How Can You Help Endangered Animals?

By FPL_LaurenH

Did you check out Science Showdown: Danger! Endangered!! and wonder if there are more endangered animal species that are in need of help? Here are five more endangered animals that you can help save! 

Tigers, opens a new window 

• Fact – Sunda tigers are now extinct in Java and Bali. 
• How can you help save tigers?  Visit zoos that are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.  Both the Dallas and Fort Worth Zoos are accredited! 

Tigers 

Polar Bears, opens a new window 

• Fact – Polar bears are listed as a vulnerable species, which means they are close to being endangered. 
• How can you help save polar bears?  Avoid products that result from tropical deforestation. 

Polar Bears 

Blue Whales, opens a new window 

• Fact – Blue whales were almost driven to extinction by commercial whaling in the early 1900s. 
• How can you help save blue whales?  Purchase local products to avoid trans-oceanic shipping. 

Blue Whales

Leopards, opens a new window 

• Fact – there are only around 70 Amur Leopards left in the wild. 

• How can you help save leopards?  Support efforts to ban poaching and the fur trade. 

The Great Leopard Rescue 

Red Panda, opens a new window 

• Fact – the Red panda population has declined by 50% in the last 18 years. 
• How can you help save red pandas?  Support conservation education and training for communities in Nepal. 

Red Pandas