Poachers

Ever wonder why tigers are so rare? Well, the truth is that poachers, or hunters, kill the animals for their amazing fur coats, which is lowering the population in months. That is why some species are becoming endangered. Not all animals are killed on purpose, but sone animals like pandas are dying out because of habitat loss. People love pandas, yet they don't realize they are chopping down bamboo forests where pandas live and get their food. That is only a few ways some animals are dying out. Poachers hunt animals for sport. They hang up deer and bison heads in their home. Game birds are birds that people eat and hunt. These include pheasants, wild turkeys, and many more. If endangered animals die out they will become extinct. This means they have all died out and are no longer living. Some creatures that are already extinct were hunted, which are animals such as great auks. These lived on glaciers and looked a little like penguins. Tasmanian tigers are extinct too, but they were not tigers, not even wolves (even though they looked like them). Instead they were marsupials, animals with a pouch. People should realize these wrong things that they are doing to the animlas. Luckily, scientists are making conservations and laws to help protect our beloved animals.

By Tessa Sagner