-Brainstorming

-people killing rhinoceros for their horns which can go $3,500 for just 100 grams, have made them almost become extinct.- -a lot of wildlife law enforcement agencies don't even have the power to arrest people who are involved in the illegal trade of rhino horns.- -the rhinoceros horn is used in traditional medicine, which makes them kill it to get it.- -In the 1960s, the African black rhino had a population of about 100,000, but in the early 1990's, it dropped 2,400. Now the numbers have doubled to 4,800 which is still pretty low.- -last year, 333 rhinos were killed and just about every one had it's horns chopped off.-

-about 100 land bird species were lost because of of activities of the native Polynesian islanders.- -40 percent of people depend on forests for firewood, timber, bamboo. -when animals threaten peoples lives, sometimes they are killed.- -thousands of animals are endangered.

-people overfishing causes some sharks to be endangered. -many sea animals are accidently captured. -animals cannot live in polluted water. -global warming can cause animals to lose there habitats.

-there are barely 3,000 tigers left, when it use to be about 100,000. -china may have as as few as 20 wild tigers left -there is a big market in selling tiger bones, and other body parts. -pelts, selling for 20,000 and a single paw for about 1,000 makes people kill them. -the value of a dead tiger has never been higher. -about 1,500 tigers roam treeless, fenced-in areas or live in cramped cages. -Xiongsen is the biggest of China's 20 tiger farms. The gift shop sells wine that claims to contain "rare animal bones." -China has considered lifting its ban on the tiger trade -producing more tiger products would increase the demand, and higher demand hurts wild tigers. -the government bans the use of tiger parts in traditional Chinese medicine, but it overlooks the sale of alcohol-based tonics inside the tiger bone. -trade in tiger parts in china isn't took as seriously as drug trades, though it should. -a United Nations conference on endangered species focused on tigers as well as bluefin tuna, which is being overfished because of its popularity as sushi, and elephants, which are killed for their ivory tusks. -In many places, the tiger's range has been reduced to small patches, isolating the animals in groups of dozens of tigers or fewer. -in some Asian countries for tiger body parts believed to have medicinal powers. -All of the demand for tiger parts is coming from China. -There's an estimated 5,000 captive tigers in China and 8,000 worldwide which are in exhibits, entertainment, or are pets/livestock. -in India, some famous tiger reserves now have no tigers at all.

-as the amount of people on our earth rises, the need for natural resources rises too, causing animals to lose their homes. -the extinction rates are the highest they have been for 65 million years. -expanding agriculture also causes animals to lose their habitats. -the illegal trade goes up in endangered species because then they are more valuable because they are more rare to have. -in 2006 the Red List contained 16,119 animals and plants facing the risk of extinction. -most illegal trade in endangered animals goes unnoticed. -most groups of animals and plants have a decreasing population. -an Endangered Species Act had to be made in 1973 due to all the animals dying off. -at least a quarter of the worlds mammals are endangered