Impact!

Tasmanian Tigers
by Theodora Downing
February 9, 2009
“Mommy, where are you going?” Lolu asked .
“Out hunting,” she said boldly.
She jumped out of the tree trunk.
“Mommy, what’s for dinner?” asked Lolu.
“Emu,” said Hina boldly again.
Alright — let’s introduce the family:
Lolu, female cub
Kolo, another female cub
Marklu, male cub
Hina, mother Tasmanian Tiger
Back to the story–
Hina ran out of sight.
I, Kolo, [...]

At one time there were over 1 million Chimpanzees in Africa. Now there are only an estimated 150,000 to 235,000 Chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are now endangered because of loss of habitat due to making farmland and logging and poachers taking them to sell and hunters hunting for their meat.
Chimpanzees live in 21 African countries. [...]

The Komodo dragon is endangered. This reptile is threatened because people are chopping down their habitat and are hunted, in my opinion, for no practical use. A Komodo Dragon is a big lizard that can get up to 10 feet long and weighs up to 366 pounds. The Komodo dragon has 60 teeth in [...]

The Loggerhead Turtle
By Keenan Reinsborough
February 3. 2009
Loggerhead Sea Turtles are important because they are carnivores that help balance the population of several species in the sea, including, jellyfish and the Portuguese man-of –war. By doing this, they keep the sea food chain balanced. They are beautiful animals and hardly any are able to make it [...]

Endangered Species
By Kai Reinsborough
If you are asking the question, why did most of this 3rd to 6th grade class choose to write articles on endangered species? WELL, I’LL TELL YA WHY! It is very important that we know something about the species on Earth that don’t have as wide a range in their population as [...]