2. plants and
WHAT IS AN ENDANGERED
animals that are
SPECIES?
so few in numbers
,or declining so
quickly that they
may soon become
extinct.

3. Endangered species
a endangered species
is one that is
getting close to
extinction if we don’t
help.

4. Gray wolves are
endangered in most of
the 48 states.

5. Stop hunting animals
Blue whale
Because of
hunting there are
less than 12,000
blue whales left.

6. Bald eagle
Farmers use
dangerous
pesticides
called DDT,
causing
bald eagles
to laying
eggs with
shells so
thin they
often

7. Endangered species shows that our
world not be healthy as we think

8. In 1973,the
endangered
species act
was passed
by our
government to
protect
disappearing
plants and
animals

9. HABITAT OF ANIMALS
Prairie dogs
were considered
to be pests by
settlers.
Thousands of prairie dog
towns were killed off.
Humans developed more
wild land.

10. More than 900species of plants
and animals in the us and more
than 530 species living in other
parts of the world, are
protected by the endangered