Get Ready to Say Goodbye

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Get Ready to Say Goodbye

• Many animals will go extinct this year
• Among those may be the
• Galapagos snails
• Riverine Rabbits
• Can we help these species?
• YES
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Galapagos Snails

• Very tiny in size
• 49 known species
• The reasons for endangerment
• Goats
• Pigs
• Fire Ants
• Humans

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Galapagos Snails

• Unique facts
• Once studied by Charles Darwin
• Managed to survive for millennia
• Some may already be extinct now

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Riverine Rabbit

• General facts
• Fewer than 250 breeding pairs
• Numbers expected to drop even lower
• Reasons for endangerment
• Trappers
• Feral cats
• Dogs
• Loss of habitat

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How Can We Help?

• Recycle all possible material
• Put trash in a proper place
• Try and conserve fossil fuels
• Turn down heat at night
• Turn off lights when finished

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WWF?What is it?

• World Wildlife Fund
• Helps to protect the ecosystem
• Saves endangered wildlife with education
• http//www.wwf.org

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How Can We Help the WWF?

• Recycle all possible material
• Put trash in a proper place
• Try and conserve fossil fuels
• Turn down heat
• Turn down air conditioning
• Turn off lights not in use

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The three Rs.

• Reuse- make junk into funk
• Recycle- remake into something else
• Renew- Plant trees and bushes

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Definitions You Should Know.

• Extinction
• No more of the species exists.
• Critically endangered
• Will be extinct very soon
• Endangered
• They will soon become extinct.

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Do Your Part!

• Together we can all save
• The Galapagos snail.
• The Riverine Rabbit.
• Other endangered species around the world.