Bax verse presents more than 10 amazing
animals that humans hunted into
extinction
number one the western african black
rhinoceros the western african black
rhinoceros has been poached by humans
for years who've wanted the rhino's horn
over the years people have hunted this
Rhino and in 2011 it was declared
extinct this Rhino was found in Cameroon
in West Africa an extensive survey was
done in 2006 to determine how many
rhinos remained sadly none were found
this has led experts to believe that the
species is extinct thanks to the
greediness of humans this amazing animal
no longer is with us very sad number two
the pie inian ibex the pie eeny and ibex
is a subspecies of the iberian wild goat
this goat was found in France Spain and
a few other spots around the world over
the years thanks to hunters in this area
the population was severely thinned out
in 2000 it was found that the species
was extinct in 2009 scientists who were
upset about the animal going extinct
tried to clone a female they used the
DNA from well preserved skin samples
taken from a peony an ibex sadly shortly
after the cloned goat was born it died
due to lung defects chances are
scientists will not try to clone another
therefore this is an extinct animal who
will never be seen again all that is
left of this species are photographs
number three passenger pigeon centuries
ago the passenger pigeon made up 25 to
40 percent of the entire bird population
it is estimated that between three and
five billion birds lived in the United
States when the Europeans arrived when
the settlers arrived the birds lived in
the forests of North America when the
settlers started clearing out the
forests to turn it into farmland they
took away the passenger pigeons home and
their food when the crops were planted
large flocks would try to eat the crops
this resulted in serious damage to the
crops to protect their fields farmers
would shoot these birds not only did
this protect the crops but the birds
were also a source of meat for the
farmers and their families in the
nineteenth century
trapping and hunting these birds
seriously diminished the population the
last passenger pigeon in existence was
named Martha she died at the Cincinnati
Zoo in 1914 when she was 29 years old
all that remains of this animal today
are photographs to prove that at one
point the passenger pigeon did exist
number four quagga of the more than 10
amazing animals the humans hunted into
extinction this is one of the most
beautiful the quagga looked similar to
the common plains zebra that is native
to South Africa this animal was known
for its very unique stripes because this
animal had such unique stripes hunters
would often kill it for the hide also
ranchers believed that their livestock
had to compete with the quagga for
grazing areas so they would shoot and
kill these animals it wasn't long before
the population was bound to just one the
last known quagga died in 1883 in the
amsterdam Zoo considering how amazing
this animal is it's very sad that we
will never be able to see one again
number five Caribbean monk seal when the
European explorers started arriving in
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
in the 15th century they started hunting
the Caribbean monk seal they wanted this
amazing animal for its fur meat and oil
over time this animal became the most
hunted animal by whalers and fishermen
after over hunting this animal in the
wild for so long humans left the
Caribbean monk seal population
unsustainable the last time anyone saw
one of these seals was in the early
1950s in 2008 the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's National
Marine Fisheries Service performed a
five-year review looking for these seals
sadly they were not able to find even
one in the five years they looked the
seal was officially labeled extinct
caused by humans
number six sea mink the sea mink was an
amazing animal it once lived along the
coasts of Maine and New Brunswick this
animal had soft sleek shiny fur which
made it a target for hunters they would
hunt the animals take their fur and
their hide and eat the meat
unfortunately too many humans were
hunting this animal to the point the
animal became extinct by the second half
of the 19th century there were no more
sea minks in existence considering how
gorgeous these animals were it's very
sad that we will never have the
opportunity to see these animals again
they exist now only in drawings
number seven the Tasmanian Tiger the
Tasmanian Tiger got its name due to its
extremely unique stripes according to
the Smithsonian Institute they were the
largest carnivorous marsupial that ever
existed these amazing creatures once
lived throughout the entire continent of
Australia when the Europeans began to
settle there the habitat was reduced to
the island of Tasmania according to the
National Museum of Australia this animal
was known to kill farmers livestock
because of this they would trap and kill
these animals when Tasmania suffered
from poor financial returns and high
stock losses they needed to blame
someone
therefore they blamed the Tasmanian
tiger when scientists and researchers
started to see that there weren't many
Tasmanian Tigers left the species became
protected in 1936 sadly that same year
the last one died there have been
sightings of Tasmanian Tigers
occasionally however none of them have
ever been confirmed today the animal is
considered to be extinct number 8 the
Tecopa pupfish the Tecopa pupfish was
once native to the Mojave Desert in
California the reason that this fish was
able to live there was that it was one
of the only species of fish that can
live in extremely warm waters the water
in this area could reach 108 degrees
Fahrenheit and the fish could easily
survive when humans began developing the
Tecopa hot springs in the mid 20th
century they channeled two Springs
together this resulted in an unsuitable
and unstable habitat for the small fish
in 1970 Tecopa pupfish
was considered to be extinct by the mid
70s the fish had never been seen again
since the Tecopa puff fish became
extinct there has yet to be a fish who's
able to live in waters that are this hot
and humans never decided to develop the
Tecopa pup fish's home it would likely
still be in existence today
number nine the Javan Tiger according to
the International Union for Conservation
of Nature this amazing animal became
extinct in the mid 70s it's believed
that this animal became extinct due to
excessive hunting and the loss of their
forest habitat as humans began to
develop the area the last Javan Tiger
was seen in 1976 according to the head
of East Javas Meru Botero
National Park there is a chance that the
Javan Tiger does still exist in 2011
camera traps were set up to trap the
Tigers but not hurt them these traps are
being set so that it can be confirmed
that the Javan Tiger does too exist
sadly none of the traps have been sprung
the longer the traps go untouched the
less chance that this tiger still exists
number 10
great awk the great hawk is a flightless
bird that lived on the rocky islands all
around the North Atlantic these birds
were most commonly found in Scandinavia
the British Isles Canada Iceland and
Greenland
according to the British Natural History
Museum these birds were killed by humans
and massive numbers until the late 18th
century when hunting began to decline
there weren't many of the birds left
because this bird was so rare they
became a prized trophy for collectors in
the mid 1850s the bird was considered to
be extinct the closest we will ever get
to see a great awk today is a stuffed
juvenile Great Auk that is located at
the Discovery Museum located in
Newcastle at humans stopped hunting
these birds sooner they might not be
extinct today
number eleven booboo ball hartebeest the
boob all hartebeest is also known as the
blue ball antelope and it lived in North
Africa sadly these animals were hunted
to the point of extinction according to
the International Union for Conservation
of Nature this animal became extinct
between 1945 and 1954 there are some
people who have claimed to have seen
this animal in North Africa however
researchers believe that they were just
sightings of a typical antelope it has
yet to be proven that this animal is not
extinct bonus animal the giant MOA the
scientific name for this flightless bird
is dine or Gnaeus giganteus it slightly
resembles an ostrich and it was native
to New Zealand this bird was hunted by
humans to the point where there was
barely any left when the bird became
rare it was hunted even more now it
wasn't hunted for meat or because it was
a threat this bird became hunted because
it was so rare if a hunter were able to
kill one of these birds it would prove
that they were the best this is why so
many of these birds were killed in such
a short period of time today the only
evidence that we have of the giant MOA
is the skeleton of this animal that is
currently on exhibit at the National
Museum of Natural History's myths owning
an institution Washington DC the remains
of the bird have been on display since
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