Endangered Animals By: Emma Yagolnitser

     Imagine this someone us eating a bar on the sidewalk then when they are done the just throw it on the ground. The next day they are running on the beach and they see their wrapper, but instead a fish has eaten it and now it is dead.

      There are many endangered animals. Bobcat’s food is slowly disappearing and on top of that they are also being hunted. Pocket Gophers are very rare in North America. Berg says “Ranchers say there are more pocket gopher than the government sees. Most of those animals are endangered because of pollution in the woods.

     There are many causes for endangerment. Most animals became endangered because of the chemicals in the streams that they drink from.  A lot of fish become endangered because of the soap and oil in their body of water.  Some fish are endangered because they taste good like salmon. Some fish are endangered because we are fishing in a certain way like dynamite fishing.

    How can we help the endangered animals? If people use car washes instead of their driveway then the soap goes into somewhere where it won’t flow into the ocean. We can also stop using chemicals for our yards because it will flow to the ocean.  If we plant certain plants like Aloe, Gerber Daisy, and Snake plant that help the environment then there will be less pollution in people’s yard. People need to stop putting stuff on the street it flows to the nearest body of water. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) helped cut down on mercury pollution. They also brought Wild Bison back to their home. They also eliminated conflict between domestic and wild Bighorn sheep. NWF has successfully blocked three of six terminals.

    There is still hope in helping these animals. We can solve these problems by picking up litter and pet waste. Cattle men association says “the number of wolves overall should be capped.” Biologists say “Pygmy rabbits are breeding for the first time!” That should be normal for them to breed wherever they want.