ENDANGERED OCEAN ANIMALSBY: HAYLEIGH WILSON

HECTOR’S DOLPHIN

• 7,400 BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF NEW ZEALAND

• LISTED BY THE IUCN AS A "RED LIST" ENDANGERED SPECIES

WHY HECTOR'S DOLPHINS ARE IN TROUBLE: BYCATCH, POLLUTANTS AND BOAT

DISTURBANCE.

LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE

• FISHING GEAR IS THE SEA TURTLES' WORST ENEMY

• LOSS OF HABITAT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ALSO PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN PUTTING THESE

SPECIES IN JEOPARDY

• THE LOGGERHEAD IS ONE OF THE MANY SPECIES OF SEA TURTLES THAT ARE ENDANGERED

MANATEE

• THE SEA’S GENTLE GIANT

• A VEGETARIAN

• FEWER THAN 3,000 IN EXISTENCE

• LARGEST POPULATION OF MANATEE IS IN FLORIDA

• HUMAN POLLUTION PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THE ENDANGERMENT OF THESE SEA ANIMALS

SOUTHERN SEA OTTER

• WHILE NORTHERN SEA OTTERS HAVE AN

IMPRESSIVE POPULATION OF ROUGHLY

77,000, FEWER THAN 3,000 SOUTHERN SEA

OTTERS LIVE OFF THE COAST OF

CALIFORNIA.

• THE BIGGEST THREATS TO SEA OTTERS CAME

IN THE PAST, WHEN THE FUR TRADE CAUSED

THEIR NUMBERS TO DROP DRASTICALLY

FROM MORE THAN 1 MILLION TO FEWER

THAN 2,000.

• THREATS TODAY INCLUDE OIL SPILLS,

HABITAT LOSS, LOSS OF FOOD, DISEASE,

ENTANGLEMENT IN FISHING GEAR AND

CONFLICT WITH OTHER OCEAN ANIMALS.

GRAY WHALE

• KNOWN FOR THEIR DORSAL HUMPS

INSTEAD OF FINS THESE 50-FOOT WHALES

ARE ALSO NOTABLE FOR THEIR MOANS,

AND OTHER VOCALIZATIONS

• CENTURIES OF EXCESSIVE FISHING HAVE

LEFT THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS ALMOST

EXTINCT

• TODAY, GRAY WHALES ARE PROTECTED BY

LAW

• HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE AN INCREASE IN

GRAY WHALE POPULATION

CAPE PENGUIN

• PENGUIN BREEDS IN AFRICA

• KNOWN FOR THEIR LOUD CALL DONKEY-

LIKE CALL (REFERRED TO AS DONKEY

PENGUINS)

• LOSS OF NESTING SITES, OIL SPILLS AND

FOOD LOSS DUE TO OVERFISHING ARE A

MAJOR THREAT TO CAPE PENGUINS

HOW CAN WE HELP?

• RAISE AWARENESS!

• THE MORE INFORMATION YOU HAVE, THE

MORE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH

OTHERS! STAY INFORMED!

• CLEAN UP MOTHER EARTH!

• DON’T POLLUTE!

• SUPPORT WILD LIFE FACILITIES/AQUARIUMS

(YES, EVEN SEA WORLD)

OTHER ENDANGERED OCEAN ANIMALS

7 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE OCEAN

• REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION

• USE FEWER PLASTIC PRODUCTS

• HELP TAKE CARE OF A BEACH

• TRAVEL THE OCEAN RESPONSIBLY

• SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PROTECT THE OCEAN

• INFLUENCE CHANGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY

ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO SAVE OCEAN LIFE

• 1 PERCENT FOR THE PLANET

• 5 GYRES

• AMERICAS CUP – HEALTHY OCEAN PROJECT

• THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC

• BLUE OCEAN INSTITUTE

• MISSION BLUE

• MANY OTHERS CAN BE FOUND HERE

HTTP://WWW.ONEWORLDONEOCEAN.COM/PAGES/PARTNERS-WORKING-TOGETHER

REFERENCES

• HTTP://WWW.WONDERS-WORLD.COM/2010/04/13-MOST-ENDANGERED-SEA-

CREATURES.HTML

• HTTP://OCEAN.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/OCEAN/TAKE-ACTION/10-THINGS-YOU-CAN-

DO-TO-SAVE-THE-OCEAN/

• HTTP://WWW.ONEWORLDONEOCEAN.COM/PAGES/PARTNERS-WORKING-TOGETHER

• HTTP://WWW.BAGHEERA.COM/INTHEWILD/VAN_ANIM_GRYWHALE.HTM

• HTTP://KIDSSTUFFWORLD.COM/2010/05/ENDANGERED-SPECIES-DAY-2010/

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