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FIGHT HABITAT DESTRUCTION—
SAVE ANIMALS!

Lehmann’s
Poison Frog
Small animals
WHERE THEY LIVE: Colombia,
like frogs, bats,
a country in South America
and hummingbirds
WHY THEY NEED HELP: People cut
are more at risk of
extinction due to down the frog’s forest habitat for
habitat destruction logging and agriculture.
than larger
animals.
8 Bornean Orangutan
EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE WHERE THEY LIVE: Borneo, an island
It’s fun to look for frogs and slugs under logs—but always in southeast Asia
put the logs back. Rocks, leaves, and tree limbs are homes for WHY THEY NEED HELP: Over half
lots of tiny animals, so it’s important not to destroy them. of this orangutan’s habitat has
disappeared in the last 20 years, in
9 FLUSH CLEAN MONEY MAKES 10 part to build palm oil plantations.
Flush only your A DIFFERENCE
own waste and Work a lemonade stand,host a bake
toilet paper—no sale, or sell homemade jewelry to raise Lined Seahorse
medicine, clean- funds to protect wildlife and their WHERE THEY LIVE: Waters off the
ing wipes, cotton habitats. east coast of North, Central,
balls, paint, or and South America
pet poo. This 11 WHY THEY NEED HELP: People fishing
trash can even- WATCH YOUR WATER for shrimp often drag nets along the
tually travel into Using too much water from lakes and ocean floor. That can destroy the sea-
the water sys- rivers can affect animals’ habitat. grass beds and mangrove forests
tem and affect Conserve this resource by taking five- where seahorses and other animals live.
the animals that minute showers, turning off the faucet
live there. when you brush your teeth, and bug-
ging your parents to fix leaky pipes.
Cerulean Warbler

FLOWER 12 WHERE THEY LIVE: North and
The trees cut South America
POWER
down each year WHY THEY NEED HELP: The cerulean
uldcovera
would cover a Ask your parents warbler’s forest home is used for plant-
land area about to plant a garden ing crops, mining coal, and building
half the size of full of local trees, homes for people. As a result, the
England. flowers, and shrubs species has decreased by about
to provide habi- 70 percent in the last 40 years.
tats for native
bees, birds, and
other animals.
American Bison
WHERE THEY LIVE: Isolated spots in
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FARE ELLTO FERTILIZER Canada, the United States, and Mexico
Plant f ferti ilizer can dump extra WHY THEY NEED HELP: Bison were
nutrie into the water system, nearly hunted to extinction in the mid-
ents
which mig ht create wildlife-killing 1800s. Since then these mammals have
bloo
algae b ms in the ocean. Local made an impressive comeback, but
h
flower rs,t hough, don’t need as they still live on less than one percent
much f fert tilizer to help them of their original range because grass-
Enco
grow.E ourage your parents land habitat is used for livestock,
to plan hem. agriculture, and building homes.
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