What is an Endangered Specie?

        The FWS categorizes species as either threatened or endangered. An endangered specie is a specie whose population is reaching a level within its habitat in which extinction of the species is possible in the near future. A threatened specie is one whose numbers could possibly reach endangered status in the near future. These classifications may pertain to any specie and/or its subspecies as well. A species may become endangered for many reasons. Most of the time it is caused by the over use of a species in the way of hunting, fur trades and captures for scientific and educational uses. A specie can also become endangered when the species' habitat has been drastically altered and/or destroyed due to agricultural or developmental use, making unsuitable for habitation by the species. Other factors include the introduction of exotic species, species that are not native to the habitat, that compete with the native species for food or become so overpowering that they native species move or die off. Pollution and disease from humans and domesticated animals have also been known to inhibit a species ability to adapt.