ENDANGERED SPECIES
For God so loved the world,.."(John 3:16)
THE REASON WHY GOD'S COMMAND THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Thou shalt not kill.(Exo.20:13)
Killing is not only for Human?
The Extinction of Algum tree in the land of Judah is mention in the Bible:
An endangered species is a species of organisms facing a very high risk of extinction. The phrase is used vaguely in common parlance for any species fitting this description, but its use by conservation biologists typically refers to those designated Endangered in the IUCN Red List, where it is the second most severe conservation status for wild populations, following Critically Endangered. There are currently 3079 animals and 2655plants classified as Endangered worldwide, compared with 1998 levels of 1102 and 1197, respectively.The amount, population trend, and conservation status of each species can be found in the Lists of organisms by population.
Respect the the life? "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.(Psalms 36:6)
The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.(Prov.12:10)
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. (1 Timothy 5:18)
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?(Luke 12:6)
Animals is under man's Concern:
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.(Genesis 1:26)
IUCN categories, and some animals in those categories, include:
Extinct: Examples: Atlas bear, aurochs, Bali tiger, blackfin cisco, Caribbean monk seal,Carolina parakeet, Caspian tiger, dinosaurs, dodo, dusky seaside sparrow, eastern cougar, elephant bird, golden toad, great auk, Haast's eagle, Japanese sea lion, Javan tiger, labrador duck, moa, passenger pigeon, pterosaurs, saber-toothed cat,Schomburgk's deer, short-faced bear, Steller's sea cow, thylacine, toolache wallaby, western black rhinoceros, woolly mammoth,woolly rhinoceros.
Extinct in the wild: captive individuals survive, but there is no free-living, natural population. Examples: Barbary lion (maybeextinct), Catarina pupfish, Hawaiian crow, northern white rhinoceros, Scimitar oryx, Socorro dove, Wyoming toad
Critically endangered: faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. Examples: addax, African wild ass,Alabama cavefish, Amur leopard, Arakan forest turtle, Asiatic cheetah, axolotl, bactrian camel, Brazilian merganser, brown spider monkey, California condor, Chinese alligator, Chinese giant salamander, gharial, Hawaiian monk seal, Iberian lynx, Island fox, Javan rhino, kakapo, leatherback sea turtle, Mediterranean monk seal, Mexican wolf, mountain gorilla, Philippine eagle, red wolf, saiga,Siamese crocodile, Spix's macaw, southern bluefin tuna, Sumatran orangutan, Sumatran rhinoceros, vaquita, Yangtze river dolphin
Endangered: faces a very high risk of extinction in the near future. Examples: African penguin, African wild dog, Asian elephant,Asiatic lion, blue whale, bonobo, Bornean orangutan, common chimpanzee, dhole, eastern lowland gorilla, Ethiopian wolf, hispid hare, giant otter, giant panda, goliath frog, green sea turtle, Grevy's zebra, hyacinth macaw, Japanese crane, Lear's macaw,Malayan tapir, markhor, Persian leopard, proboscis monkey, pygmy hippopotamus, red-breasted goose, Rothschild's giraffe, snow leopard, Steller's sea lion, scopas tang, takhi, tiger, Vietnamese pheasant, volcano rabbit, wild water buffalo
Vulnerable: faces a high risk of extinction in the medium-term. Examples: African grey parrot, African elephant, American paddlefish, common carp, clouded leopard, cheetah, dugong, far eastern curlew, fossa, Galapagos tortoise, gaur, blue-eyed cockatoo, golden hamster, whale shark, crowned crane, hippopotamus, Humboldt penguin, Indian rhinoceros, Komodo dragon,lesser white-fronted goose, lion, mandrill, maned sloth, mountain zebra, polar bear, red panda, sloth bear, takin, yak
Near threatened: may be considered threatened in the near future. Examples: American bison, starry blenny, Asian golden cat,blue-billed duck, emperor goose, emperor penguin, Eurasian curlew, jaguar, leopard, Magellanic penguin, maned wolf, narwhal,okapi, solitary eagle, white rhinoceros, striped hyena, tiger shark, white eared pheasant
Least concern: no immediate threat to the survival of the species. Examples: American alligator, American crow, Indian peafowl,baboon, bald eagle, brown bear, brown rat, brown-throated sloth, Canada goose, cane toad, common wood pigeon, cougar, common frog, orca, giraffe, grey wolf, house mouse,human, palm cockatoo, cowfish, mallard, meerkat, mute swan, platypus, red-billed quelea, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, scarlet macaw, southern elephant seal, milk shark, red howler monkey
for the things which are seen are temporal;(2 Corithians 4:18) "Extinction" Enviroment is under Man's Concern:
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.(Genesis 2:15)
Biblical Cutting of Tree is not Allowed?
When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?(Deut.20:19)
"Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees..."(Revelation 7:12)
God's Destroy the people which destroy the earth:
".....and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.(Revelation 8:18)
God's Command not to pollute the land:
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are...(Numbers 35:33)
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