Reflective Journal 2

I learnt that 'the latest predictions state that tigers will be extinct in the wild by the year 2015 which is less than 12 short years from now. Thus, there is little time left to preserve these animals so immediate action is required. Tigers are an important part of the ecosystem which is the population community, and a major link in the food chain. Tigers have been revered as gods. All living creatures of mother earth depend on one another for survival. We as human beings are brothers and sisters to every living being, from the plants to the animals to each other.
Crimes like these - the killing of tigers - must be stopped - PERIOD. They are often killed in the most barbaric, the most unbelievably cruel ways.'

For the Iguanas, I learnt that '16,306 of 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction, reports the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The total number of known extinct species now stands at 785. “The rate of biodiversity loss is increasing and we need to act now to significantly reduce it and stave off this global extinction crisis”, said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
The IUCN Red List is considered the most authoritative assessment of the global status of plants and animals as it classifies species according to their extinction risk and is available online as a searchable database.'

I think although there are already groups that help to conserve tigers and iguanas, we as being human-beings, though cannot do much to solve this over-poaching problem, but at least we can try our best to educate the people in those countries where these two animals appeared more and pass the message of the consequences when this endangered animals are being killed, which can affect the environment.

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Taken from http://www.furville.com/Dave/tigers.html
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-redlist.html