endangered Species

LO- Identify endangered species in NZ, explain why they are endangered and create a way to increase the population of the species.

a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

1. Takahe
2. kea
3. Hector's dolphin
4. New Zealand kaka
5. Black stilt

we can save the animals by asking lots of people to help pick up rubish

we pick the kea

the kea is endangered because

Kea Conservation - Preserving a National Treasure. ... Persecution and predation have sorely depleted numbers and, with only a few thousand birds remaining, the kea is a Nationally Endangeredspecies.

there are approximately 3,000–7,000 keas left