IUCN Red List

Did you know that over the past 50 years 832 species of animals have been extinct?

We have to make a stop to this. In 2014 1 Malaysian snail species and the biggest earwig were extinct.

There are also many other species that are endangered (on the verge of extinction) some of them being the wombat and the Tasmanian Wedge Tailed species.

Then there is the IUCN, the IUCN assesses the conservation status of different species.

Each year they release a list of species that has become extinct or endangered, in the past year called The Red List.

The IUCN has 7 categories ranging from least needed attention and most needed attention: LC (least concerned), NT (near threatened), V (vulnerable), EN (endangered), CR (critically endangered), EW (extinct in the wild) and EX (extinct).

So get involved and help to save our animals go to the IUCN website today:

http://www.iucnredlist.org/

Or give them a call on:

Tel: +44 (0)1223 277966

Or fax: Fax: +44 (0)1223 277845

IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit
IUCN UK Office, 219c Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom