Threatened and endangered species
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Destruction of habitat, unlimited hunting, industrial agriculture - humans are driving numerous species extinct. Browse an automatic compilation of content on the topic below.
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![[28857954] Thai Customs seized tiger skins and bones epa03049714 A Freeland Foundation handout photo shows confiscated smuggling tiger skin on display during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 05 January 2012. A brazen attempt to smuggle four complete tiger skins and bones via common post was foiled by Thai customs in the southern city of Hat Yai. The skins and bones estimated worth 2 million baht (60,000 US dollars or 49,000 euro) on the black market. Poaching and trafficking of tiger meat, bones and skin has been a key cause of a precipitous decline in wild tiger populations in Asia. Numbers are estimated to have fallen to only 3,200 tigers worldwide, from approximately 100,000 a century ago. EPA/FREELAND FOUNDATION HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++](https://static.dw.com/image/16459750_301.jpg "[28857954] Thai Customs seized tiger skins and bones epa03049714 A Freeland Foundation handout photo shows confiscated smuggling tiger skin on display during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 05 January 2012. A brazen attempt to smuggle four complete tiger skins and bones via common post was foiled by Thai customs in the southern city of Hat Yai. The skins and bones estimated worth 2 million baht (60,000 US dollars or 49,000 euro) on the black market. Poaching and trafficking of tiger meat, bones and skin has been a key cause of a precipitous decline in wild tiger populations in Asia. Numbers are estimated to have fallen to only 3,200 tigers worldwide, from approximately 100,000 a century ago. EPA/FREELAND FOUNDATION HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++")
![USA, 2005: Elfenbeinspecht (Campephilus principalis principalis), Praeparat eines Maennchens. Wiederentdeckung eines Jungvogels der ausgestorben geglaubten Art am 27.2.2004 durch drei Ornithologen im Cache River National Wildlife Refuge im Bundesstaat Arkansas. [en] Ivory- Billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis principalis), stuffed male. Extinct, but rediscovered 27.2.2004. | USA, 2005: Ivory- Billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis principalis), stuffed male. Extinct, but rediscovered 27.2.2004.](https://static.dw.com/image/59348845_301.jpg "USA, 2005: Elfenbeinspecht (Campephilus principalis principalis), Praeparat eines Maennchens. Wiederentdeckung eines Jungvogels der ausgestorben geglaubten Art am 27.2.2004 durch drei Ornithologen im Cache River National Wildlife Refuge im Bundesstaat Arkansas. [en] Ivory- Billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis principalis), stuffed male. Extinct, but rediscovered 27.2.2004. | USA, 2005: Ivory- Billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis principalis), stuffed male. Extinct, but rediscovered 27.2.2004.")
