt get those ppl who dnt give a damn about ppl dieing in africa nd other poor countries and want 2 save these animals. for god sake, dnt prefer animals on humans!!!

awwwww…how sad…
kill the illegal hunters!!!

let emm die!!!let them suffer!!kill the hunters!!!

i hope the un will take target practice on those poachers!! its so heart-breaking to know that george is the only living animal of its species

my God i wish that i could help them … i am SUCH an animal lover!! i cry whenever i see that. SAVE THE RARE ANIMALS!!! LET THOSE PEOPLE WHO READ THIS HELP THE ENDANGERED ANIMALS!!

i’m pretty sure the amur leopard is closer to extinction than the lynx. less than 30 remain.

SAVE OUR ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!

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we save our animals and plants, because theyre vital for humans, and could lead to curse for life taking diseases.

Wow i never knew there was this many Rare Animals

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I cant beleive that people wold do this to animals!

ITS SO WRONG!!!!!!!!!!

TIGERS SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST!They are border line exstinct!

tht is so mean!!how wud u like it if u were killed cuz some1 wanted to live where u lived?and these animals have the same right live just like u? i hate it when ppl think that everything needs 2 b 4 them. it’s just not right.

these poor animals i feel realy bad for them. thats why am doing this project

i agree with hmmm these animakls need to be put in a heath animal instatute. then when they are healthy. therm when they are healthy we should breed them with any other type of dolphin wolf or turtle. there are more red wolves. y dont we breed them? then when we have enuf send them back out to the the wild. its not fair for us to live with exstinxion when they are. and it are fault there is so many dead or dieing. it needs to stop…

It’s really sad that a lot of species are close to coming to a end.

this is so cute please help them and give them chesee

Ok look people this website is just letting people know that some animals r endangered its not there fault that u people have no hearts. Get a life and stop bashing the site.

Lonesome George breaks my heart. Think of being the only human left on earth.

thank you for your great article

i have a solution to all of our problems people….. and im not kidding…..if we want to save our planet we have to control the only source of destruction there is on the planet. us. humans are the problem. if we stopped reproducing so fast and actually stopped for a couple of years there would be less people to consume food ,water and air. less cars on the road. less waste produced etc. we’ve got to do something

I respect that, yes, the animals are cute; however, the actual protection of the animals is much more important. And, while the money spent to protect it is in vast amounts, the value of our world (which we share, not own) is at stake. We cannot afford to let the natural beauties and wonders of our amazing planet fall in vain. We owe it to Earth, ourselves, and the animals that we share our home with. It is without hope if people like “Hmmm” (and yes, I read more than the first comment.) continue to rid the world of its purities for selfish reasons, there is more than one kind of biggit. We as humans should not
be socombed be greed; especially if to fufill our hunger we destroy innocent animals like linsangs.

*NOTE: there are more than this on the list of animals in need of protection. I prefer to use linsangs as an example in this case, humans are there only known predetors.

To all of you that are arguing that humans are the cause of plight of these animals, you are probably right. But your solutions are ridiculous. Stop building dams? Then where would you get the electricity to power up your PC to post your drivel? Somebody wished on here wished for a virus to reduce the human population, but I somehow doubt he/she would want something that random to decide the fate of humans…after all, that might kill someone is his/her family, or even the writer of the post. And as far as population control, I would bet money that most of you that posted on here in favor of such a program would NEVER actually let the government tell you how many kids you could have (its kind of the flip-side of the abortion coin, and I KNOW that none of you libs like to have laws applied to your bodies). I guess my point is this: all of your arguments are simpl abstract ideas that I don’t hink any of you would actually be in favor of.

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kill the animals!!!!!!!!!!

You know we should take care of all the animals by killing them. Then we wont have all of these stupid programs of animals.

I think DW is right

Even though most of these animals are on the verge of extension we should do everything in our power to keep them on this Earth .Looking at a photo of a Tasmanian Wolf (now extentict)is not the same as having the live animal here today.The World is a lesser place without all our family of living creatures that we Humans brought to this point of extention.

To Michael Lawler:

I agree, the thylacine was a great creature that was here on its own right until we humans came into the scene and drove it to extinction. Is time we take some responsibility for our actions and do something before we do more damage.

To fred, dw, and all the assholes who don’t care about these animals:

If you had the brain capacity to understand why these creatures are so important you would do something else besides posting your retarded comments.

Continue with your patetically convinient lives, polluting and destroying the environment fucking idiots.

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hello fello wankers you are a lot of dickheads with no friends go home fags

the Lberian Lynx is already extinct i dont know if you guys new this but when cubs get to their fighting stage they can turn their baks on each other and kill one another. if you would like to see the video go to this web sight. to see all the endangered animals.
http://www.pbs.org go to tv shows
click on Nature
go to episodes (by animals)
click there should be a episode by the name of the lonliest animals on the planet
there should be a picture of a turtle named lonsome george and if the episode dont play then heres my e-mail and you can ask me questions if you would like
rduboi01@aol.com

AUSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Post Thanx.

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Did anyone maybe think that the reason for most extinctions is the fact that there’s an over-population of humans and if you’ve noticed that when over-population occurs, the animals(themselves/food/living supply) will decrease immensely because humans are either driving them out somewhere they shouldn’t be, scarfing them down at dinner, or skinning them to make a belt or purse. I think, us humans ruined the cycle of life by protecting the stupid people that should have died with the weak ones and just bred a big amount of idiots into our species, thus you bring extinction, diseases, mutations, global warming, and any earthly disaster. And I bet it was all for temptation or love, because the one’s that protected the idiots must’ve loved them, giving in to temptation shows that your weak, and lastly, the strong and smart ones should’ve been the only survivers. Sorry if you disagree, you must be the idiot

I got caught up in the moment, just read your reviews, sorry to those who have already mentioned it being humanity’s fault.. I love and appreciate all of the positive reviews, it makes me feel good that other people actually care still and that there still are smart people in this world. I’m just a 19 year old empathic girl/woman and I’ve noticed that the only smart people left on this earth are the ones who are in tune with the earth and it’s productions and those pathetic cock-stuffers who voice their negative opinions about something they don’t understand will eventually mature one day MAYBE.. hopefully. It’s just another way of mother nature rejecting them back for living on her lush grounds.

I neede an animal for a science project and i found these animals, and me being an 11 year old girl that loves animals it kinda hurts to see all these cute little animals.

animals have the ability to provide medicine to humans. such as the salavia from a gila monster works for diabetes.

you save animals, you save yourself. imagine how many diseases/viruses we will not be able to cure/prevent/diminish because we have lost the species that once could have solved the problem.

i am assuming the dodo bird had the cure for stupidity somewhere in its genes.

Who cares if the animals die???? oh wait i forgot about all the damn aminal activist. ugh then activist are so annoying. the only animal i feel bad for is lonesome George.

We should change the system of caring the animals. Animal activits should be bold enough to report to the govt.

hello people

i have found the The Pinta Island tortoise. im a explorer and i found long neck tortoise i showd it to my team and it was identified as the pinta island tortoise.we took and we are wainting in central america so someone can pick it up.

I think that the world should be more careful abot what they do because something as small as driving your cr to work can damage the earth

i think that this is really sad. the animals are slowly becoming extinct because of the humans in the world. i wish that everybody cared and tried to save them but i dont see how you can save these animals in time. especially the tortoise. the only way you can save him is with a female and there may not be another in the world

clone them you stupid scientists

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Isnt it great seeing these animals in our planet? I’ve seen some of these being used in the agricultural industries. Maybe using some agricultural machineries will also help. Each one of us maybe loves to see these creatures still. This is His creations and we should preserved them and protect them.

ithink everyone should do what ever they can in their power to try and save these creatures. it is us the humans that are destroying them. we need to now save them

okay you god damn retards it isnt all hunters its mostly because of ALL OF YOU PEOPLE! we are taking their habitat-thats killing many more animals than simply shooting some

Y’all are dum and stupeed

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Its pity that rather than understanding the situation of poor creatures we the humans are insanely making fun of it. It not only shows our selfishness but also how foolish we are. We ourselves are endangering our own lives. Human beings are doing nothing than just playing football and watching trash all around. Or say THEY ARE JUST AWAITING THEIR END.

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m an Animal Loer myself!!!

The animals are great and this is a great way to conserve them

however siad that extintion is a natural thing your right but alot of extintions are because of us.How would u like it if some one comes to your house and al of a sudden knocked dow your house. well i would be sad and mad. thats what were doing to the animals.im a 13 year old child that what my grandchildren to see beautiful wolves and leaperds and lions and polar bear and ext… we cannot live without animals so however hmmmmmmmmmmm is your a big fat loser whos stupid

who ever twinkletoes is some animal is going to kick your fat ass!!!!!!!!1

U KNOW WHAT I HAVE A LIFE AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINKS THAT PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT ARE EARTH ARE FAGS LOOK AT YOUR FUCKIN MAMAS CAUSED THERE LESBIANS. PEACE ANIMAL LOVERS.FUCK U ANIMAL HATERSSSSSSSS.I HOPE U GET SHOT IN THE HEAD.

I feel really bad for all these animals. Imagine being one of those animals and the people who dont feel bad for them are stupid.

I LOVE YOU ASHLEY R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ur right julia

yo what up peoples hay i dont like japaneses people or china people for killing puppies and eating them oh in th hell eats puppies i sure dont u know that if u o in front of some chinese resturaunt and see puppies in cages u can pick the one u want to eat.ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!im not races but some japan and china people are mest up NOT ALL OF THEM!

I am watching kung foo panda now

The fact that man has created an industrialized world and completely forsaken the checks and balances of the natural laws of environment vs. sustainable numbers is now the number one factor in not only the possible extinctions of these beautiful results of millions of years of evolution, but also the possible end of millions of over-weight, weak-minded, selfish degenerates around the world due to eventual starvation….
We can only support so many people before we have to resort to converting trees into food paste to feed us all. The seas are over fished, we kill predators and allow habitats to become unbalances, then kill the prey; evicting the survivors to a small corner of land.

The true cure, for all those who argue the point of “natural extinction” is to:
1. stop intercontinental shipping of food, and resources to create food. Let’s see how well humans do without “human intervention.” We have 6.5 billion, I think that’s MORE than enough to kill the earth in 100 years, and for some reason our willfully-selfish blindness to the facts allow us to continue adding unnecessary and unwanted numbers to the world.
2. enforce laws that require basic IQ tests, blood analysis to determine the weak and disease-ridden, and determine reasonable ratios for populations of humans vs. animals in all areas of human-present habitats. This will allow other species to survive as well; we aren’t the only ones here.
3. DO NOT KILL animals for attacks. HOW MANY animals have we kills that were in the same genetic pool as the one that struck back. We’re all animals… we just keep playing the “God’s Son” card to justify why we can murder anything that isn’t human.
4. If a child is born with Down’s Syndrome or any survival-threatening condition, we must do what nature calls for in order to ensure the survival of the “BENEFICIALLY EVOLVING STATE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.”
5. Allow people to be ProChoice, and possible even enforce an alternative like China’s “One Child Law” for those who aren’t.
6. systematically eliminate the welfare system and teach people to garden, then offer them a chance to buy into a group purchased plot to raise their own food. Perhaps this will curve their appetite for “rabbit-style procreation” when they have limited food.
7. REMEMBER: LIMITED ENVIRONMENT MEANS LIMITED SUSTAINABILITY. LAND IS THE ONLY THING THEY AREN’T MAKING ANY MORE OF AND WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND SEA LEVELS RISING, IT’S ACTUALLY DECREASING. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MATHEMATICIAN TO REALIZE WHAT THIS MEANS.

We’re smart enough to put a man on the moon, but our fantasy of a “heaven” gives us a reason to ignore the fact of overpopulation. Species will continue to die because of our selfish activities until the intelligent individuals of our species do what every other species does: eliminate the weak links and give only to the strong.

I noticed a few grammatical errors once I posted my last comment, so if you have any intelligence, you’ll reply to the point not pick at mistyped letters. Thank you, and for those who want to do more for the world, you can email me for more information at Brandonwiseman@live.com

Together we can bring intelligence back to our choices.

In response to Hmmm:”To all those environmentalists who ooh and ahh about the cute furry animals, how much are you willing to sacrifice to save them?”
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Some of us devote our lives to protecting and caring for wildlife - in conservation, in wildlife hospitals or rescue groups. I work hands on with wild animals and have committed much of my life and resources to this endeavor.

Whenever you paint a group with this broad a negative brush, you end up looking like a fool. Your comment suggests no understanding for the wildlife and habitat issues we face today, many unprecedented.

Wild animals across species inhabit most parts of the world — even urban settings, such as Peregrines who nest in high rises. But they struggle to survive in ever-shrinking tracts of land and on a planet being systematically consumed by humans.

“More animals to look at in a zoo” — your snarky comment — is all we’ll have if attitudes like yours prevail.

what the hell???????????????? it loops in on itself- if all the species die out than we starve, shortage of food we resort to cannabalsim and we die out- welcome to evolution. however if we help the endangered animals, animals which in some cases directly affects us, as our population grows, more room is required for housing shops etc, therefore more forest (habitats) are taken up and animals die out, there isnt really much we can do about it- its going to happen eventually- yeah maybe in like thousnads of years, but IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. therefore all the animals will eventually die out, and then we, too will die out, as it is the only possible(except the possibility of nuclear war) way we can die out- due to our intelligence and adaptibility.so the human race will die out, just like every other freaking animal that has ever or ever will exist. so we probably can save the endangered animals, and yes we probably should, but it wont be permanent, because everything will die eventually- but saving the animals will probably result in the human race surviving for longer… oh and stop with the bible crap plz, leave it at the church okay..thank you

what the heck are u talking about brandon Wiseman not to be mean

Not hardcore enough =)

Now it is enough now we have to do something for our wildlife.

You forgot Red Squirrel

I feel really bad,, i do everything i can to save animals such ass:: Im a vegitarian,, i make sure my family dont kill rabits,, Hares ect.. But theres soo much more people in the world that wont listen so they keep Killing animals,,,

PLEASE STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY

**I feel really bad,, i do everything i can to save animals such as:: Im a vegitarian,, i make sure my family dont kill rabits,, Hares ect.. But theres soo much more people in the world that wont listen so they keep Killing animals,,,**

PLEASE STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY

I agree with Hmmm, just let them die! Hwat would be the point of saving a giant flightless bird? If they havn’t learned to live with the fact that humans have taken over, they shouldn’t be here! Crows are at least smart enough to live with humans! If something can’t adapt, then why waste money trying to save them? Hmmm, you are so right. Animal Cruelty is part of life, things die every day. Nothing will ever stop it, and once people live with it everything will pick back up. Think about it, if we open the slaughter houses, soap would be cheaper, the horse market would get better since there would only be good horses left. That’s at least 100,000 people who would be able to get more money from selling their horses! They would be able to go on mini-shopping sprees and at least do SOMETHING for the market. Screw animal rights, humans will always be on the top

I hate the people who are mean and the people who are saying to kill them. There like the awsomest things in the world i love animals and i fill bad the there going extinct, i want to save all the extinct animals and even the ones that aren’t going extinct. Plus i agree with you Victoria.

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I love animals but I think that it’s stupid to try and save some turtle nobody’s ever heard of and there’s only one left. It’s kind of impossible to do and pointless. It most likely doesn’t have an effect on its environment if it dies. But when there’s like a couple hundred or thousand left it would be easier and probably a lot more useful. But at the same time I think us humans should only take what we need from nature, because we’re just animals ourselves but we’re like, extremely ‘overpopulated’ and eventually we will use everything up. People just need to see themselves as animals, which WE ALL ARE, and part of the foodchain or ecosystem. We are just very smart, maybe a little too smart

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Who ever made this page should have put the Xenopoecilus (Sarasin’s minnow) on here. Its probably the most endangered fish alive, its only found in Lake Poso in Indonesia.