The world has been changing every single day ever since it was created, in many different
ways. Everything doesn’t exist the same they did before. Future generations will look back aghast
at how we allowed the world’s most endangered species to be gunned down in their droves by
adrenaline junkies in pursuit of grinning photographs and gruesome souvenirs. Conservation of
life on earth has become much more than a side interest of a few scientists and is now part of
mainstream international activity.
Animal extinction is a world problem that needs to be tackled before it gets out of hand.
Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants, animals, or other organisms. Our
planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that
more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. According to The
World Wide Fund for Nature, the rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts
to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.
Each time a species goes extinct, the world around us unravels a bit and the consequences
are profound, not just in those places and for those species but for all of us. Some of the reasons
why animals and plants goes extinct is because of destruction of wild habitats due to
overexploitation of resources on land and at the sea, climate change that has a negative effects
on biodiversity, and hunting and illegal trafficking whereas endangered animals and plants are
often the target of wildlife crime because of their rarity and increased economic value. We can’t
stop animals and plant extinction but we can do something to slow it down. They must be protected as
they maintain the health of the ecosystem and also for us to avoid harmful consequences.