Amur Leopard
With less than 40 individuals left in the wild, Amur leopards are now critically endangered. Poaching for their skins continues to be a threat as well as diminished food supply due to unregulated hunting.
Snow Leopard
Due to a dramatic decline over the last decade, snow leopard populations are now almost as diminished as those of the tiger.
Diminished food supply due to unregulated hunting, the illegal trade of coveted snow leopard pelts and human encroachment into their habitat are all factors leading to their decline.
Sea Turtle
About 250,000 loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles are accidentally caught and killed each year in fishing gear.
Bycatch is an ongoing, worldwide issue; hundreds of thousands of marine turtles are caught annually in shrimp trawls, on long-line hooks and in illegal fishing nets. The illegal trade in turtle meat, shells and eggs is an ongoing threat to the survival of sea turtles.
Panda Bear
Giant pandas are one of the world’s most threatened species – as few as 1,600 remain in the wild and face continual threats to their survival.
Habitat loss and fragmentation due to clear-cutting of forests for agriculture, timber and fuel wood have destroyed over 50% of the bamboo forests that make up the giant panda's home.
Orca Whale
Despite a global freeze on commercial whaling since 1986, seven of the world’s 13 great whales, as well as orcas, remain endangered today.
Arctic Fox
Melting sea ice, due to climate change, means Arctic foxes have a shorter hunting season and limited access to their food supply, leading to malnutrition and starvation.
Polar Bear
Fewer than 25,000 polar bears remain in the wild and some populations, such as Canada's western Hudson Bay polar bears, are facing extinction in this century.
Unfortunately today, polar bears are threatened by climate change, melting sea ice, starvation and toxic pollution.