Today, more than 40% of all living species on Earth are threatened with extinction . If these extinction rates continue or accelerate , the number of endangered species in the next decade will be in the
wild there are about 100,000 koalas . On the koala was actively hunting until the beginning of XX century, when they were on the verge of extinction. Millions of animal skins were sold in Europe and the United States.
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3.Giant Panda
Status: Endangered. Threats: Giant panda can now
be found only in some mountain ranges in central
China. As a result of human activity and deforestation, giant pandas have been driven out of the lowland areas where they once lived. Currently in the world there are about 1,600 individuals.
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4.Magellanic Penguin
Status: close to the threat of
extinction.
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Threats: Millions of these penguins live on the
coasts of Argentina and Chile. However, the colony of
Magellanic penguins suffer from oil spills, which annually kill 20,000 adults and 22,000 chicks. Currently, the number 12 of the 17 species of penguins declines rapidly.