So i wanna raise awareness on hunting and de forestation...... this is something that will blow your mind. How many animals do you think humans have put into extinction in the last two hundred years? Want a list? Here it is, we, humans have hunted these animals into extinction, and ruined their homes. And we call them the animals. 19th century 1800 - The last known Bluebuck was shot, making the species the first African antelope to be hunted to extinction by European settlers. [11] 1825 - The Mysterious Starling died out. 1826 - The Mauritius Blue Pigeon becomes extinct due to excessive hunting. 1827 - The Tonga Ground Skink dies out from its only home in the Tongan Islands. 1852 - The last sighting of a Great Auk was made off the coast of Newfoundland. The bird was driven to extinction by hunting for its fat, feathers, meat, and oil. [2][12] 1860 - The String Tree from the island of St Helena becomes extinct because of habitat destruction. 1860 - The Sea Mink becomes extinct because of hunting for its fur. Circa 1870s - The last known Atlas Bear, Africas only native bear, is killed by hunters in Morocco. The bear was heavily hunted and used for sport in the Roman Empire. 1875 - The Broad-faced Potoroo was last recorded. [4] 1876 - The Falkland Islands wolf became extinct. [4] 1883 - The Quagga, a sub-species of the plains zebra, goes extinct. 1886 - The red alga known as Bennetts Seaweed from Australia disappears because of the massive human activities. 1889 - The last Hokkaido wolf dies from poisoning campaign. [13] 1890 - The Eastern Hare-wallaby was last recorded. [4] 1896 - The Eastern Elk, a subspecies of Elk in the US and Canada, dies out in Minnesota. They were over-hunted for food, clothing, sport and decoration for the Jolly Corkers who used their teeth as symbols. 20th century 1901 - The last certain specimen of the Australian Pig-footed bandicoot is collected. 1905 - The last known Honshū wolf of Japan dies in the Nara Prefecture 1910s 1910 - The Usambara Annone from Tanzania no longer grows in the tropical forests. 1911 - The last Newfoundland wolf was shot. [13] 1914 - Martha, the last known Passenger Pigeon, dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Due to massive hunting and deforestation the Passenger Pigeon went from being one of the worlds most populous birds to extinction. 1918 - Incas, the last Carolina Parakeet, dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo, the only parrot species in the Eastern U.S. - The last Tarpan, a Ukrainian wild horse, dies in captivity. 1920s 1925 - The Kenai Peninsula wolf was driven to extinction. [13] 1930s 1930 - Darwins Rice Rat was last recorded in the Galápagos Islands. Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of black rats. [14] 1932 - Booming Ben, the last known Heath Hen was seen on Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. 1933 - The Cry Pansy from Europe becomes extinct due to habitat loss and overcollection in the only place where it grew, France. 1934 - The Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse becomes extinct four years after Darwins Rice Rat on the same island. 1935 - The Desert Rat-kangaroo was last recorded. [4] 1935 - The Mogollon Mountain wolf was hunted to extinction. [13] 1935 - The Southern Rocky Mountains wolf was hunted to extinction. [13] 1936 - The last Thylacine, at the time the worlds largest carnivorous marsupial, died in captivity. 1937 - The last known Bali tiger was shot. 1938 - Radula visiniaca, a liverwort native to Europe becomes extinct. 1939 - The Toolache wallaby was last recorded. 1940s 1940 - The Cascade Mountain wolf was hunted to extinction. [13] 1941 - The British Columbia wolf was hunted to extinction. [13] 1942 - The Texas wolf was purposefully driven to extinction. [13] 1950s 1952 - Last reliable report of the Caribbean Monk Seal. 1952 - The Bernards wolf was hunted to extinction. [13] 1956 - The Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby was last recorded. [4] 1960s 1962 - The Red-bellied gracile opossum was last recorded in Argentina. [4] 1964 - The Hawaii Chaff Flower of the Hawaiian islands becomes extinct because of habitat loss. 1965 - Last sighting of the Turgid-blossom pearly mussel, an American mussel. [15] 1966 - The last Arabian Ostrich died. - Last sighting of the yellow-blossom pearlymussel, an American mussel. [15] 1970s Circa 1970 - The Caspian Tiger becomes extinct. Nearly exterminated in the early 20th century the last of its population succumbed to deforestation and hunting. 1972 - The endemic to Jamaica Mason River Myrtle becomes extinct. Circa 1979 - Last sightings of the Javan tiger. 1980s 1981 - The Puhielelu Hibiscadelphus becomes extinct. 1981 - Last sighting of the green-blossom pearlymussel, an American mussel. [15] - The 24-rayed Sunstar (Heliaster solaris) likely becomes extinct due to climate change. [16] 1985 - The gastric-brooding frog or platypus frog (Rheobatrachus silus) became extinct probably because of habitat destruction and disease 1989 - The Golden Toad of Costa Rica becomes extinct, perhaps because of climate change. - The Atitlán Grebe (Podilymbus gigas) dies out. 1990s 1990 - The Dusky Seaside Sparrow was officially declared extinct in December 1990. The last definite known individual died on 17 June 1987. 1994 - Saint Croix Racer, a snake native to the Virgin Islands, declared extinct. - Levuana Moth from Hawaii goes extinct. 1997 - Last known Aldabra banded snail from the Seychelles Islands found. Scientists believe global warming was probably the reason for the snails demise. The Hainan Ormosia (a species of legume) which was native to China is no longer seen. 21st century 2000s 2000 - Celia, the last Pyrenean Ibex dies under a fallen tree. The reasons for its extinction are still being debated. However in 2009 it was cloned back into existence but died 7 minutes later due to defects in the lungs, making it extinct once again. 2003 - The last individual from the St. Helena Olive, which was grown in cultivation, dies off. The last plant in the wild had disappeared in 1994. 2006 - A technologically sophisticated survey of the Yangtze River failed to find specimens of the Baiji Dolphin, prompting scientists to declare it functionally extinct. [18] 2008 - The Liverpool Pigeon (Caloenas maculata) is thought to have become extinct. 2010s 2010 - The Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is declared extinct. 2010 - The last Vietnamese Javan Rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) is shot in Vietnam 2011 - The Eastern Cougar was declared extinct. [19] 2011 - The Western Black Rhinoceros was declared extinct. [20] 2012 - The Japanese River Otter (Lutra lutra whiteneyi) has been declared extinct by the country’s Ministry of the Environment, after not being seen for more than 30 years. 2012 - Lonesome George, the last known specimen of the Pinta Island Tortoise died on June 10 2012. 2013 - The Formosan clouded leopard, previously endemic to the island of Taiwan, is officially declared extinct. Humans need for hunting are killing out wild life. The belief that, theres plenty of them around that its ok to shoot them, is becoming all to popular an excuse. This is something to think about people..... only we can control it Peeta bread girl
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:13:44 +0000
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