Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals

For this past couple of weeks, i have been thinking hard to come up with an idea of post which will perform both as blog warmer and also to keep our spirit of helping prevent the extinction on animals to happen further high, as high as the sky, so this is what i have come up with, the list of most amazing recently extinct animals.
With this list i really hope we animal lovers will see how these amazing and beautiful animals could be saved from extinction if we were more aware in the past, what a shame that those incredible creatures have leave us from this planet earth, it will touch our deepest soul, and all of us will think this: "What should we do to help them almost extinct animals?" and "We don't want to see this disaster happen again" And then hopefully they will take action immediately. If that is really the case, then it means we could save them, if we do it together, i really believe we will surely save them.

Western Black Rhinoceros, 2011

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Western Black Rhinoceros

A subspecies of the black rhino that lived mainly in Cameroon, the western black rhino was a victim of rampant poaching, even after protections were issued in the 1930s. Scientists searched for any signs in 2006 and came up empty, and it was offically declared extinct in 2011. The other 3 remaining subspecies of black rhinos are also critically endangered.

Pinta Island Tortoise, June 24, 2012

Most Amazing Extinct Animals Pinta Island Tortoise

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Pinta Island Tortoise

The last of his kind, Lonesome George died this weekend in his pen at a research facility. His exact age isn't known, but he was estimated to be over 100.

Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin, 2006

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin

Declared extinct in 2006, a video of what appeared to be a baiji dolphin was taken in 2007. The species is still considered "functionally extinct", meaning that if there is only one of a few old creatures alive, no new ones will be born, truly one of the most amazing recently extinct animal, what a shame, right?

Caribbean Monk Seal, 2008

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Caribbean Monk Seal

Although the last one seen alive was in 1952, it wasn't until 2008 that the caribbean monk seal was finally declared extinct. Christopher Columbus recorded killing a few of these seals when he arrived in the Caribbean, and they were hunted extensively during the in the 1700s and 1800s for their blubber, which was used as oil for lamps and machinery.

Most Amazing Extinct Animals Caribbean Monk Seal

According to the notes from a zookeeper at the New York Aquarium, which had a few of these seals in the early 1900s, these cheeky seals had a habit of spraying water from their mouths at visitors who leaned in too close over the railing.

Canarian Oystercatcher, 1994

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Canarian Oystercatcher

These shorebirds lived on the Canary Islands off the coast of west Africa, and died out due to depletion of its shellfish food source due to commercial fishing. It's unclear exactly when the last birds died, local lighthouse keepers and fishermen said they hadn't seen it by 1940, but reports of sightings happened through the '80s. By 1994, it was officially declared extinct. Only 4 specimen of stuffed birds exist in museums today.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1994

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Ivory-billed Woodpecker

After habit loss of the swamps of the southern U.S., the last difinitive sighting was in the 1940s. Since then, there's been multiple reports of sightings, and a 2002 audio recording of the distinct sound it makes when pecking a tree sparked a flood of scientists and birders to come search for it. Despite some promising leads and tantalizing clues, the bird still remains officially extinct.

Mariana Mallard, 2004

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Mariana Mallard

Living only on three small Pacific islands, including Guam, habitat loss from draining marshes for agriculture and damage to the islands during World War II was the main reason for this duck's extinction. The last pair of ducks were spotted in the wild in 1979, and the last known pair in captivity died at Sea World in San Diego in 1981.

Javan Tiger, 1994

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Javan Tiger

Loss of habitat due to farming was the main killer for this distinct subspecies of tiger that lived on the Indonesian island of Java. The last area where they lived was in the highest mountain of Java. 

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Javan Tiger Killed

A tiger was killed there in 1984, but by 1993 scientists couldn't find any evidence of tigers still living there.

Pyrenean Ibex, 2000

Extinct Animals Pyrenean Ibex

The last of this subspecies of Spanis ibex died in the wild in 2000 when a tree fell on her. Scientist had taken samples of the last ibex's DNA in 1999, and in 2009 scientist had mixed the DNA with domestic goat eggs to create a clone. However, the cloned baby ibex died shortly after birth due to lung defects.

Alaotra Grebe, 2010

Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals Alaotra Grebe

This small diving duck lived in primarily in one lake in Madagascar until habitat loss and predation by carnivorous non-native fish species killed it off.

Poʻouli or Black-faced Honeycreeper, 2004

Black-faced Honeycreeper Most Amazing Recently Extinct Animals

Non-native species, particularly pigs, cats, and rats, have wreaked havoc on Hawaii's ecosystem over the last few centuries, and most likely contributed to the decline of this unique bird. After an unsuccessful effort to get the last few remaining birds to breed, the last bird died in 2004. Technically, it's still listed as "critically endangered", but none birds have turned up in the wild after extensive searching for the last few years.

There you go, the memorial as well as reminder for us all that the planet we live in is not getting any better if we don't take action immediately. Take the above animals as example of course, it might be the today's most amazing recently extinct animals, but that will not last that long if we were to leave the other animals which are endangered all alone, more animals could join this list, and we sure don't wan't that to happen, right? For now, while we do simple things like not littering, at least we could still enjoy looking at the photos of these most amazing recently extinct animals.