The Endangered and the Extinct Nov. 2013 | Page 25

The reasons they are extinct are poaching and habitat loss.

The other reasons for their extinction are climate change, breeding problems and diseases caught from other livestock.

Its failure compete and to find food with other animals lead to their starvation. The last pyrenean ibex died in 2000 when it was hit by a falling tree.

After the death of the last Pyrenean ibex many scientists and other people started to be aware of the extinction of the species. Scientists attempted to clone the Pyrenean ibex. It might appear to be initially successful, but in 7 minuets, it died of lung defects. This attracted the media's attention, since it was first animal to become extinct.

Reason and cause of extinction endangeremnt

What made us aware?