10 Rare Animals are Hunted Still Up Now

Endangered species around the world increasingly scarce due to various reasons such as loss of habitat , a food of the predators , climate change , and especially poaching . Although it has been banned in hard , this endangered species is still hunted for many reasons . Here are 10 endangered species are still hunted today.

10 . Crocodiles - Chinese Alligator

It is known in general that in the world of fashion , crocodile skin is precious . This is one reason why the crocodile species was originally entered into the category of " endangered" or "endangered " , luckily thanks to conservation efforts in the world , the status has been improved to be " vulnerable " or "vulnerable " . But this does not mean they have been freed from human poaching . One of the most crocodile species endangered Chinese Alligator is expected the rest of the species is less than 200 fish .

9 . Sharks - Great White Sharks

One species of animal that is still the most widely hunted until now this is a species of shark that are categorized into the " vulnerable " or "vulnerable " . Although they are described as a horrible fish with teeth is dangerous , in fact, humans continue to hunt these species with the aim of getting remedy shark fin soup made ​​of high quality and upscale . One of the most shark species are endangered Great White Sharks are estimated to number in the wild until now only 3,500 bersisakan .

8 . Hippos - Pygmy Hippopotamus

Is the second largest land animal in the world after the teeth resembling elephant tusks , braggart and one of most aggressive animals in the world . This does not mean in the presence of all humans who hunt their teeth , some of the other hippos to hunt just getting a trophy hunt . Pygmy hippopotamus is one species of endangered hippos in the world where the estimated remaining in the wild is only 2 to 3 thousand in the world .

7 . Cheetah

Fastest land animal in the world that can run up to 70-75 miles per hour is one of the animals that exist in the category of " vulnerable " . There are various reasons why the cheetah is speies this category , such as the conflict in the wild , poaching , and habitat loss in particular . Until now only the cheetah species bersisakan 10 thousand tails in the wild . 10 Thousand Cheetah 's tail has been representing all species and subspecies of cheetahs in various parts of the world .

6 . Bear - Polar Bear

Bear is one of the most dangerous animals in the world , and therefore this species continues to be a popular symbol of trophy hunting . Bear its own entry into the category of " vulnerable " in which most of them have been considered fit into the category of " endangered" or "endangered " . One of the most endangered species of bear in the world is the most dangerous species of bear is the Polar Bear or Polar Bear . The numbers in the wild is only about 20 thousand bersisakan tail .

5 . Lion - African Lion

Classified as " vulnerable " ( prone ) where only one level is better than " endangered" or "endangered " . Past 20 years , their population continues to decline up to 30-50 % , mostly due to the movement of the industry . Just like bears , because kepopularannya , then this lion species continue to be hunted for trophy hunting of the famous . One of the most threatened species of lion is African Lion with a population of about 30 thousand a year in which the tail is at least up to 600 head hunted for sporting purposes ( hunting trophies ) .

4 . Tuna fish - Blue Fin Tuna

Tuna fish is one of the most commercial fish ( the most widely hunted for food purposes , sold , and the like ) , in addition to the price of tuna also should not be underestimated . The high-quality tuna can be worth up to $ 700,000 ( Approximately 7 Billion ) . This is one reason why so many tuna hunt , starting from commercial to sporting purposes . More than the half of the species of tuna are in the threatened category in which the Blue Fin Tuna itself really was on the edge of extinction with the population decreased by 90 % .

3 . tiger

A local cat species from Asia one of which is the Indonesian rainforest and is the top predator in the ecosystem where they live . The irony is even so , up to about the 20th century there are still 100 thousand tigers in the world , but now many species are already extinct tiger subspecies and all the rest in the category of " critically endangered " or " on the edge of extinction " . Although all of these subspecies are combined into one , there would be only about 3 thousand tigers in the world . One reason why this happens is because of poaching their skin , flesh and body parts , as well as the loss of habitat due to illegal logging .

2 . Elephants - Sumatran Elephant

Elephants are one of the easiest animals to kill humans . They can not hide as well as with a firearm then their bodies are meaningless . One of the main objectives of this peruruan are getting their ivory tusks that each pair can be worth up to $ 5,000 ( about 50 million ) if a high quality . One of the most endangered species of elephant are Sumatran elephants (Sumatran Elepahant ) whose occurrence is very rarely seen . Even in some local locations , they have become extinct .

1 . Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros Java

One of the unique horns of rhinos are , but is also likely to be the reason of hunting rhino horns where they hunted for processing into dagger handles , diroses into powder as well as for some traditional medical needs . Of course its horns on the black market poachers can earn $ 30,000 ( about 300 million ) . One of the most endangered species is the Javan rhino is estimated to number only around 30 tigers left alone .