To create awareness about many of South Africa’s
animals that are facing extinction, and to help change the future, Springbok
Casino has published information on 10 of the
Most Endangered Species.
"Only humans are the reason for the sharp
decline in these animals' populations," said Springboks's manager, Daniel
Van Wyk. "It's up to us to turn
things around. It's not too late!"
Killed and sold for their meat and for use
in Chinese and African medicine, the pangolin has the sad distinction of being
one of the most trafficked mammals on Earth. Their population has declined by
80% in the last 20 years.
There are only 67 Javan rhinos left in the
world and only about 80 Sumatran rhinos because of poaching and habitat loss.
With only 10 individuals remaining due to
the use of huge floating gillnets, the vaquita porpoise is the most critically
endangered mammal on the planet.
Hunted for their meat and shells since the
ancient Egyptians and Romans, Hawksbill turtles are now critically endangered.
The slow-moving pygmy three-toed sloth is in
jeopardy by destruction of its mangrove habitat.
The Asian Snow Leopard, with its snow-shoe
paws and luxurious fur, has been hunted to near extinction. These beautiful
creatures compete with human hunters and have become the hunted.
The destruction of the tropical rain forest
in Borneo and Sumatra is the main reason orangutans are threatened with
extinction.
In today’s world trophy hunting and a
market for tiger rugs and coats, have caused the once abundant 80,000 tiger
population in India to decrease to only about 3500.
In the 19th century there were 3-5 million
African elephants. Now there are only 415,000.
There only an estimated 20,000 to 40,000
Asian elephants left in the wild.
More information on these endangered species
can be found at https://www.springbokcasino.co.za/weareendangered.
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