Human impact PowerPoint hunting and poaching

1. Human impact PowerPoint hunting and poaching By Haley McCulloch and Bobby Miller

2. Black rhinoceros • “The first species is the black rhinoceros it is 3-3.75 m and it weighs 800-1400 kilogram”

3. Threats “The black rhinoceros is critically endangered because their horns which is made of keratin and it is used for Chinese medicines and for traditional dagger handles.”

4. Measure the impact • “The impact on the black rhinoceros is almost 96% of their population was lost during the years of 1970 – 1992. and estimated there are 4,880.”

5. Bengal Tiger • “The Bengal tiger is one of the largest of the wild cat species the can be orange and black or the can be white and brown.”

6. Threats • “Human activity is the main problem because they are hunting them for trophies and pest control”“Hong Kong is the main importer of items with tiger used in them the tiger bones are used in rheumatism and arthritis and the trade of tiger skin .”

7. Measure of impact “they just became endangered. In the last 100 years the tiger has lost most of there population it is at 93%. But they have survived in scattered areas from India to southeast Asia and in Sumatra china and the Russian far east. The tigers that are reaming is estimated at 3,200.”

8. Saiga antelope • “The saiga antelope lives in grasslands of central Asia the coat is sparse and cinnamon-buff in the summer but becomes white and 70% thicker in the winter”

9. Threats • “It has suffered from habitat digression poaching and disturbance and or droughts in the summer and severe winters.”

10. Measure of impact • “they have been critically endangered in 2003 and are still are critically endangered. And there are estimated 50,000 left.”

11. Credits • The information we got on the black rhinoceros the Bengal tiger and the saiga antelope is from www.arkive.org . thanks for listening X3