Endangered species

Endangered species are a group of animals that are low in number.

List of endangered species

• Maui dolphin
• Chesterfield skink
• Eylash seaweed
• Mokohinau stag beetle
• Nz fairy tern
• Blue duck

Maui dolphin

The species will become extinct because of lack of support and be killed by predators or humans. 

1.  They became endangered because they became entangled in fishing nets and most of their deaths were caused by bruccela.
2. Fishing nets have been banned from Maunganui Bluff to Pariokariwa Point .
3. It has been successful in banning fishing but only 48 to 69 mature dolphins have remain.

Yellow eyed penguins

Chick can be easily killed by stoats,feral cats,ferrets and dogs.  There was an unknown disease that killed 60% of yellow eyed penguin chicks described as  diphtheritic stomatitis. The population of the penguins is 4000. There is a reserve in Long point the Catlins protecting 10% of the yellow eyed penguins.
 

Sperm whales

Sperm whales are endangered because of extensive hunting during the 18 to 19th century for oil and their teeth to write with scrimshaw.  They are threatened by whalers currently because they have much more able ships with better equipment that whalers used to have.