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TIGER

7,700 left, due to deforestation and poaching

ALBATROSS

600 left, exploitation of their feathers and destruction of their habitat.

BLUE WHALE

Declined from 20000 to just 800 at the present day. Hunted for monetary gain.

CHIMPANZEE

17,000 left, hunted for pets and the young are hunted for biomedical experiments.

ELEPHANTS

No count available, hunted for ivory and destruction of habitat

GOLDEN TAMARIN

550 left, due to deforestation and agriculture

GORILLA

No count available, deforestation, agriculture, poaching and commercial logging

MARKHOR

700 left. Hunting for trophies, and traditional Asian medicine.

GREY WOLF

Conflict with humans that misunderstand the threat and breeding with feral dogs. 50,000 left.

HAWKSBILL TURTLE

Believed to be only a few hundred left, hunted for their attractive shell

IBERIAN LYNX

Traps set for rabbits and foxes count for over half of the deaths, and lack of breeding range. 1000 left

MANED SLOTH

No count available, deforestation, hunted for pets and biomedical experiments

HUMPBACK WHALE

Just a few thousand left. Hunted to the brink of extinction, now making a slow incline in population.

GIANT PANDA

Only 400 left in the wild. Deforestation and hunted for their coats

ARABIAN ORYX

Only 700 left, over half of which are in captivity. Reason for decline was hunting for sport.

MARINE OTTER

Already extinct in most parts of the world, due to hunting for its fur.

ORANG UTAN

Only 5,500 left, deforestation and hunted for it skull

RHINO

2,500 left, killed for sport, and hunted for its horn which is believed to have medicinal properties.

RUFFED LEMUR

Deforestation and hunting for pets

SNOW LEOPARD

4,500 left. Hunted for its fur, and loss of natural prey

SWIFT FOX

400 left. It was hunted to extinction in many parts of the world, but a conservation programme is reintroducing them

back into the wild

WOOLY SPIDER MONKEY

900 left. Deforestation and hunting the young as pets

WHALE SHARK

Very rare, count unknown. Decline to destruction of its natural food.

GOLDEN BAMBOO LEMUR

1000 in a national park, none known elsewhere. Loss of habitat and hunting for pets.

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