20 Wildlife animals that rebounded from the brink of extinction

20 Wildlife animals that rebounded 

from the brink of extinction. 

Researched by Dr Abe V Rotor

In less than a human lifetime, dozens of wildlife species have rebounded from the brink of extinction - and are establishing their territory on the countryside and in suburbs.

Thanks to growing consciousness in wildlife protection and ecological conservation worldwide, despite massive and wanton destruction of wildlife habitats, and unabated pollution in air, water and land that threaten these and other species.

Here are twenty (20) animals that have made a remarkable comeback.

1. Wild Pig (baboy ramo, alingo Ilk, PHOTO is one of the most popular game animals; it is a pest of nearby farms, feeding on root crops and succulents, Our native pigs are the progeny of a cross indigenous and wild genes.)

2. Kiyoaw or Oriole (a family of 4 to 6 members frequent our backyard trees, just outside the La Mesa Reservoir watershed) PHOTO

3. Fireflies (They can be observed on empty lots adjacent to the Sacred Heart seminary, Novaliches QC

4. Pipit (popularized ina song of the same title, local counterpart of the hummingbird)

5. Tuka'k Ba-ug (bellied frog, long thought to have succumbed to pesticides. (See separate article in this blog) PHOTO left

6. Skink or alibut Ilk (Twice in ten years I spotted this shiny ground lizard at home near the La Mesa watershed.) PHOTO right

7. Gecko Lizard (Tuko or tekka Ilk., hunted for its alleged aphrodisiac value.

8. Atlas moth (biggest of all insects by wing span, threatened by the gradual disappearance of native santol being replaced by the Bangkok variety)

9. Black Bear (Prowler in the kitchen and on garbage when hungry)

10. Canada Goose (Remember Fly Away Home ?)

11. Alligator (relative of the crocodile, we don't have alligators, instead crocodiles - they are coming back, too)

12. Gray Wolf (found in wastelands and open areas)

13. Deer (rebounded in no-hunting forests and grasslands)

14. Wild Turkey (particularly in the US and Canada)

15. Cougar (relative of the wolf in the US)

16. Beaver (natural dam build

er of forest streams in temperate countries.  (I saw a beaver's nest and dam in Manitoba in 1976, similar to this in photo from the Internet)

17. Raccoon (common in North America)

18.  Reticulated python or sawa (a one-meter baby sawa was ensconced in a burnay or earthen jar.)

19. Rhinoceros beetle (appears like Triceratops, with three horns, apparently the male; the female has shorter horns)

20. Wildcat (In China the civet cat, counterpart of our musang, is invading homes. One reason for its comeback is that it eats fresh coffee bean and defecate the seed which is then ground into a special blend that commands a lucrative price.) 

The discovery of the Coelacanth (Latimeria) in the deep waters of Madagascar thought to have been extinction millions of years ago is perhaps the most dramatic and classical example of a "living fossil."