From the Graph and Infographic, you see that Cheetahs are extinct in more than 20 countries around the world. In 1900, estimated over 100,000 cheetahs in the wild, nowadays, only estimated 9,000 to 11,000 cheetahs still remaining in the wild of Africa. It seems like 10,000 is a great amount, but if the decreasing rate keeps going on, by about 2025, none of them are going to survive.
Citations:
National Geographic Kids |. (2017). National Geographic Kids. Retrieved 8 June 2017, from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/kids/photos/articles/Nature/A-G/cheetahs-survival-graphic.jpg
(2017). Static.wixstatic.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017, from http://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e0793_5402ee8931d19e64bc89a6336bd4dbc2.jpg_512
If we stop the poachers from poaching then the big cats won’t be endangered.
The South China Tiger, Siberian Tiger, the Bengal Tiger and the Cheetah are all endangered big cats. These cats are all endangered because of humans. Us humans keep poaching them to the point where these big cats only exist in captive breeding and no sight of them was reported existing freely in the wild.
The South China Tigers are functionally extinct where it has not been seen in the wild for over 25 years, about 30 of them are held in captivity right now in hopes of being reintroduced into the wild. The population has decreased from 4,000 to 30 in just 32 years.
During the past few years, hunting and deforestation have reduced the number of Siberian tigers. Poaching is one of the main reasons, although reduced, is still a very significant threat to the Siberian tigers. The population of Siberian tigers have dropped as much as 40 percent during the past 12 years. It is estimated that only 300 tigers remain in the wild, while others live in captivity.
The Bengal Tigers are at 2500 after many years of hunting, poaching is the biggest cause for why they are decreasing, if we stop poaching we can breed them and we can raise the population of the tigers, habitat loss is another big issue! We can stop taking the wild from tigers, tigers care a lot about territory one tiger can take care of 200 miles? If the Bengal tiger the apex predator will be destroyed and then the food chain will go to one main species , then more animals will go extinct!
Cheetah’s population decreased from 100,000 to 9,000 from the past 100 years. Poaching is one cause of all these, but what are the solutions? The IUCN Red List Classification is now endangered and the population is decreasing in a fast rate, and if apex poachers keep killing top predators, the main key of the food chain will be destroyed.
Our solutions:
Letting these illegal poachers know what they are doing that they can’t see, which is destroying the nature and all the innocent big cats, we don’t disagree humans are important, but we also need to start caring about endangered species. Second, we could also donate money to the people who are studying the species and finding ways to reintroduce the endangered animals back to nature again.
Citations:
Basic Facts About Cheetahs. (2012). Defenders of Wildlife. Retrieved 8 June 2017, from http://www.defenders.org/cheetah/basic-facts
Hunting Cheetah. (2017). Hunting Namibia Africa. Retrieved 8 June 2017, from http://africanhuntingsafaris.com/hunting-cheetah/
Save the Big Cats. (2017). YouTube. Retrieved 8 June 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acr-04a1SH4
This infographic explains why cheetah population are decreasing in the past 100 years, from the number 100,000 to only 9,000 left in the wild. You think 9,000 is a great amount? Think of the population decreasing by 90,000 is a greater amount. Save the cheetahs! #KASendangered
