Endangered Species

 WHY SHOULD PEOPLE SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES

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Plants and animals maintain the health of an ecosystem. And, when species become endangered it’s a sign that an ecosystem is out of balance. 

The Giant Panda and the red panda are both listed as endangered species in the Endangered species act. One of the main reasons that the panda population have declined is because of habitat destruction. The Red Panda is endangered and legally protected in India, Bhutan, China, Nepal etc.

Ecosystems are groups of plants and animals that are found in the same area and interact with each other. These interactions make up and maintain the environments we know today- like rainforests mountain and savannahs.
Balance within the ecosystem isn’t always easy to maintain: the loss of one species can trigger the loss of other species.

For Example, when grey hound wolves were hunted near to extinction in the ‘United States’ Yellowstone national park, beaver populations also decreased significantly.

This happened because the elk population that were usually hunted by wolves, were able to graze freely and more heavily on plants that were also needed to by beavers to survive in the winter.