Getty Images/Westend61 Only around 6,600 African wild dogs remain, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, though only 18% of Americans are aware they’re threatened. The poll found that just 20% of Americans know the African forest elephant is under threat of extinction. The findings were commissioned by smartphone brand OPPO, in partnership with the National Geographic Society as support for the nonprofit’s wildlife conservation efforts, and conducted by OnePoll.
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Though most agreed that habitat destruction, hunting and climate change were the main causes of animal endangerment, 37% of participants said they wouldn’t know how to help these species even if they wanted to. However, only 41% wanted more education on the subject, while 38% urged for increased media focus on endangered animals. Of the many species - more than 8,000 - threatened with extinction, respondents were most concerned about losing sea turtles, blue whales and the red panda.Ī majority of respondents - 68% - said they’d like to see more done to protect species from dying out. It goes to show that even the most highly regarded in the animal kingdom - and humans’ closest evolutionary cousins, no less - are being ignored by the general population when it comes to conservation.ģ0 percent of species on nature org’s ‘Red List’ at risk of extinction In fact, despite ethnologist Jane Goodall‘s widely publicized work with chimpanzees, participants weren’t aware that many kinds of apes, including chimps, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos, are endangered. Getty Images While California sea lions (pictured) are considered safe, others, such as the species of sea lion from Australia and New Zealand, are under considerable threat. Getty Images Both western and eastern gorilla species - including the mountain gorilla (pictured) - are critically endangered. Getty Images Bluefin tuna is hunted and prized as a culinary delicacy however, only 18% of Americans are aware that some bluefin populations are in decline. The adorable red panda was revealed to be one of the endangered species that would upset Americans the most were it driven to extinction. More than eight in 10 respondents were not aware that sea turtles (81%) and the Sumatran rhino (81%) are critically endangered.Įven after the late Koko, a Western lowland gorilla who famously learned American Sign Language, and her teacher, animal psychologist Francine “Penny” Patterson, shone a spotlight on these highly intelligent apes, most of those polled (83%) had no idea that Koko’s kind is near extinction. In fact, nearly one-third of adults (30%) admitted that the issue of animal extinction isn’t even “on their radar.” Nearly seven in 10 adults in the US are under-informed about endangered animals, a new survey reveals.Ī poll of 2,000 Americans found that 68% of them are not “very informed” about which species are thriving or which ones are on the brink of extinction, reported South West News Service on Monday. Government warns women to stop playing with endangered ‘penis plants’ģ critically endangered Sumatran tigers dead from snare trap injuries California won’t immediately list western Joshua tree as threatened
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