Foto-foto Hewan yang Hampir Punah di NEGARA AFRIKA

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Sungguh menakjubkan foto-foto yang diabadikan oleh fotografer satwa liar Nick Brandt di wilayah Amboseli Afrika Timur – sebuah ekosistem dengan luas 2 juta hektar area di bawah Gunung Kilimanjaro. Tetapi sayangnya, dari hari ke hari, jumlah satwa ini semakin menurun akibat diburu manusia untuk diperdagangkan.
White rhino: Wildlife activists in South Africa are desperate to stop the killing of these animals. Their horns have become the must have luxury item for rich AsiansBadak putih bercula yang diambil taring/culanya.
The African Elephant is one of the most endangered species on the continent and its decline is due to poaching for its large tusks which are sold for large amounts of moneyGajah Afrika yang diambil gadingnya
A number of conservation groups has filed a petition to list the African lion as a protected species under the U.S Endangered Species Act citing the American appetite for sports hunting and lion products as major factors in the big cat's declineSinga afrika yang diburu oleh pemburu liar.
Brandt has started a wildlife foundation to help stop the decline of animals in AfricaSinga Afrika
The number of chimps in the wild is steadily decreasing because forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. They are also vulnerable to many of the same diseases that humans get and their capture for medical use continues to threaten the speciesSimpanse yang ditangkap manusia untuk penggunaan di dunia medis.
Many of Africa's animals are being hunted for meat and ivory, which is then exported to foreign countriesSinga afrika yang diambil dagingnya untuk diekspor ke mancanegara.
African lions are being hunted to near extinctionSinga afrika yang semakin menuju kepunahan
Cheetahs are endangered for a number of reasons: Loss of habitat, decline of prey and a high death rate among cubs from other large preyCheetah yang semakin menurun populasinya karena habitatnya tergerus, kurangnya mangsa dan kematian karena diburu oleh pemburu yang tidak bertanggung jawab
There are various species of giraffe, some of which are endangered because of poaching and loss of habitat. Conservationists have now started to put collars on the large animals in order to track themJerapah yang juga diburu dan semakin berkurang habitatnya
A family of hippos gather on a riverbed: The giant mammals are hunted for their ivory teeth, meat and skinKudanil yang diburu untuk diambil daging, gigi dan kulitnya
Conservation groups have been trying to lobby governments for years to get help and funding to stop the killing
Brandt started his foundation after seeing the devastating effects poaching was having on the continentextinction
Pictured is a white rhino but the Western Black rhino is extinct and there are none of the animals roaming free in the wild
Many of the large-tusked African Elephants that Brandt has photographed are now dead, killed by poachers
An African elephant takes a dust bath, a common occurrence which is done to repel insects
African elephants are endangered species
Ivory is sold to Asian countries and China is one if its biggest buyers where it is used to create ornaments and even jewellery
Wildlife photographer Nick Brandt has taken hundreds of pictures of endangered animals in their natural environment
Chimpanzees are on the decline because forests are quickly disappearing and they are captured and used for medical research

source: https://kusumakomp.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/foto-foto-hewan-yang-hampir-punah-di-negara-afrika/