Extinction of the species and the world of wildlife.

 EXTINCTION OF THE SPECIES AND THE WORLD OF  WILDLIFE 

       Nowadays , we always used to heard about the extinction ,but do you know what is extinction? So ,lets know about it.

What  Is  Extinction?

           Extinction is irreversible loss of any species or simply, a group of organisms . Species extinction means the death of last individual of particular species . Animal or species , which are at the last step of extinction are called Endangered animals.

      This is the major problem faced by us today. Our planet's animals and plants are undergoing extinction .The number of extinction is increasing day by day. According to scientists ,almost 1 million species are on the way of extinction

Impact Of Extinction

    

      Exinction not only affect the wildlife but also to the human life .It affected alot to our ecosystem . Because ,when an extincton occur ,we loss an important factor of our biodiversity. It can also disrupt food webs .On another hand, according to research its proved that healthy biodiversity is essential for human beings.As species disappeared ,infectious diseases rises in humans  and throughout animal kingdom ,so extinction directly affect our health.

           If a plant species extinct it impact on production of oxygen as well as food web.

 

            If a animal species  extinct it impact on food web as the pray for another animals lost.               

Causes Of Extinction 

         

              Extinction can cause naturally also or due to human interruption in nature also.

 So, the natural causes of extinction includes: 

• Evolution

         

           Nature keeps on changing itself after some decade. As a result ,some species and or animals are unable to change them self with the occurring changes. So, nature couldn't adjust with them and this results into to extinction of that species. 

• Natural Calamities

          

      Sometime , natural calamities like earthquake, flood, Tsunamis etc leads to the extinction of wildlife .In  rare case , space calamities like meteor fall also lead to extinction. For example; dinosaur. In this situation some species or animal was unable to rescue themselves or survive in these worsening condition resulted into extinction of that species.

So, the man made causes of extinction includes: 

• Man - Made disaster 

  Man made disasters like forest fire , war etc also leads to the extinction of many animals species. This leads to great loss of wildlife.

• Loss Of Habitat  

      

      Due to increasing urbanization , a lot of of deforestation had been undertaken and this results into loss of habitat for animals. This results in to their extinction.

• Pollution 

     Due to increasing pollution of of air ,water and soil ;wildlife extinction was increasing. Pollution affected wildlife a lot and this also results in extinction of some species or animals.

• Hunting and illegal trafficking

          In forest hunting and poaching of animal had been done ,which also results in their extinction .Example :Indian cheetah.

• Population growth

        This is the biggest cause of extinction today. The greatest risk of population growth is to the wildlife. Population growth leads to the last of their habitat and which leads to their extinction.

Animal That Extinct In Last 10 Years

1. Pinto giant tortoise

      This rarest animal died on 24th of June 2012 at Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

2.  Spix's Macau 

          The beautiful bird extinct in 2016 but it is declared as extinct in 2019. It died at Brazil.

3. Pyrenean Ibex

           The last pyrenean ibex, a female nicknamed celia , was found dead in Northern Spain on Jan 6,2020.

4. Western Black Rhino

         The rarest of black rhino subspecies extinct in 2011 , which was on already endangered in 2008.

5. Po'ouli

        The beautiful bird listed as its extinct in 2019. The last two species found at Hawaii Island of maui in 2004.

6. Indian Cheetah

         The endangered animal extinct in September 2019. Extinction is due to desertification and heavy industrilization .

7. Indo Chinese  Tiger

            The species mainly found in south east asia, which was endangered and eventually got extinct. The reason of extinction is hunting and poaching.

Animals That Are Endangered 

          In todays day , many animals species that are on verge of extinction.Some of them are as follows :- 

1. Asiatic lion 

   The Asiatic Lion is mightest species of Lion world. Population has declared endangered in 2010 and now only 650 lions are left in India .

2.Bengal Tiger

 

   National animal and big cat of India is endangered for last 4 years .Only 70% of its overall population having in India and now only 2000 are  left.

3.Snow Leopard

          large cat of Asia which is used to found in mountain ranges of Asia. The number have drop down to almost 500.

4. One horned rhino

          The one horned rhino which is also called as a Indian rhinoceros. Animal is listed as vulnerable species. Due to poaching number had drop down to 2000.

5. Red stag

      The red stag that founded in Kashmir India have been critically endangered for decades .The number had fallen to 150 in 1970 since then conservation had undertaken.

6.Nilgiri Tahr 

          The mountain goat of India endangered which is used to found in Kerala and Tamilnadu. There are around 2500 of Nilgiri tahr left in world now.

7.Black buck 

        The animal black buck also known as Indian antelop , which was found in Nepal and Pakistan also. It had been declared extinct in Bangladesh and endangered in India due to heavy poaching.

How To Prevent Extinction

            There are various steps to protect endangered species. Some of the important steps as:-

1. Educate everyone

         Learn about endangered spaces near you and make everyone aware not to do anything that harm that animal.

 

2. Protect Wildlife Habitat

           Do your bit to preserve wildlife Habitat by creating space for nature near your area and campaign against deforestation and conservation of nature.

3. Keep Away Pesticides And Herbicides

            If you are using pesticides and herbicides keep them away from the other natural resources such as river, sea for forest near you.

4.Be Ethical Tourist 

            If you are visiting a geographical area then don't do  anything that harm that place.

5.Shop Ethically 

            Don't buy  the products that are made from endangered animals . Such as horn of rhino or skin of tiger.

        In this way , we can conserve our wildlife and we should.