Human Impact on living organism

Loss of habitats due to environment pollution and deforestation is responsible for shifting of many species of animals and plants in the category of threatened species while some of them have become extinct. It is estimated that about 25,000 plants species; about 1000 vertebrate species and many invertebrates’ species are threatened.

Other causes of impact on living organism are:
Poaching of wild life for food, horn, fur, ivory,etc.
According to a report, more than 60 tigers have been poached in different parts of the country during a year, while about 57 elephants have been shot dead for ivory in a single year.
Natural resources are over exploited.

Extinct species:
Dodo bird of Mauritius.
Cheetah of India.
Great Indian Bustard.
Peacock.
Tiger.
Show leopard.
Black rhinoceros.
Red panda.
Asiatic lion.
Kashmiri stag.