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Did you know that about 64,000 animals are on the red list? The red list is animals that are almost extinct. Hi my name is Minor Sweeney from County Line Elementary school and, I’m going to tell you about wildlife. Animals being hunted

To start with, Hunting animals is going to be my first topic. I would like to show you wild boar. They are destructive wild animals that are very dangerous. Wild boar are not just hunted for fun. They kill cattle and even kill crops that is why they are hunted so often . First, Turkey is going to be my second topic on hunting animals. Turkey are not destructive but they are overpopulated. Also turkey hunting is not like hunting any other game bird. You have to have skill when going turkey hunting it takes skill ,but when you hit your target you have Thanksgiving dinner in the bag. Next, but very not least, the whitetail deer. Whitetail deer are very popular and also very good for eating. They are hunted mostly for there 8 pointer racks or for there 300 hundred pounds of meat. Whitetail deer are overpopulated and they are a game animals so that means people go in competitions
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First I am going to talk about the Javan Rhino. The Javan Rhino is one animal species that is is on the red list. The red list is the extinction list. There are only 40-60 of them alive today.Next, one of my favorite species is the Amur Leopard. Sadly there are only 57 left in the world. Also did you know that they are very rare and are only found in the Northern Russia’s primorye region.Most of the Amur leopards are adults and are only about 25 of them.Last, I am going to talk about how many animals are going endangered. To start with their are about 41,415 animal species that are on the red list and, about 16,306 animals threatened to extinction.Here are some animals that are listed on near extinction Leatherback Turtles, Bluefin Tuna, Mountain Gorilla, Monarch Butterfly and last but very not least the Giant

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