why are grey seals endangered?
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Grey seals on both sides of the Atlantic are killed through fisheries conflicts, the shooting of seals to prevent seal damage to nets, traps and catch being common in both fisheries and fish farming. This form of shooting is legal in most countries within the grey seal's range.
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Poaching and destruction of habitat are the reasons for this species being endangered. India's National Parks are being mismanaged, and there are not enough guards to stop the poaching of tigers.
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The arctic fox, the European mink, Mediterranean monk seal, the North Atlantic right whale and the polar bear are currently among the most endangered mammals in Europe. Pollinators are also declining. One out of 10 European bee and butterfly species is threatened with extinction.
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Sadly, many marine species are fighting for survival due to human interference. Poaching, climate change, pollution, oil spills, boat collisions and bycatch are all man-made issues that are pushing our marine wildlife to the brink of extinction.
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An endangered species is a type of organism that is threatened by extinction. Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation. A loss of habitat can happen naturally.
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Classified as endangered, green turtles are threatened by overharvesting of their eggs, hunting of adults, being caught in fishing gear and loss of nesting beach sites.
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Polar bears live on the enormous amounts of ice over the Arctic Ocean. Destruction of their habitat because of global warming caused by holes in the ozone layer, oil and gas mining, and the reduction of seals available to eat in their habitat are some of the reasons they have become an endangered species.
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As part of the first list of species to receive federal protections, gray wolves are listed as "endangered" under the ESA. The designation applies to all remaining wolf populations in the lower-48 states.
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There has been little progress in either Vietnam or Lao PDR to sufficiently reduce snaring, and even if poaching could be stopped, saola numbers are now too low and fragmented to allow the species to recover. To save saola from extinction, we must rescue surviving individuals and provide a protected habitat for them.
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Endangered - 55 species Mammals: Peary Caribou (Banks Island and High Arctic population), Eastern Cougar, Vancouver Island Marmot, Sea Otter, Bowhead Whale, Right Whale, Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River, Ungava Bay and Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound populations), Wolverine (Eastern population).
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Although it is on top of the food chain and therefore has no predators – except for men –, and counts amongst the largest birds of prey in the world, the harpy eagle is an endangered species due to shrinking forests – it requires an area of about 100 km2 for its habitat.
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An endangered species is a type of organism that is threatened by extinction. Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation.
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Visit the Grey Seals at Horsey, Norfolk. From late October through to February a large colony of grey seals come onto the beach at Horsey, Norfolk to have their young. It is one of the few accessible UK mainland breeding sites where visitors can observe the grey seals and their pups.
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Many factors are involved in the destruction of the seals that sever contamination of rivers feeding the Caspian sea is one of them so that in2008 the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN)red list of the Caspian seal as critically endangered under the contract.
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In Alabama, two bats, two rodents, two carnivores, and two whales are listed as endangered. Among these, the gray wolf (Canis lupus), the Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi), and the, Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) are listed but do not currently occur in Alabama.
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