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    Animal

    Extinction
    HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND
    HUMAN IMPACT
    What is Animal
    Extinction?
    ANIMAL EXTINCTION
    ANIMAL EXTINCTION REFERS TO THE
    PERMANENT DISAPPEARANCE OF A
    SPECIES FROM THE EARTH.
    Natural Extinction
    ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN PERMIAN-TRIASSIC CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE
    EXTINCTION EXTINCTION EXTINCTION
    (445 million years ago) (250 million years ago) (66 million years ago)

    -85% of marine species -90% of marine species -The dinosaurs, along with
    many other species, were
    perished were lost due were lost wiped out.
    to glaciation.
    Causes of Extinction
    Due to humans
    1. HABITAT DESTRUCTION
    Deforestation, urbanization, and
    agricultural expansion have led to
    the destruction of ecosystems that
    animals depend on for survival.
    2.OVERHUNTING AND POACHING
    Many species have been driven to extinction
    due to excessive hunting for food, fur, or
    trophies.The dodo and passenger pigeon
    are prime examples of species that were
    hunted into extinction.
    3.POLLUTION
    Human activities release toxic chemicals into water, air, and soil, harming
    wildlife. Plastics in the ocean, for example, kill countless marine animals
    each year.
    4. CLIMATE CHANGE
    Global warming alters habitats and forces species to
    migrate or adapt in ways that they cannot sustain.
    Coral reefs, which support a vast array of marine life,
    are being devastated by rising ocean temperatures and
    acidification.
    5.INVASIVE SPECIES
    Humans have introduced non-native species to new
    environments, often with disastrous effects on local
    wildlife. These invasive species outcompete or prey on
    native species, driving them to extinction.
    Some Examples
    of Animals that
    went into
    Extinction
    Dodo
    A flightless bird native
    to Mauritius, the dodo
    became extinct in
    1681.
    Passenger Pigeon
    Once numbering in the billions,
    the passenger pigeon was driven
    to extinction by deforestation
    and overhunting. The last pigeon
    died in 1914.
    Western Black
    Rhinoceros

    This subspecies of rhino


    was declared extinct in
    2011 due to poaching for
    their valuable horns.
    Is it possible to
    reverse the trend
    of extinction?
    Thank you
    for listening.

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