Picking a Ten Most Endangered Animals list was a tough job. For every critically endangered creature you select, you must leave out hundreds of other animals that are in just as much jeopardy.
That’s why we chose not to include the giant panda on our roster of the world’s ten most endangered animals. The panda, as appealing and important as it is, has gotten plenty of attention from conservationists and the public alike. Time to make room for another critically endangered animal or two that hasn’t had as much time in the spotlight of looming extinction.
Our 10 Most Endangered Animals
1 Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
These glaciers currently are receeding at a rate of between 30 meters per year to 50 meters per year. 
The largest "glacier" is now about 1 square kilometer, in 2012. 
The rate at which these glaciers are disappearing is increasing, and they will soon be extinct in our lifetime, probably by 2020. 
Gloabal warming, caused by pollution and the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of this extinction. Unlike animals, however, glaciers can return when the climate cools down again, if we can reduce our population, pollution, and stop burning fossil fuels and modify our energy system. So perhaps extinction is too strong a word to use.
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