One in Four Mammals at risk of Extinction!!!!

Who: Mammals

What: One in four of the world's 5,487 mammal species going through extinction.

Where: Asia, where developments are being done. Such as population and economy growth.

When: Mammals are going through extinction right now (present day)

Why: The mammals are going through extinction because of many of accidental deaths such as being caught in fishing nets that were meant for other species. Also, Asia, a growing region is causing many habitats to be lost. That is being caused by the the increasing of industrial crops, development of roads, and critical landscaping.

My opinion on this article is that humans aren't the only species on Earth, so they shouldn't only think about themselves. Humans should limit fishing because it's causing mammals to go extinct. If we choose to be less selfish and think about the other species on the planet then maybe we can prevent the greatest of species from going extinct. I really hope that we could all try and not ruin the habitats of the mammals by not making so many drastic changes. Population is growing everywhere and clearly there is nothing that can stop that, but hopefully humans will take the mammal's habitats into consideration when doing any construction work or anything.

I found the article here:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081006-mammals-extinction_2.html

Global Warming Threatens Australia's Iconic Kangaroos!!!!

Many people have heard that global warming is doing bad to the polar bears in the Antarctic,but do they know that it is also affecting the kangaroos in Australia? Some may not know but sadly it's true. The kangaroos may be extinct this century. But why the kangaroos? If there is a change in the temperature by two degrees Celsius then the kangaroos could be in a lot of danger. Because of the changes of temperatures, kangaroos maybe affected very badly and seriously. Surprisingly, even the smallest change of temperature could the shrinking of the kangaroos geographic ranges. Six degrees of temperature rising could cause 98 percent of shrinking in a kangaroos geographic range. Unfortunately, the increasing of temperatures also causes a change in the kangaroos habitats. A very vital way global warming can affect a kangaroos habitat is that kangaroos need water because it may cause starvation, maybe death because of dehydration, or not being able to reproduce. Therefore, if global warming could cause the waterholes to dry up the kangaroos will die. Since kangaroos are only adapted to wet, and tropical climate they wouldn't be able to even create a new habitat and adapt to new vegetation and topography. It's really sad to know that another animal may have to suffer the consequences of extinction due to global warming. What makes this tragic information even more depressing is that the next century's people won't be able to see the iconic Australian kangaroos. Hopefully everyone can help out the environment and stop polluting and cutting down trees so that we can help the kangaroos live just a bit longer.

I found this article on the website below: http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/40939/Global_warming_threatens_Australias_iconic_kangaroos.html