Ten animals need emergency protection in 2014

According to All About Wildlife, pandas are not included in the list of the ten most endangered animals in the world. By the past time, pandas have received a lot of attention from conservationists and the public.

Below is a list of 10 animals that need attention and protection to avoid the danger of extinction according to All About Wildlife.

1. Ivory woodpecker (Ivory-Billed Woodpecker)

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This bird has been living in the southeast of the United States and Cuba. This large woodpecker was considered extinct until 2004, in reports that they had appeared in Arkansas and Florida.

However, the evidence for the existence of this bird is also very vague, if they exist, the number is very small and it is easy to become extinct because their habitat is narrowed due to human encroachment. . Not to mention that they were hunted for fur.

2. Newspaper Amur (Amur Leopard)

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Amur newspaper is a very rare leopard subspecies living in very remote and snowy forests of Primorye region in eastern Russia. Its previous scope of activity includes South Korea and northern China, but Amur newspapers have become extinct in those countries. Threats to this species include loss of human habitat for timber exploitation, road construction, poaching and global climate change.

3. Javan rhinoceros (Javan Rhinoceros)

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Currently around the world only about 40-60 the Javan rhino lives in the west of Javan Island (Indonesia) in Ujung Kulon National Park. The last Javan rhinoceros member in Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam) was killed by poachers in 2011. Previous Javan rhinos live throughout Southeast Asia and Indonesia, but have been hunted near extinct to take horns.

4. Northern Sportive lemur species (The Northern Sportive Lemur)

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There are about 100 primates living on Madagascar, off the southeast coast of Africa. Almost all of them are decreasing in quantity, mainly due to loss of habitat because of logging in the forests where they live and illegal hunting. Many listed or endangered lemurs of the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN).

5. Northern Right Whale (Northern Right Whale)

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Hunted to near extinction, there are now about 350 whales in the Atlantic.

6. Saola Unicorn (Saola Unicorn)

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Sao la unicorn is also known as Asian unicorn, rarely and rarely seen. It is also classified as an extremely endangered species, with no more than a few hundred remaining individuals living in some areas of tropical forests stretching along the border between Vietnam and Laos.

7. Leatherback Sea Turtle (Leatherback Sea Turtle)

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The sea turtle is the largest tortoise of the Earth and has a wide range of activities worldwide from the tropics to the extremes. Leatherbacks are also classified as extremely endangered. According to IUCN, in 1982 there were about 115,000 mature female turtles in the world, 14 years later only 20,000-30,000 and the number continued to decline sharply. The number of turtles fell sharply due to theft of human eggs, illegal hunting and habitat loss.

8. Siberian Tiger (Siberian Tiger)

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The Siberian Tiger is the largest cat in the world, weighing up to 300kg (660 pounds). Unlike other tiger subspecies, Siberian tigers live in icy birch forests and snow in the Russian Far East. In fact, this animal thrives in winter temperatures often drops to -50 degrees Fahrenheit (-45 degrees Celsius). Currently, the number of tigers in the world is around 500. However, they are still threatened by illegal hunting and habitat loss due to logging.

9. Chinese giant salamander (Chinese Giant Salamander)

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The giant Chinese salamander is the largest amphibian in the world, the length can grow to 6 feet (1.83m). He lives in a stream in the hills of the forest and lays up to 500 eggs at a time. However, the Chinese giant salamand has now almost completely disappeared due to overexploitation as a food source.

10. The dodo bird (The Little Dodo Bird)

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Dodo birds live in the Samoa Islands, also known as Manumea birds. They are about 12 inches long. Several hundred dodo birds live on two islands in Samoa, and they are gradually disappearing at high levels due to the loss of habitat and illegal hunting.