Animals Going Extinct

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Whales range 10-30 feet long The humpback whale was listed as

endangered in 1970 Population of whales started to

recover since an international ban on commercial whaling was put in place in 1964

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The addax, a species of antelope only in North Africa is one of the top 12 most endangered species

Severely impacted by desertification of its habitat and overhunting

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Population of golden arrow poison frog in Panama has declined 80% in past 10 years

A fungal disease is mostly responsible for the decline of the frogs

Another reason for their decline is people also own them as pets

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There are less than 3,000 pygmy hippos

They live in West Africa They are nearly extinct due to

logging They are also nearly extinct due to

agricultural expansion