NOT Endangered Species

Question 1

American Alligator

Answer 1

overhunting and destruction of habitat caused original listing, removed from the list of endangered species by the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1987

Question 2

Bald Eagle

Answer 2

ingested DDT by eating contaminated fish. The pesticide caused the shells of the bird’s eggs to thin and result in nesting failures. Loss of nesting habitat and hunting for feathers also contributed to the population decline. reclassified from the endangered to threeatened (1995)

Question 3

Peregrine Falcon

Answer 3

ingested DDT by eating smaller birds, which had eatenc ontaminated prey. The pesticide caused the shells of the bird’s eggs to thin and result in nesting failures. Removed from the endangered species by the Fish and Wildlife Service in August 1999

Question 4

Gray Whale

Answer 4

the eatern North Pacific of gray whale has the destinction of being the first population of a marine mammal species to be removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Species.