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Jul.24,2010While the African safari provides an extraordinary outlook to the world’s largest amount of animals, a number of animals in Africa are greatly threatened. In Kenya, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has established classification standards of endangerment of these animals. The classification includes Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, and Extinct. Animals are classified in these categories according to the threat of danger that they are facing.
One of those endangered animals is the black rhino in Kenya. Approximately, there are only 4000 of these glorious rhinos are left in the whole world. The government and authorities of Kenya have seen to it that their specie does not get extinct and have worked on increasing the population of the black rhino. They have been quite lucky also.
As for the rest of Africa, the animals such as Cheetah, White Rhinos, The African Elephant, Leopards and a number of others are in danger. Many researches show that there are only 12400 cheetahs left in Africa. Their number has decreased in the recent years due to inbreeding. The African Elephant is renowned worldwide but this marvelous creature is hunted down for its special ivory. These are also hunted for food purposes by some of the native African tribes. Apart from the African elephant the white rhinos also face from great danger as they are hunted for their horns.
There are two sub species of the white rhino – the northern white rhino which is immensely endangered and has reached the verge of being extinct and the southern white rhinos which have been saved fortunately and are increasing in numbers because of the endless efforts of the South Africa Safari authorities and the government for their protection. Another, highly endangered species are the leopards. These incredible predators are hunted down for their expensive skin and also by the indigenous farmers who think of them as a threat to their lives and property.
It is high time that we plan the protection of such magnificent animals which Nature has bestowed upon us before it’s too late. If these endangered species are not looked after within time, then an instance is near when witnessing safari will not remain as exciting and thrilling as it is now.
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