NORTHERN WHITE BENGAL TIGER SPERM WHALE RHINOCEROS ORANGUTAN RUSTY-PATCHED HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE RED WOLF BLACK-FOOTED FERRET BUMBLE BEE YOU CAN HELP ENDANGERED SPECIES CLOUDED LEOPARD SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX BLUE-THROATED MACAW CUBAN CROCODILE PANAMANIAN SCALLOPED SPIDER MONKEY GOLDEN FROG GROUND PANGOLIN HAMMERHEAD SHARK POLAR BEAR MONK SEAL ASIAN ELEPHANT AFRICAN WILD DOG BENGAL TIGER: ALLAN HOPKINS, SPERM WHALE: The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major animal extinction event. One out of four of the FRANCO BANFI, NORTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS: world’s mammals and over 40 percent of amphibians are threatened with extinction due to MARTIJN BARENDSE, ORANGUTAN: GEMMA I JERE, HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE: SHALAMOV, RED WOLF: AMELIA human activity, including habitat destruction, overexploitation, climate change, and pollution, as BEAMISH, BLACK-FOOTED FERRET: SUMIO HARADA, RUSTY-PATCHED BUMBLE BEE: CLAY BOLT, CLOUDED well as human overpopulation. Without the Endangered Species Act, over 2,000 animal and plant LEOPARD: EMMANUEL KELLER, SCIMITAR-HORNED species could face extinction. Many—such as the Steller sea lion, grizzly bear, and bald eagle— ORYX: BILL CLARK, BLUE-THROATED MACAW: MICHAEL SEELEY, CUBAN CROCODILE: MARK FOX, SPIDER are on the road to recovery because of the protections provided by this law. MONKEY: RWARRIN, PANAMANIAN GOLDEN FROG: BRIAN GRATWICKE, GROUND PANGOLIN: 2630BEN, SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK: FRED BAVENDAM, Everyday actions can make a difference. Learn how you can help protect endangered species POLAR BEAR: CHRISTOPHER MICHEL, MONK SEAL: JODI JACOBSON, ASIAN ELEPHANT: TONTANTRAVEL, and the Endangered Species Act at www.awionline.org/endangeredspecies. AFRICAN WILD DOG: DAVID SCHENFELD.