You can help endangered animals
Posted by: EcoKids Volunteer in Canada, Environmental Issues, Nature, Wildlife
Hey EcoKids, I LOVE animals! How about you?
I don’t know what I would do without my dog; he means the world to me. That is why we need to love and protect our animals–household pets AND wild animals.
It is sad though, that in Canada and other parts of the world, wild animals are becoming endangered. This means that some animals exist in such small numbers that they are at risk of extinction.
In Canada, some of these animals and mammals include the Bald Eagle, the Barn Owl, the Beluga Wale, the Northern Fur Seal, the Northern Gray Wolf, the Sea Otter and many more. In order to stop these animals from being endangered, you can take action and make a positive change.
Here a couple of suggestions
• Propose to your teacher that you start an animal research project by having your class research one Canadian animal that is endangered. Get all the classes in your school involved.
• For older elementary students, start a fundraiser (be sure to ask your principal first) like a bake sale to create animal awareness in your school and to collect money so you can adopt an animal (local zoos usually have adoption programs) or make a donation to an animal protection program.
These are only a couple of ways you can help deal with the problem of animals becoming endangered. Be sure to let us know what you are doing!
Government of Canada. Species at Risk Public Registry http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/sar/index/default_e.cfm
Nicole, EcoKids Intern 
Photo credit: Courtesy flickr user Jenny Spadafora
April 30th, 2010 at 11:34 am - Edit
i think that is a good idea.
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:35 am - Edit
i love animals too! thank you to give me some new informations!
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May 3rd, 2010 at 12:10 pm - Edit
Siberian tigers and snow leopards are the most endangered cat species in the world. In the wild they were fewer than three thousand, and their number is constantly decreasing. It would be a shame that these amazing animals are gone forever, and remain only in stories.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:40 am - Edit
i love animals also.I will try my hardest.
May 17th, 2010 at 11:58 am - Edit
That is a really cool beluga.
May 17th, 2010 at 12:00 pm - Edit
Do you know that dodo birds and sabertooth tigers are extinct?
June 4th, 2010 at 4:54 pm - Edit
Oh no sabertooth tigers and dodo birds are extinct people should be more carefull of there poloution and waste i wish there was a way to help got more animals that are extinct and bring there speicies to life scientists should work on a antidote to bring 1 living extinct animal to life or maybe the zoo has some animals hopefully the animals at the zoo get time to mate and breed so there speices dont get extinct!!!! PLEASE HELP THE INVIROMENT DONT SCARE ANIMALS, RECYCLE, DONT POUR WASTE INTO THE OCEAN!!!!!! PLEASE HELP THE WORLD
June 5th, 2010 at 3:43 pm - Edit
I will try as hard as i can…..Im a grade 6 elementary student and im trying to make a diffrence
some people arent caring enough to donate though. I donate to the spca
Its very hard though
alot so I do my part. I still try to make a big difference though. But like I said people don’t care usually.
June 10th, 2010 at 11:35 am - Edit
what is this a whale or a dalphin
[editor: A beluga whale]
August 12th, 2010 at 8:44 pm - Edit
hi i just wanna say its so sad thinking about that i love animals and when i see the beaver commercial for the pacific aquarium in get sad look at how cute those beavers are and other animals.