Animals on the Verge of Going Extinct
Mountain Gorilla are threatened by civil conflict, poaching, and an encroaching human population.
Long tailed pangolin are valued for their meat and scales, and are often killed and sold illegally.
Yangtze finless porpoise- Due to overfishing of their food supply, pollution, and ship movement, there are only about 1500 of them left in the wild.
Sumatran Tiger, Poaching is the biggest threat to these big cats, of which only about 400 remain.
Leatherback sea turtle are threatened both by fishing, where they are often accidentally caught and killed, and by illegal trade of their eggs.