Some cool endangered animal species images:
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Boris The Polar Bear
'Boris was created by sculptor Adam Binder. He is a life-size sculpture of a male polar bear, cast entirely in bronze, weighing around 700kgs. He was on display in Sloane Square for 28 days earlier this year.
Boris was created to highlight the plight of the polar bears. Polar bears are endangered due to hunting to supply the international trade in their skins and body parts as well as habitat loss caused by climate change in their Arctic home.
In March 2013, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are holding a meeting with politicians from around the world to ask them to support a global ban on trade in polar bear products. The UK Government will be voting to support this ban.
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Boris The Polar Bear
'Boris was created by sculptor Adam Binder. He is a life-size sculpture of a male polar bear, cast entirely in bronze, weighing around 700kgs. He was on display in Sloane Square for 28 days earlier this year.
Boris was created to highlight the plight of the polar bears. Polar bears are endangered due to hunting to supply the international trade in their skins and body parts as well as habitat loss caused by climate change in their Arctic home.
In March 2013, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are holding a meeting with politicians from around the world to ask them to support a global ban on trade in polar bear products. The UK Government will be voting to support this ban.
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
SHORT-CLAWED OTTER
Image by RayMorris1
The Asian short-clawed otter is the smallest of the otter family. They live in family groups, sometimes up to twenty in number. Litter sizes vary between one and six. Their main diet includes grubs, beetles and other insects, frogs, small rodents, shellfish, and fish.
The short-clawed otter is not an endangered species.
