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Save the last 130 Western Gray Whales The western gray whale is on the edge of extinction. There are probably fewer than 130 remaining with less than 26 breeding females. Every year, they come to feed off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia, but now a new oil platform threatens the survival of this critically endangered whale.
130 left?! That’s really, really, really bad news. A lot of people think it works like Noah’s Ark - if you have 2 or 7, then you’re fine. Sadly, that’s not reality. Most animals need their “community” to survive, just like we do. 130 individuals is… really low.
Take half a minute to sign this; you get to draw a whale afterward =D
(via wwf)
From now on, the only place you’ll see this subspecies of black rhino from western Africa is in photographs or stuffed in museums. That’s because this year, the western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipipes) is officially extinct, and others are clinging on by a thread. In all, the International Union for Conservation of Nature says that a quarter of all mammals are at risk of extinction. It’s not all bad news though. One of conservation’s success stories is (Ceratotherium simum simum), a subspecies of the African southern white rhino, which has soared in number from less than 100 individuals to 20,000 since the end of the 19th century.
Photo of the day: A critically endangered black rhino is airlifted by helicopter over rough terrain to a land vehicle as part of the WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project in South Africa. The helicopter trip lasts less than 10 minutes and removes the rhino from difficult and dangerous terrain before being transported by a land vehicle to a new home. The sleeping animals suffer no ill effect from the operation, according to the WWF.
