Endangered Animals

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Endangered Animals
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Attwaters Prairie Chicken

• Endangered since 1967
• Native to Texas
• Threatened by
• Plowed Farm lands
• Cattle Grazing

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Karner Blue Butterfly

• Endangered since 1992
• Native to Wisconsin and Michigan
• Threatened by
• Forest Fires
• Climate Changes

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Bald Eagle

• Endangered since 1973 (except in Alaska)
• Threatened by
• Toxic Fish
• Hunting
• Human Errors

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Chinook (King) Salmon

• Native to California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
  and Alaska
• Threatened by
• Over fishing
• Pollution

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Kemp Ridley Sea Turtle

• Endangered since 1970
• Native to Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific
  Ocean Coasts
• Threatened by
• Predators
• Natural Disasters

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Gray Wolf

• Endangered since 1967
• Listed as Threatened in 2003
• Threatened by
• Peoples negative attitudes of animal

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Indiana Bat

• Native to the Midwest
• 350,185 left (1996)
• Threatened by
• Pesticides
• Tree Removal

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Redcockheaded Woodpecker

• As of 2000 there were 12,500 left in U.S
• Native to Southeast
• Threatened by
• Chemicals
• Lumber Industry

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How can we help?

• Pollution
• Volunteer
• Go to
• National Wildlife Federation
• for more information!