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Kate Stevenson: Orang-utan

· ** Development: ** A proposed road through the Gunung Leuser National Park which threatens the last stronghold · ** Permits: ** //Forests are continued to be logged but plantations are not being planted//. //Permits are still being given to clearing virgin forest despite cleared land being available//  || [|ICUN Website Link]WWF Factsheet Link || (IUCN, 2009) (World Wildlife Fund, 2006), || · The wetlands drained to the extent that tree roots could not support them and all the trees died · In 1997 massive fires swept through Borneo releasing 30% of the world’s carbon emissions for the year · Approximately 10,000 orang-utans were lost. || Apes in Danger - Motion Picture || (Meadows, 2007) || · Some are kept by households as status symbols · Captured for the entertainment industry || WWF Factsheet Link || (World Wildlife Fund, 2006), ||
 * **Heading** || **Details from Research** || **Link to Websites Used** || **APA in-text reference** ||  ||
 * **Cause 1:** Habitat Loss and Conflict with Humans ||  · ** Logging ** – legal and illegal for overseas markets and for agriculture including rubber, oil, palm and pulp plantations
 * **Cause 2**: Natural Disasters following tampering with habitat ||  · The government cleared wetlands for rice production and dug canals to drain soil – but peat soil was not fit to grow rice
 * **Cause 3**: Poaching – illegal pet trade despite legal protection since 1931 ||  · Some are still hunted for food

You need to copy the exemplar above and enter information on your endangered animal

**Lachlan A**

Miss Stevenson: Good start Lachlan - but refer to my examplar in terms of the depth of research required.
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1: Loss of Habbitat || * logging for palm oil plantations
 * Illigal logging || Sumatran Tiger trust || sumatran tiger trust ||
 * Cause 2: Poaching || * illegal trade for tiger parts for medicine and their skin
 * ilegal poaching || sumatran tiger trust || sumatran tiger trust ||
 * ilegal poaching || sumatran tiger trust || sumatran tiger trust ||

**Alex A**

Miss Stevenson: Good work Alex!
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Loss of Habitat || * ghost bats need there caves for roosting, food and shelter
 * old mines are collapsing and killing bats
 * need lots of mines and caves as they roost in diferent locations || ICUN Website || (ICUN 2009) ||
 * Introduced Animals || * foxes and feral cats eat their prey making harder for them to find food
 * cattle and livestock modify their habitat || UNEP-WCMC Webpage || (UNEP and WCMC) ||
 * Disturbance from Humans || * ghost bat needs to be left alone
 * if disturbed ghost bats will get scared and fly away
 * if they do not find a new cave they may die || UNEP-WCMC Webpage || (UNEP and WCMC) ||
 * James B**

​ Miss Stevenson: Great James - you need to put in your IUCN in text references
 * Heading || Details from Research || Link to Websites used || APA in-text referencing ||
 * Cause 1: Hunting or poaching of the Sloth. || * Even though endangerd it is still hunted for its meat.
 * It has also been shot as a hobby or even in competitons. || ICUN ||  ||
 * Cause 2: Clearing of land logging, farming and cattle lots. || * People have been illegally logging on the eastern Atlantic coast of Brazil.
 * Extraction of lumber, charcoal production, and clearance for plantations and cattle pasture are all caues of decline.
 * The effect is that the forests become fragmented and this makes breeding and eating harder. || ICUN ||  ||

Miss Stevenson: Good work Murray! Try to reduce the size of your weblinks as discussed in class - there is a guidance sheet on mygrammar. Make sure your solutions tie to these causes
 * Murray B**
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1:
 * __Human exploitation__** || * Human exploitation for tortoise shell.
 * Pollution and debris.
 * Commercial fishing operations. || [] || @Hawksbill turtle. ||
 * Cause 2:
 * __New Species.__** || * Wild Fauna and Flora.
 * Excessive nest predation by native and non-native predators. || [] || @Hawksbill Turtle ||
 * Cause 3:
 * __Loss of Habitat.__** || * Degradation of nesting habitat.
 * Degradation of foraging habitat. || [] || @Hawksbill Turtle ||
 * Degradation of foraging habitat. || [] || @Hawksbill Turtle ||

have wiped out their habitat Red Wolfs.
 * Alexander B**
 * Heading || Details from research || Links to websites used || APA in text references ||
 * **Cause 1:** Habitat Loss || **Severe Weather-** many severe weather changes such as Hurricanes

2010) || habitats.
 * Human Development-** buildings and other man made causes of habitat destruction cause the loss of the wolves habitat || [] || (Defendors of Wildlife
 * **Cause 2:** Urban Development || **Vehicle Accidents:** many Redd Wolves try to cross roads to get to new

involves illegal taking and capturing. || [] || (Defendors of Wildlife 2010) || animals track them down in packs. || [] || (Defendors of Wildlife 2010) || Miss Stevenson: Good work Alex! Try to reduce the size of your weblinks as discussed in class - there is a guidance sheet on mygrammar. Make sure your solutions tie to these causes
 * Legal Depredation Control Measures:** continuous robberies which
 * **Cause 3:** Hybridization || **Coyotes:** these are a major threat to the survival of the Red Wolf as these


 * Andrew B**

As the population of humans increases the population of the Asian Elephants decreases. || WWF-Asian Elephant || (World Wildlife Fund, 2006) || Miss Stevenson: Great work Andrew! Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * **__Cause 1:Disease__** || In the early 1990s, an outbreak of haemorrhagic septicaemia, a cattle disease rare among elephants, was responsible for the deaths of several animals in Sri Lanka's Uda Walawe National Park in May 1994. This diesease is very dangerous between large heards as it spreads at a fast speed. || WWF-Asian Elephant || (World Wildlife Fund, 2006) ||
 * **__Cause 2: Lost of Land(Habitat)__** || Large development projects (such as dams, roads, mines and industrial complexes), plantations and spreading human settlements have fragmented what was once contiguous elephant habitat into small fragments.
 * **__Cause 3:Hunting(Poaching)__** || In Asian elephants, only males carry tusks and therefore poaching is aimed exclusively at males. Poaching of Asian elephants for ivory and meat remains a serious problem in many countries, especially in southern India (where 90% of the bulls are tuskers) and in north-east India where some people eat elephant meat. || WWF-Asian Elephant || (World Wildlife Fund, 2006) ||


 * George C**

· land clearing for farming, urban settlement and other development · clearing and fragmentation of rainforest habitat have reduced cassowary numbers · Most of their lowland habitat has been cleared · urban development threatens the continued existence of the cassowary || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|Threats of the cassowary] || Rainforest Rescue 2008 || · Roads cut through cassowary territories · By tossing rubbish out of cars, can attract birds to the roadside and lead to their death. · Mission Beach area, road accidents are the greatest single cause of cassowary deaths || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|Threats of the cassowary] || Rainforest Rescue 2008 || · particularly in areas near residential development · Chicks and sub-adults are small enough to be killed by dogs · packs of dogs also kill adult birds · Domestic dogs can also attack and kill cassowaries · Pigs also attack cassowaries’ || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|Threats of the cassowary] || Rainforest Rescue 2008 ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Heading ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Details from Research ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Link to Websites Used ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">APA in-text reference ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cause 1: ** the loss, fragmentation and modification of habitat. || · cassowary's feeding grounds seriously reduced
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cause 2 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: vehicle strikes. || · Cassowaries are sometimes killed when crossing roads
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cause 3 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: Dogs and pigs hunting it for food. || · wild dogs are a major cause of cassowary deaths

Miss Stevenson: Good work George!. Make sure your solutions tie to these causes


 * Jack C**

<span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dugong-GOV || (Marine Parks WA) || Miss Stevenson: Great work Jack! Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * __**Heading**__ || __**Details from Research**__ || __**Link to Websites used**__ || __**APA in text reference**__ ||
 * __**Cause 1: Natural Predators**__ || Dugongs being slow moving animals have many predators these predators include sharks, crocodiles and killer whales. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dugong Facts​​ || (Marine Parks WA) ||
 * __**Cause 2: Marine Craft**__ || The main cause of decline is marine craft because Dugongs are very slow moving animal they are often victims of boats strikes resulting in serious cuts by the propellar. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dugong Facts​​​​ || (Marine Parks WA) ||
 * __**Cause 3: Hunting/ Fishing (Poaching)**__ || Dugongs in many parts of the world are hunted for food and in Australia they are traditional fod for the Aboiginals. Also Dugongs regulary get caught in fishing nets which they are unable to get out of and eventually drown and loss and degradation of important habitat such as seagrass meadows. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dugong Facts​​
 * Jordan C**

Loss of Habitat || In order to survive, the SiberianTiger needs a large amount of forest space. Unfortunatly illegal and legal loggers have been cuting down the Siberian Tigers natural habbitat making it fragmented. Meaning that thy cannot travel to other areas to hunt for food or to reproduce. || [] ||  || Hunting (Poaching) || Siberian Tigers are one of the largest animals around, and they are often hunted for their fur. The Siberian Tigers body parts are sold for great amounts of money to Chinese chemists, that use the limbs from the tiger to create traditional chinese medicines. They also beleive that hanging a tigers head above their front door will scare off bad spirits and welcome good ones. || [] ||  || Weak Law Enforcement || The American, Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese government have all put bans on their coutry for importing Tigers into their country. However people have secretly importing the Tigers and illegaly breeding them in order to sell them or create a traditional medicine out of them. || [] || ​ || Miss Stevenson: Great work Jordan - you just need to shorten your weblinks and add in your APA intext references - please refer to MyGrammar for help on this. Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1
 * Cause 2
 * Cause 3


 * Euan C**


 * Heading || Details From Research || Link To Website Used || APA Reference ||
 * Cause 1: Poaching || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The trade in rhino horn has been banned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species since 1980, but poaching still poses the greatest threat to the species. Rhino horn is high in price in parts of Asia, especially China, where it is used as a medicine for rheumatism, arthritis and fever, although there is no evidence that the horn really works. This is not the only reason poachers poach this animal. The horn can also be carved into statues and even the Rhino meat can be sold for quite a lucrative price. ||< BBC Site || (BBC, April 2009) ||
 * Cause 2: Civil Unrest || The local wars have left governments short of money to help save the Rhinos. Not only this but the amount of poverty in their native African countries has lead to families poaching just for food.<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Civil unrest in countries such as Angola and Uganda has taken an heavy toll on the population since the 1960's. || BBC Site || (BBC, April 2009) ||
 * Cause 3: Habitat Loss || Rhinos need an sizable area to support themselves from. The Rhinos have been driven into more and more smaller pockets of land much like the orangutans. However unlike the orangutans 1 km of land may be able to hold up to orangutans(estimation), but if more than a single Rhino was put into this space they would fight and 1 would die. Then unlike the orangutan the Rhino would be extinct in that part of the wild. Even elephants, which suffer the same problems as Rhinos, sometimes clash with the Rhinos over space. Efforts to create corridors, so the Rhinos can move, have been severely delayed due to problems noted above and the fact that a corridor of habitat would have to be large, otherwise the Rhino would not feel comfortable entering an sparse expanse of vegetation. || BBC Site || (BBC, April 2009) ||

Miss Stevenson: Great work Euan - try to summarise this information more - perhaps in bullet points. Please check that all work is in your own words and not "cut and paste". Make sure you address the above points in your solution!


 * Ian D**

Poaching || * illegal hunting for the fur trade || [] || (Snow Leopard Trust, 2006) || Loss of Habitat || 1.More people and livestock move into snow leopard range fragmenting habitat. 2. So snow leopards become isolated and vulnerable. || [] || (Snow Leopard Trust, 2006) || Lack of Effective Protection || 1. Most protected areas are too small to protect the home range of even a single snow leopard 2. Many countries cannot afford to pay rangers living wages || [] || (Snow Leopard Trust, 2006) || Miss Stevenson: Great work Ian - try to reduce your weblinks - if they don't turn up when you follow the instructions in mygrammar - check the top of the page - I found about 5 of your links up there which I deleted.
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1:
 * trade in bones for traditional Asian medicine
 * Cause 2:
 * Cause 3:


 * Nikhil D**



[|Got Pets Online-Bengal Tiger] [|Jungle Walk-Tigers] || (Project Tiger, 2010) (GotPetsOnline.com, 2010) (Jungle Walk, 2006) || [|I Love India-Bengal Tiger] || (Project Tiger, 2010) (iLoveIndia.com, 2010) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Heading** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Details from Research** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Link to Websites Used** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**APA in-text reference** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Cause 1:** Habitat Loss and Clan Isolation || * **Development:**People cut forests where tigers live, to do farming, build houses & buildings. This leads to tiger becoming homeless and foodless. Animals which the tiger eats also die when forests are cut. This leads to tigers becoming weak and ultimately they die.
 * **Logging:** Many untouched Indian forests even like National Parks, are being cut down for their extensive amount of wood and other agricultural uses.
 * **Clan Isolation:** Due to the destruction of the Bengal Tiger's habitat, these predators have nowhere to go; separate populations are isolated and it is difficult for them to find mates. Therefore, they have no alternative but to inbreed, which in turn results in serious genetic disorders. || [|Project Tiger-Why Tiger Sad?]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Cause 2**: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Poaching || * They are hunted for their teeth, nails and skin.
 * Tigers are killed to make rugs and coats out of their skins, and also because in many Asian cultures medicines made from tiger parts are believed to cure diseases.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some are kept by households as status symbols
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Captured for the entertainment industry
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some tigers are killed for revenge, when in many situations, a tiger has killed an intruding human. || [|Project Tiger-Why Tiger Sad?]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Cause 3**: Natural Disasters || * Small isolated populations are especially vulnerable to catastrophic events: natural disasters, such as forest fires, floods, hurricanes, and epidemics; and human-induced events, such as deforestation and conversion of habitat.
 * Monsoon floods and hurricanes regularly kill some tigers in the Indian subcontinent. || [|Tripod-Problems Concerning Tigers] || (Tripod, 2010) ||

Miss Stevenson: Excellent Nikhil!


 * Elon F**

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">The human population has quadrupled in Africa and Asia over the last century. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">This means the habitat of the elephants are being converted into agricultural land and timber the trees are logged due to the timber needed for the housing. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Local people from nearby villages are shooting these animals as they are rampaging into their villages during breeding season. This is regarded as an intimidation technique to keep the humans away. || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">[|Bagherra - African Elephants] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">(Bagherra, 2007) || · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Hunting elephants was illegal, however, poaching elephants was legal until only recently. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Motorised vehicles and sometimes airplanes are used to catch elephants by the hundreds. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Poachers normally aim for the bigger elephants as they have larger ivory tusks. This leaves the young with no protection which also destroys their social structure. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Sudden oil shortage caused economy to collapse which made ivory even more valuable than gold. It is also reffered to as 'white gold' because of its beautiful exterior, easiness to carve and high durability. || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">[|Bagherra - African Elephants] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">(Bagherra, 2007) || · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Reproductive rate of certain African elephants vary. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">African Elephants will not travel far if food is plentiful. If there is a shortage of supplies then the elephants will travel long distances in order to find resources. However, the speed that elephants travel, around 2km's per hour at long distances, does not help. || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">[|Animal Info - Elephants] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">(Animal Info, 2010) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15pt;">__Heading__ ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15pt;">__Details from Research__ ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15pt;">__Link to Websites used__ ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15pt;">__APA in-text reference__ ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Cause 1: Habitat Loss || · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Human Competitors : African Elephants need a large amount of space to live in as they eat a lot.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Cause 2: Overexploitation || · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Hunting elephants for their ivory tusk which can be sold for a high price
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Cause 3: Reproductive Flexibility and Migration || · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Amount of habitat has decreased and food supply has decreased. This affects the reproduction rate as females rely on food in order to stay healthy enough for another calf.

Miss Stevenson: Good work Elon! Make sure your solutions tie to these causes


 * Sagnik G**


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Heading ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Details from Research ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Link to Websites Used ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">APA in-text reference ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Cause 1: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;"> Habitat Loss and Conflict with Humans || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Leopards habitat will be destroyed when the Siberia- Pacific oil pipeline will be constructed because it passes right through the breeding ground of the Amur Leopard. The clearing of forest habitats to build homes is also the main reason why their habitat is disappearing so quickly. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|Threats to Amur Leopard- Pacific Environment] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pacific Environment 2005 ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Cause 2 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">: Natural Causes- including declining numbers of prey and forest fires. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The leopard feeds on deer, wild boars and hares. Recently the number of those species have dropped, reducing the available food supply of the leopard. Forest fires have also been responsible for the deaths of many tigers. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|Threats to Amur Leopard- Pacific Environment] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pacific Environment 2005 ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Cause 3 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">: Poaching || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Amur tigers are poached for their skin as carpets. There are inadequate punishments for poaching and poor enforcement of anti poaching laws. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|Threats to Amur Leopard- Pacific Environment] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pacific Environment 2005 ||

Miss Stevenson: Great work Sagnik - great to see you catching up quickly - well done!

Predators || Predation by foxes, cats and dogs is a significant threat that places remaining populations at risk. Most bandicoots now survive within fox and cat-proof reserves. Cats also spread Toxoplasmosis, a disease that causes sickness and death in bandicoots. || [] || Victorian Government || Loss of habitat || Major threats are loss of native grassland and grassy woodland habitat and predation from __foxes__, cats and dogs. || [] || Bird Biodervisity || Weather Change || It was initially assumed this reduction was related to the 1992/3 drought conditions but the bandicoots have not bounced back like expected, despite wetter weather. || [] || Parks and Wildlife Services || Miss Stevenson: Great work Vinay - you now need to shorten your weblinks and put in the years for your APA references. Please ensure that all of the above is your own work ... the blue foxes is a giveaway of "cut and paste". Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * Vinay H**
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1
 * Cause 2
 * Cause 3
 * Dugald H**

Competition with herbivores and predators || Bilbies have to compete with introduced animals such as cattle and rabbits. These animals compete for food resources and damaging sources to dig burrows. || Greater Bilby fact Sheet || (World Wildlife Fund, 1996) || Changed fire regimes || Some of the Bilbies diet largely relies on fire to regenerate. Large uncontrolled fire could reduce the abundance of plants for the Bilby to eat. || Greater Bilby fact Sheet || (World Wildlife Fund, 1996) || Climate change || Bilbies are only partly adapted to arid environments. Meaning that during severe droughts they are at risk of local extinctions. Changing weather also can have negative affect to the Bilby's food source. || Greater Bilby fact Sheet || (World Wildlife Fund, 1996) ||
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1:
 * Cause 2:
 * Cause 3:

Miss Stevenson: Great work Dugald! Make sure you address the above points in your solution!


 * Hari I**



Horn trading - To the Chinese and Taiwan for their medical are still met today but the Chinese government has controlled the importation from the ban imposed in 1993. || Black Rhino Threats WWF || (WWF, 2010) || Miss Stevenson: Good start Hari - love the picture! You might want to divide cause 1 into 2 separate causes. Great work!
 * Heading || Details from Research || Links to website being used || APA in-text ||
 * Cause 1- Poaching and Horn trading || Poaching – In the 1970’s for their ivory horns, used for dagger handles, ornaments and Chinese medicines.
 * Cause 2- Human unrest || Civil war – From the effects of the civil war, which started in the 1960’s, the black rhino has been going downhill from the lack of government interest in the conservation of rhinos, deviated from the war. Because of increased poverty because of war, more and more rhinos were killed for their ivory in turn for weapons. || Black Rhino Threats IUCN || IUCN (2009) ||

Miss Stevenson: Good work Evan! Make sure your solutions tie to these causes
 * Evan J**
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/editor/insert_table.gif]] || **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1: Poaching of Tigers and their Prey || Tiger bones have been used in Chinese medicine for over 1000 years. Altough international trade in tiger parts is illegal, there is still demand for such products. People also believe that having tiger claws etc will bring them good luck. Also recently the demand for tiger skin has increased. || Quick Tiger Facts || (WWF, 2010) ||
 * Cause 2: Construction of Roads || **//Tigers have lost 93% of their historic range.//** Tigers have lost their habitat due to road construction, road networks, agriculture and timber trade. In the last 10 years, tiger habitat decreased by an alarming 45%. Today, tigers occupy just 7% of their historic range. || Quick Tiger Facts || (WWF, 2010) ||
 * Cause 3: Conflict with people || Tiger prey species are also killed by villagers in retaliation for destroying essential crops. This further exacerbates the problem by reducing the availability of the tiger’s natural source of food.In addition, many local communities living around tiger habitats depend on forests for fuelwood, fodder and timber. || Quick Tiger Facts || (WWF, 2010) ||


 * Josh K**

-Virtual elimination from historic areas as well as increasing fragmentation in remaining range -Deforestation of forests -Creation of Dams and roads -Legal and illegal logging || [] || Jaguar Conservation Overview || -Increasingly harder competition for prey with humans || [] || Jaguar Conservation Overview || -Jaguars classified as 'Problem Animals' in Brazil Costa Rica Guatemala,Mexico -Trophy Hunting still permitted in Bolivia || [] || Jaguar Conservation Overview ||
 * **Heading** || **Details from Research** || **Link to Websites** || **APA in-text reference** ||
 * Cause 1: Habitat Destruction || Mostly infrastructure:
 * Cause 2: Decrease in Food || Hunting:
 * Cause 3: Hunting of Jaguars || Jaguars bring portrayed as pests:

Miss Stevenson: Good research Josh!

- **Over hunting****:** rabbits are over hunted by humans and other animals || <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;">IUCN Red List || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(International Union for Conservation of Nature, 2009) || - **Housing: Private estates, holiday homes - Roads: This also introduces traffic and lynx can get hit by cars
 * Shalutha K**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Heading** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Details from Research** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Link to Websites Used** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**APA in-text reference** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Cause 1:** Decrease in their food (the rabbit) || <span style="font-family: Symbol,helvetica,sans-serif;">The rabbits are decreasing by:
 * - Habitat changes:** Mainly logging
 * - Diseases:** myxomatosis <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">& Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Cause 2**: Habitat destruction || Mainly for development

New infrastructure projects continue to fragment lynx population and place barriers between remaining fragmented areas. ** || <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;">IUCN Red List || (International Union for Conservation of Nature, 2009) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Cause 3**: Hunted || They received protection from hunting in the 1970s but are still caught, and some killed, by traps set for smaller predators. || <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;">IUCN Red List || (International Union for Conservation of Nature, 2009) ||

Miss Stevenson: Shalutha - excellent work - just check your font in Cause 1. You are really setting the standard - very impressive! Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * Tallon K**
 * **Heading** || **Details from Research** || **Link to Websites used** || **APA in-text reference** ||
 * **Cause 1: Habitat Destruction and Fragmentation ** || <span style="font-family: arial,'lucida console',sans-serif;"> Clear cutting and drainage of woodland for aquaculture and for planting of sugar cane, bananas, pineapples, pasture, and pine. Also, dry woodlands within its range are retreating at the expense of vineforest encroachment due to changing fire regimes.   || Animal Info - Mahogany Glider || (Animal Info, 2005) ||
 * **Cause 2:** Habitat Degradation and Alteration || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Altered fire regimes, weed invasion and intensive grazing, individually or collectively threaten the structure and ecological integrity of habitat fragments. Over time these changes decrease the ability of fragments to support glider populations. The decline in habitat quality is one of the major threats to the Mahogany Glider. || [[file:mahogany-glider (1).pdf]] || (Australian Government, 2009) ||
 * **Cause 3:** Transport and Easement Corridors || Apart from natural predation or habitat destruction, major transport corridors are the single largest known contributor to the Mahogany Glider fatalities. || [[file:mahogany-glider (1).pdf]] || Australian Government, 2009) ||

Miss Stevenson: Great work Tallon! Make sure you address the above points in your solution! Don't use a pdf a your reference - change this to be a link to the website where this pdf is located

o Commercial logging o Demand for Firewood (especially in the cold Himalaya) o Erosion opening inaccessible areas where illegal logging could be done || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">**IUCN - Red Panda ** || (IUCN, 2009) || o Killed by opportunistic shots o Hunted to make fur caps/hats with their bushy tails o Hunted for fur o Poached, then sold to people || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Carnivore Conservation and <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">**IUCN - Red Panda ** || (IUCN, 2009) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> and (Carnivore Ecology Conservation, 1999) || o Rejection of inbreeding means slower reproduction || IUCN - Red Panda || (IUCN, 2009) || Miss Stevenson: Well done Michael - please revisit your Wikipedia reference and use the primary source of information as your reference. Wikipedia is a great starting point but not an appropriate source. Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * Michael L**
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heading ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Details from Research ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Link to Websites Used ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">APA in-text reference ** ||
 * ** Cause 1: Habitat Destruction ** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">o deforestation - For Farming
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Cause 2: Hunting/Poaching ** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">o Caught in snares that are for other animals
 * ** Cause 3: Inbreeding Deppression ** || o <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Low population so red pandas need to inbreed to raise the population of red pandas
 * Mackenzie L**

Housing / human development : __IUCN__ <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif;"> || (IUCN,2010) || __Tree Kangaroo Mammal Group Inc.__ || (TKMG,2008) ||
 * __Heading__ || __Details from Research__ || __Link to Websites Used__ || __APA in-text reference__ ||
 * Cause 1: Habitat Loss || Logging-
 * Some live beyond national reserves and those areas were mostly cleared for farming
 * clearing persisted until it was declared a Wet Tropics World Heritage Area ||
 * Cause 2: Cars and road deaths || * Out of a 300 __reported__ tree kangaroo deaths, 10% were killed by dogs ( the actual numbers are certainly higher )
 * have strategies for avoiding other native predators but not introduced ones ||
 * have strategies for avoiding other native predators but not introduced ones ||
 * Cause 3: Dogs and dingos || -Are able to escape natural predators such as owls, eagles , pythons

-Out of a 300 __reported__ tree kangaroo deaths, 75% were killed by cars ( the actual numbers are certainly higher )

__Tree Kangaroo Mammal Group Inc.__ || (TKMG,2008) || Miss Stevenson: Good work Mackenzie - please make sure you are not cutting and pasting but you are putting points in your own words. .. please complete your last 2 columns. Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
 * Dogs are not being contained properly and are wandering of and killing ||

(Species,Condor?) || (BBS, Condor?) || (FWS,Condor shoots) || ==** Miss Stevenson: Vincent - please change your font style, underlining and bold to match my exemplar... please make sure you are not cutting and pasting but putting the points into your own words. You need to complete columns 3&4 as discussed in class. **==
 * Vincent L**
 * === Heading === || === Details from Research === || === Link to Websites Used === || === APA in-text reference === ||
 * ===Cause 1:Lead Poisoning=== || === .75 incidents in which poisoned condors required invasive chelation therapy to "de-lead" their blood and save their lives after feeding on lead-tainted carcasses. .five condors have died and over 30 others have required emergency blood treatment after ingesting lead . There is overwhelming evidence that the lead poisoning condors is coming from ammunition used in hunting.=== || ===Bio species condor=== || === ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cause 2:habitat destruction === || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Habitat loss continues to pose a major long-term problem for California condors. .Conversion of range lands to agriculture, home sites, gas and oil developments, and other urban and industrial uses results in less available suitable habitat . .T he habitat loss diminishes the availability of carrion, their food source. Consequently, its population has declined === || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|BBS condor projects] === || === ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cause 3:collisions with power lines === || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.Power lines are a known threat to condors, especially juveniles who are leaning to fly . "Condors don't expect to find power lines in their environment and so they don't detect them until it's too late. .The young birds don't have the flying skills to go into immediate avoidance maneuvers." === || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|FWS.GOV.pacific news] === || === ===

Make sure you address the above points in your solution!
· Farmers planting crops on land where populations occur || [|Wildlife org] || (Wildlife QLD, 2009) || · Wombat not directly affected by drought but breeding ceased during small episodes · Rabbits and smaller species are fierce competitors for food · Wombats forced to cross-dangerous areas such as roads in search of food. || [|Animal Info] / [|WildLife org]  || (Animal Info- Endangered animals, 2010) (Wildlife QLD, 2009) || [|Wildlife org] || (Animal Info- Endangered animals, 2010) (Wildlife QLD, 2009) ||
 * Rhys M**
 * Heading || Details || ** Link ** || APA ||
 * Cause 1: Habitat Loss || · Wombat not directly affected by drought but breeding ceased during small episodes
 * Cause 2: Competition with Introduced species || · In 2001 10% of NHN Wombat population was eaten by Dingo’s
 * Cause 3: Confined Occurring area || · The small total population is vulnerable to any threat, disease, inbreeding as well as habitat loss || [|Animal Info]

Miss Stevenson: Good work Rhys - APA refs?


 * Oliver M**

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proffered habitat and has been forced to adapt to a new one - This has caused many wombats to give up and cause them the inability to seek their required enviroment || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** NSW goverment conservation ** || (NSW government, 2008) || they encounter many wild predators such as wild dogs -These animals are extremely aggressive and are far to quick for the wombats -This wild animal problem is mainly due to the habitat destruction if they did not have to move habitatsn they would be safe in their burrows || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** NSW goverment conservation ** || (NSW government, 2008) || habitats of these wombats -This means when the wombats are in search of food and they attempt to cross the road there is the potential danger of the animals being hit and intern being killed -Another example of human intervention and another key reason to why the Southern Hairy-nosed wombat is critically endangered is because of farmers they are known to shoot them because their burrows make the ground unsteady and creates caos aswell as the wombat tearing down farm fences || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** NSW goverment conservation ** || (NSW government, 2008) ||
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1: Habitat Destruction || - For agricultural reasons the wombat has been stripped of their
 * Cause 2: Wild Animals || - As the wombats are forced to seek new habitat due to habitat destruction
 * Cause 3: Human Intervention || -The Australian goverment has built many main roads very close to the

Miss Stevenson: Good work Ollie - be careful with your tables - I fixed this one up for you ... if it looks "out of whack" click on the table and then click on the little table icon that pops up and try and fix whatever went wrong ... Make sure you address the above points in your solution!


 * Tom M**

Miss Stevenson: good start Tom! You need more research to support your points - refer to my exemplar or your classmates' examples for more guidance
 * **Heading** || **Details from research** || **Links to Websites Used** || **APA in-text Referencing** ||
 * **Cause 1:** Hunting || Hunting from the 1930s to 1970s wiped out the entire wild population while some were kept in captivity. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** IUCN ** || (IUCN, 2009) ||
 * **Cause 2:** || Lack of natural habitat, food. || Animal Info || (Animal Info, 2010) ||
 * **Cause 3** || Illegal poaching and killing for food or for fur, or capture for sale as pets. ||  ||   ||
 * **Cause 4:** || Largest reason for decline is land development, which is continuing to take away natural habitat from it. ||  ||   ||


 * Joshua N**
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** |||| **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1 || Devil Facial Tumour Disease, (DFTD), is an infectious, spreading cancer. Population declines of up to 80% from the disease started. These declines have mostly happened in North-Eastern and Central Eastern parts of Tasmania || [|Decline in Tasmanian Devils] || (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010) ||
 * Cause 2 || Introduced species, foxes. Foxes and Tassie Devils share the same preferences for den sites and habitat. || [|Decline in Tasmanian Devils] || (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010) ||
 * Cause 3 || Persercution. This is by in the 1990's farmers were given permits to kill Tassie Devils as it is assumed that they ate animals. There are still being some permits given out. || [|Decline in Tasmanian Devils] || (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010) ||

Miss Stevenson: Good work Josh. Make sure you address the above points in your solution! of its main habitat(forests througout the country of India) and some other parts of eastern Asia. || [|http://www.earthsendangered.com] || earthsendangered 2006 || own personal gain, the way they do this is they follow it till it makes its kill and once it has done so they scare it away and steal it food source. || [|http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu] || animal diversity 2007 || amount of Dholes left in the wild || [|http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu] || animal diversity 2007 || Miss Stevenson: Good work Mitch. Your APA references should be set out like (Author, Year). Refer to my exemplar for guidance - overall a good job!
 * Mitch S**
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1 || the main cause for this animals decrease is the dissapearence
 * Cause 2 || residents of the jungle are stealing the Dholes kills and using them for food for there
 * Cause 3 || A nasty disease is sweaping through the Dhole population decreasing the




 * Ben V**
 * **__Heading__** || **__Details from Research__** || **__Link to Websites used__** || **__APA in-text reference__** ||
 * Cause 1:Arigculture || * 27.25% of the land in Panay is farmed.
 * Using 4566.88Km of land Panay produces muscovado, coconut, banana, fruits, root crops, vegetables and rice which is the major crop.
 * 2,416 farmers cultivating the land. || [|IUCN] || (IUCN, 2009) ||
 * Cause 2: Logging || * Land is being cleared for Wood and Farming.
 * Only 3% of the natural rainforest is still standing || [|IUCN] || (IUCN, 2009) ||
 * Cause 3:hunted by humans for food || * Humans are hunting this rare animal for food due to its vegetarian diet which makes it taste good. || [|IUCN] || (IUCN, 2009) ||
 * Cause 3:hunted by humans for food || * Humans are hunting this rare animal for food due to its vegetarian diet which makes it taste good. || [|IUCN] || (IUCN, 2009) ||

Used** || **APA in-text Referencing** || Pedder || **Brown Trout:** It was introduced for recreational fishing
 * Matthew W **
 * **Heading** || **Details from research** || **Links to Websites
 * **Cause 1:** Flooding of Lake

to enter Lake Pedder.It competed with the Pedder Galaxias for food and ate them. || IUCN Redlist || (ICUN, 2009) || Miss Stevenson: good start Matthew! You need to delve into deeper research. Look at your classmates examples especially Nikhil, Elon and Oliver's for some examples. ​ I can't find anymore reasons for the decline of the pedder galaxias.
 * Climbing Galaxias:** Flooding permitted the Brown trout
 * **Cause 2:** Damming of Lake Pedder || Due to the damming of lake Pedder, the calm habitat of the Pedder galaxias was destroyed. || ASFB || (ASFB, 1999) ||
 * **Cause 3:** ||  ||   ||   ||

Have you looked at http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=26169 and all the links http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/action/fish/8-06.html http://janegoodallhopeforanimals.com/exclusive-content/lost-in-the-wild/pedder-galaxias-galaxias-pedderensis/ http://www.lakepedder.org/resources/reports/SymposiumPdfs/l%20Sanger%20Galaxias.pdf